Cantor Ayelet Porzecanski will conduct a fascinating workshop on the role of the organist/pianist in the temple service. There will be hands-on opportunity to improvise accompaniments under Cantor Ayelet's guidance, and she will offer suggestions for how to play and prepare a temple service.  Cantor Ayelet's presentation will include the history of the organ in temple worship, dating back to the 1700s and derived from the European tradition.  Invaluable for anyone who plays or aspires to play at temple services.  

Cantor Ayelet holds degrees in music from the University of Toronto and the Manhattan School  of Music. She received her investiture as Cantor from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2008. Cantor Porzecanski has served as Cantor at  Brooklyn Heights Synagogue since 2019. Prior to coming to BHS she served as Cantor at West End Synagogue in NYC for years 11 years.

An informal reception will follow.

Please bring photo ID for admission to this event.

Free for Brooklyn AGO members. $15 for non-members.

We’re excited to host a service playing workshop with renowned educator and organist Walden Moore! This session will focus on ideas, techniques, and skills relevant to what church organists do every Sunday … hymn introductions and interludes between verses, liturgical improvisation/extending hymns/modulation, transitions between anthems, etc.. This workshop is all about results and providing you with information that will have an immediate impact on your service playing.

Walden is a graduate of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale School of Music,, after organ studies with Robert Baker and Gerre Hancock. He has been organist and choirmaster of Trinity Church (“Trinity on the Green”) in New Haven since 1984, where he works with the renowned Choir of Men and Boys, the Choir of Men and Girls, and the parish mixed-adult choir in a regular schedule of parish services and outside appearances. He has served as clinician, guest conductor, and organist for choir festivals across the nation.

Free for Brooklyn AGO members. $15 for non-members.

SNOW DATE: January 19, 2026

A glorious concert in celebration of the return of Plymouth Church’s magnificent 4-manual Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 964.

The Plymouth Church organ has been out for quite some time. Music Director Raymond Trapp anticipates that the organ will return and be fully functional by the start of Lent 2026. The March 15th is tentative.

Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 964, IV/58 was installed in 1937. You can read about the Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 964 and prior Plymouth Church organs at: Plymouth Church Organs

The Brooklyn Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents its annual concert featuring members of our Chapter in performance on the organ.

Immediately following the Members’ Recital (4:30ish) we will have our annual dinner.

Stay tuned for the location of the concert and restaurant!

Join us for an afternoon of great music in a reverberant space, great food, and fellowship!

The concert is free and open to the public.