Please note: admission is free for chapter members; $10 for non-members.
Download the flyer here.
Oct
23
2010
Pipedreams on WQXR
Enjoy organ music in all its wondrous variety each week with PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media, heard in New York every Sunday at 10 PM at WQXR, 105.9 FM. Of course, you can listen to PIPEDREAMS on the internet at any hour of the day or night.
Just tune your web browser to www.pipedreams.org.
Oct
11
2010
Upcoming Concert: Odell Opus 178 at St. Charles
On Saturday, November 6, at 7:00 PM the Church of St. Charles Borromeo will host its 3rd Annual Fall Concert. This year they will celebrate the 130th Anniversary of J.H. & C.S. Odell Opus 178, which was installed at St. Charles in 1880.
Former Chapter Dean (and current Newsletter Editor) Jonathan Hall will present an informative and enjoyable recital on the church’s historic Odell pipe organ. A respected performer and writer about the organ, Jonathan will present spoken program notes that will highlight the instrument in a special way. Please join us and invite your family and friends for what will surely be a delightful musical evening.
Tickets for the concert are $20 if purchased in advance, and $25 at the door. Friend ($50) and Patron ($100) tickets are also available. Friend and Patron ticket purchasers will be mentioned in the Concert Program. No tickets will be issued, names will be held at the door. Friends and family interested in purchasing tickets may send their request, together with payment, to the rectory.
A reception will follow the concert program.
Aug
13
2010
50th Anniversary Events and Banquet
Dear Friends,
If you have been following your Bombarde in the early part of the year, you know that this is the 50th Anniversary year for the Brooklyn Chapter of the AGO. I am pleased to announce that your Board has decided to kick off the festivities by making September 11, 2010 our 50th Anniversary Day, with several opportunities for education, fun, reflection, and fellowship.
Following you will find a set of flyers outlining our planned activities for the day, which include:
- Bach to Brooklyn, with historian Andrew Dolkart leading us to churches in Bushwick and Clinton Hill. - a Service of Remembrance for 9/11, at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church - a Fall Banquet, at Eamonn’s in Brooklyn Heights (just down the street from St. Ann’s)Please look these flyers over. More information about our 50th Anniversary celebrations will come in the next issue of the Bombarde, which should be on its way to you shortly. In the meantime, I hope that many of you will be able to join us for some or all of our planned events on September 11. Please do not hesitate to let me or Sub-Dean Raymond Trapp know if you have any questions.
I wish all of you the very best for your coming year of music making, and hope that you will remember the Brooklyn Chapter as we celebrate 50 years in the AGO.
With all best wishes, Gregory Eaton Dean Download: 50th Anniversary Flyer
Download: 50th Anniversary Flyer
Aug
10
2010
Job Announcement: New City, NY. Please contact the church with any questions.
Germonds Presbyterian Church, 200-member congregation, seeks a dynamic part-time choral/music director to develop, plan, and implement a new innovative church music program. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
09
2010
Fire at Brooklyn Baptist Temple
Dear Friends,
It is with great sadness that I inform you that the Brooklyn Baptist Temple suffered a fire on Wednesday, July 7. According to Keith Bigger, the fire destroyed a significant portion of the JW Steere & Son organ. As many of you know, the restoration of this instrument has been Keith’s major contribution to the church and to our profession over recent years. You also know that this is where our silent film series was held over the last year. Organ and films went perfectly together. Please remember Keith and the clergy and staff of the Baptist Temple as they seek to move forward from this tragedy. (Keith tells me that the church was well insured, so that is some good news.)
Unfortunately, Keith also tells me that it is likely that the archives for the Brooklyn Chapter were either destroyed or thoroughly water-damaged, as these were in a file cabinet in the area of the fire. In the coming months, you will probably receive appeals from me and from the Board to contribute any archive-appropriate materials you might have. Your help in this will be most appreciated.
But first, let’s allow Keith and the church to asess the damage to their spiritual home and to the Steere organ. I am sure you all join me in offering our prayers and support.
Gregory Eaton
Dean
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Jun
02
2010
CORRECTION: June 13 End-of-Year Banquet
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
There was an unfortunate error in our previous announcement. The price for the banquet is $35.00 (THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS), not twenty-five. The higher price is consistent with what was announced in the BOMBARDE and on the current program page.
Please note that the higher price is in effect.
We sincerely apologize for the error.
–the leadership of the Brooklyn Chapter
Download: Banquet 2010 Flyer