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POE INFO

POE is for aspiring keyboard players ages 13-18. No previous pipe organ experience is necessary, though intermediate piano proficiency is required. The local POE committee may choose to grant special consideration on an individual basis for admission of a potential registrant whose age or training differs from the guidelines.

APPLICATION FEE

The application/registration fee is $375 and must accompany your completed application form. This fee covers tuition, materials, local transport, room and board, special events, and a one-year student membership in your local AGO Chapter.

Scholarship assistance is available through National Headquarters of the American Guild of Organists. Please contact the POE Director for information.

Students may also contact local AGO chapters or religious institutions if financial aid is needed.

HOUSING & SECURITY

Students will be housed at the famed Saint Thomas Choir School, 202 West 58th Street, New York City. Double, triple, and quadruple rooms will be assigned based on gender, age, and order in which the application is received. There will be full-time supervision by POE staff, including chaperones each day and nighttime attendants at a ratio of six students to one. Contact numbers will be provided with registration confirmation.

POE APPLICATION

All applications are due by May 15, 2006. Early registration is encouraged as enrollment is limited. Click here to download and print the POE Application.

POE HIGHLIGHTS

■	Private Organ Lessons with prominent professional organists with daily practice time scheduled in some of New York’s most notable churches and synagogues

■	Hands-on Experience at many of the finest organs in New York, the mecca of Great American organ building and home of some of this country’s largest instruments, many in landmark settings

■	Workshops on good practice techniques, basic improvisation, organ registration, good hymn playing, preparation for AGO Certification, and much, much more

■	Programs and Workshops tailored to the student’s level of achievement – two tracks of classes will be offered, one for the beginning organist, and one for the more advanced student

■	Classes with some of New York’s most esteemed teachers and performers

■	Faculty Organ Recital and a special recital program by featured concert artist Click here to see the Faculty Organ Recital Program

■	Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Musical Instruments and the famous Thomas Appleton organ of 1830.

■	Barbeque and Fun Night

■	Concert in Central Park

■	Final Student Concert on the famed 225-rank Æolian-Skinner organ at Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue, featuring its new 5-manual console

POE CONCERTS

■	POE Faculty Recital – Sunday, July 16 at 8:00 pm St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street Free to NYC AGO members Performers include: Christopher Creaghan, Gregory D'Agostino, Claudia Dumschat, Richard Erickson, Christian Lane, Matthew Lewis, Paul Murray, McNeil Robinson, and Thomas Schmidt.

■	Tune-N-Timbre-N-Time – Wednesday, July 19 at 7:30 pm St. Bartholomew's Church Park Avenue at 51st Street Free to NYC AGO members General admission: $10 (children 15 and under admitted free)

■	Organ Recital by Robert McCormick – Thursday, July 20 at 7:30 pm Church of St. Mary the Virgin 145 West 46th Street (between 6th Avenue and Broadway) Free to NYC AGO members General admission: $10 (children 15 and under admitted free)

■	POE Final Student Concert – Friday, July 21 at 1:00 pm St. Bartholomew's Church Park Avenue at 51st Street Free and open to the public

POE FACULTY

	Our outstanding faculty includes:
■	Harvey Burgett	■	Paul Jacobs
■	Christopher Creaghan	■	Christian Lane
■	Dr. Gregory D'Agostino	■	Dr. Matthew Lewis
■	Dr. Claudia Dumschat	■	Robert McCormick
■	Rick Erickson	■	Paul Murray
■	Terence J. Flanagan	■	McNeil Robinson
■	Colin Fowler	■	Dr. Thomas Schmidt
■	Dr. Stephen Hamilton	■	Keith S. Toth
■	Mary Wannamaker Huff	■	William Trafka

	Click here to read bios of the POE faculty.

POE VENUES INCLUDE

■	Brick Presbyterian Church
■	Central Synagogue
■	Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
■	Christ Church, United Methodist
■	Church of the Heavenly Rest
■	Church of the Transfiguration
■	Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
■	Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
■	Marble Collegiate Church
■	Park Avenue Christian Church
■	St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
■	St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church
■	St. Paul the Apostle RC Church
■	St. Peter's Lutheran Church
■	St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
■	St. Thomas More RC Church

FURTHER INFORMATION

All questions concerning the NYC POE should be directed to:

MARK PETERSON
POE Director
256 Wyckoff Street, #4
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 875-1153
mpeterson21@nyc.rr.com

Pipe Organ Encounters is an educational outreach program of the American Guild of Organists. Major funding for Pipe Organ Encounters is provided by the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America. Additional support is provided by the American Institute of Organbuilders and Margaret R. Evans. Permanently endowed AGO scholarships are provided in memory of Seth Bingham, Clarence Dickinson, Philip Hahn, Charles N. Henderson, Alfred E. Lunsford, Ned Siebert, and Martin M. Wick, and in honor of Philip E. Baker, and Morgan and Mary Simmons. Additional scholarship funds have been created in honor of Ruth Milliken, and in memory of Robert S. Baker and Virgil Fox.