Welcome to the new website of the Brooklyn Chapter of the AGO, which will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2010. We cordially invite you to come visit our wonderful Borough and partake of its many cultural treasures. In particular, we encourage you to come to see and hear the many marvelous organs of our home, known as the Borough of Churches for its many houses of worship. Brooklyn has many fascinating instruments, and the Brooklyn Chapter continues to feature a wide variety of these instruments in our programming.

In this coming year of 2009-2010, we are particularly excited to offer a series of silent films, accompanied by Theater Organist Ben Model at the Brooklyn Baptist Temple, on their JW Steere and Son organ (1918). In November, we will offer our second Pedals, Pipes & Pizza program at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights. In the Spring, we are planning a January trip to New Jersey to explore some of the many fascinating organs ‘next door,’ across the Hudson River. We will also get together for our annual Members’ Recital. And of course, we meet regularly for food and fellowship along the way. See our Programs link for details on all of these programs.

While you are visiting our website, take a look to see the listings of other concerts offered by our members. There is always a rich variety of music being offered by the talented AGO members in our churches. And to see more about the organs of Brooklyn, follow the link to the NYC Organ Project, with its thorough and fascinating information on the many instruments in our Chapter.

So, come to Brooklyn, Borough of Churches! Visit our many wonderful restaurants, Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Museum, the Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. . . the list goes on and on. But above all, come and enjoy the programs offered by the Brooklyn Chapter of the AGO. We look forward to welcoming you for music and fellowship in the greatest city-within-a-city: Brooklyn.

Gregory Eaton, Dean