in a church but were drawn to enter because of the sheer awesomeness of the feat and the beauty of the music. —Monica Harper
Wilmington, N.C. March 12, chapter members met at the First Presbyterian Church for dinner and a business meet- ing. Then the group walked across the street to St. Mary Catholic Church to sing Len- ten chorales and listen to Bach preludes based on the chorales. Booklets containing music and English texts for the chorales were prepared for the singers. The organists participating were Sara Bryant, Zollene Reissner, Justin Smith, John Tabler, and Ronnie Wise.
—Sara Bryant
Charleston, S.C. May 5, the chapter closed out its 2012– 13 season with a festive Cinco de Mayo party with catered Mexican fare at the home of Tom Bailey in Sum- merville. A good time was had by all, including Emily Remington, seniormember of the chapter.
—Edmund LeRoy
Greater Anderson, S.C. May 5, St. John’s United Metho- dist Church in Anderson, S.C., was host to chapter members, who, along with guests and friends, presented a recital titled “Organ Plus.” Pieces were played on the church’s 34-rank Möller or- gan with trumpet, harpsi- chord, flute, violin, ham- mered dulcimer, piano, French horn, and vocalists. The program concluded with the congregation singing “When in our music God is glorified” accompanied by all the instruments.
—Judy Bonham
Spartanburg, S.C. April 15 and April 16 were exciting evenings for chapter mem- bers. Renowned organist Nigel Potts presented a pro- gram on British organ music followed by a recital. Both events were held in the chapel at the First Presbyte- rian Church (Holt and Marcia Andrews, hosts) and show- cased the church’s 1995 Schoenstein organ. —HugerCaughman Jr.
Knoxville, Tenn. April 8, the chapter held its annual stu- dent recital at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Eleven
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Nigel Potts (Spartanburg, S.C.) Emily Remington (Charleston, S.C.)
students of four teachers played compositions ranging from J.S. Bach to Dan Lock- lair. Four of the performers were high-school students, while the others were in col- lege. Students who played were Simon Hogg, Landry Duvall, Hughes Miller, John French Brantley IV, Carolyn Craig, and Grace George, students of John Brock; Michelle Walter and Debo- rah Cain, students of Brenda Goslee; Payton McKeehan and Luke McDonald, stu- dents of Douglas H. Manley; and Matt Luttrell, student of Edie Johnson. John Brock and Edie Johnson teach at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Brenda Goslee at the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College, and DouglasManley at Tennessee Wesleyan Col- lege. Each academic year, the chapter awards two BrockOrgan Education Fund scholarships to students in the Knoxville area. Winners of the 2012–13 awards were announced at the business meeting preceding the reci- tal. John French Brantley IV won the scholarship for col- lege students, and Carolyn Craig won the high-school scholarship. Both are stu- dents of John Brock. Craig was also the winner of the chapter’s AGO/Quimby Re- gional Competition for Young Organists and will compete at the Regional Con- vention. The chapter elected the following officers for 2012–13: Edie Johnson (dean), Deborah Sousa (sub- dean), Karen Ladd (secre- tary), Brian Daniel (trea- surer), Karl Jacob (registrar), James Baysinger and Dwight Stooksbury (auditors), and Eunjin Choi (member at large with term expiring in 2016). —Allison Ensor
Michael Lippard, Darryl Miller, JuliaMcGirt, and Erik Allen at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Franklin, Tenn. (Nashville, Tenn.)
Gwendolyn Wolshi, Michael Fergus, Brian Wong, and Nick Vitacco at Chicago “Organist for a Day”
Henry Evans (dean), David Baskeyfield, and Nathan Johanning (sub-dean) at Southern Illinois recital
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