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Message from the Dean

Dear Fellow Chapter Members,

March was a very active month in the life of our chapter.  On March 12, a superb master class was given by Michel Bouvard, and on March 14, Michel Bouvard presented a remarkable recital at St. Ignatius.  Many thanks to Kent Tritle, Renée Louprette, and the entire music staff at St. Ignatius for their tireless help in making this event possible. Many thanks also to the fine performers who participated in the master class: Matthew Brown, Nicole Cochran, Jason Roberts, and Christopher Creaghan.

The chapter Young Artists Competition also took place on March 24th at All Souls Unitarian Church.  Three young artists competed.  The first place winners of each of the chapter level competitions will compete in the regional competition to be held this summer in NYC during the Region II Convention.   The first place winner of the NYC competition was Noah Wynne-Morton. The second place winner was James Wetzel.  Both are currently students at the Juilliard School.  Special thanks to Dr. John King, the competition coordinator, and to Walter Klauss who hosted the competition.  Judges for the competition were Dr. Claudia Dumschat, David Shuler, FAGO, and Dr. Walter Hilse, FAGO.

We look forward to our next event, the chapter members' recital that will be held at the Holy Trinity R. C. Church on June 4th. Our host will be Christopher Berry. The recital will be followed by a catered dinner.  Information on reservations and cost of the dinner will be provided in the May newsletter.

Of course, the final event of the 2006-07 program year will be the Region II Convention.  If you have not already registered, please do so as soon as possible in order to make certain you have a place at the workshops of your choice.  If you are coming from out of town, please make your hotel reservations as soon as possible.  The first week of July is actually a very busy week in New York City and hotel rooms are hard to come by, so please take advantage of the convention room block while there are still rooms available at the special convention rate. Why not take a moment to finalize your plans to attend the Convention today?


Frank L Crosio, FAGO
Dean

2007 AGO Region II AGO Convention – July 1-5

 

The NYC Region II AGO Convention is only a couple of months away. If you have not already registered, simply download and print the PDF version of the registration form, fill it out and send the form with check or money order to:

Patrick Malarkey AGO Region II 2007 Registrar
52 Parish Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314-4616

You may also click here for the convention website and details.

Can You Volunteer to help with the convention? Contact Eric Birk, Personnel and Volunteer Coordinator, at bernaderic@earthlink.net.

 
From the Registrar

New Chapter Members:

Paul B. Alberts, MM (F-Adamant School; DM- Our Lady of Pompeii RC Church, NYC)
Lucia L. Lee, BA-Ch. Mus. (Pennington, NJ)
Thomas McCarron, MA (New Castle, NH)
Hyun Jung Nam, MM (Professional Studies student at Manhattan School of Music)
Makiko Tarumi (O- Andō Memorial Church in Japan (Tokyo)
Dan E. Yoder, PhD (Retired)

Dues Collection for 2007-08

Please watch your mailbox (the snail-mail kind) for the dues renewal
letter in the next few weeks.  Dues will be increasing to the following
levels for the 2007-08 membership year:

Regular:
$88
Special:
64
Student:
36
Partner:
64
Dual:
35
Student Dual:
14

Please make plans to pay your dues for next season between April 15 and
June 30.  The deadline for 2007-08 dues is June 30, 2007.

The next chapter newsletter is the May/June issue. The deadline for submissions is April 25th. Material may be submitted to the Editor. Nine issues are published through the year on a monthly basis with combined issues for December/January, May/June, and July/August. To make changes in your email address or to subscribe to the e-newsletter, please contact Eric Birk.