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POE+ IS FOR YOU, IF YOU . . .

… would like to play the organ for worship services.

… have already developed basic keyboard skills.

… want to develop and/or sharpen pedaling skills.

… want to learn how an organ works.

… want to get acquainted with the pipe organ and its music.

The goal of the POE+ is to provide participants with greater confidence and competence at the organ; however, no prior organ experience is necessary.

 
ACTIVITIES

• Private lessons in technique, literature, and registration

• Daily individual practice

• Participants' group recital

• Tour of an organ chamber

• Classes:

Hymn playing and improvisation Choral accompaniment Conducting from a console

Introduction to the Service Playing Exam

• Artist recitals

• Social events and sightseeing

 
FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please contact:

Dr. Mark Ramsey
POE+ Director
choirs@cox.net
(480) 964-8606, Ext. 104.

 
FACULTY

The faculty will include professional organists with extensive experience in church music, teaching, and organ performance.

 
INSTRUMENTS

Lessons, recitals, and group sessions will be held at selected area churches, featuring a variety of the finest pipe organs in the Southwest.

 
ACCOMMODATIONS

Private housing is available at a rate of $100 for the week. Registrants may also make reservations at the conference hotel, Hotel Waterfront Ivy, Scottsdale. Registrants should make reservations directly with the hotel:

Hotel Waterfront Ivy
7445 E. Chaparral Rd
Scottsdale, AZ  85250
(877) 770-7772 or (480) 994-5282
info@hotelwaterfrontivy.com
www.hotelwaterfrontivy.com

The room rate is $69 per night (single & double), which includes a complimentary full breakfast buffet daily.

Mention "Pipe Organ Encounter" for conference rate.

Reservations must be made by May 18.

Check-in is 4:00 PM on Monday, June 19.

Check-out is noon on Friday, June 23.

 
RESERVATIONS AND FEES

Participant fee is $325 (or $275 by April 18!), which covers lessons, group sessions, and two meals a day from Monday lunch through Friday lunch. (Exception: Thursday dinner is on your own.)

Registrants are encouraged to contact their local AGO chapters or churches/synagogues for financial assistance.

 
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must be age 19 and above. The POE/POE+ Committee may choose to grant special consideration on an individual basis for admission of a potential registrant whose age or training is different than the guidelines.

Registration is limited to the first 30 applicants, so apply now! Applications will be processed in the order they are received until all spaces are filled.

Deadline for applications is May 18, 2006. For cancellations prior to May 18, payment will be refunded minus a $25 cancellation fee.

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.