Denver Rocky Mountain

Sunday, Sept. 7, 4 p.m.

Annual Organ Scholarship Student Recital

Augustana Lutheran Church, Denver

Our traditional opening concert features five students who received scholarships for organ lessons this summer: Sophie Bohman, Emerson Clark, Andrew Perry, Caleb Rossi, and Spencer Wilson. Their teachers were Isaac Johnson, Cindy Lindeen-Martin, and Andrew Peters. Piano and organ teachers: your students are especially encouraged to attend and learn about the scholarship application process. A reception and music swap will follow the concert. Free and open to the public.

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Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-noon

Susi Tattershall: Adventures in Restoration

Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Broomfield

Susi Tattershall is an ethnomusicologist who has been restoring historic pipe organs for more than 50 years, with a special interest in the instruments of Mexico. More recently, she has also been restoring violins and square pianos. In this presentation, she will describe some of her projects, including her work on the 1869 E. & G.G. Hook organ that was rebuilt for Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver and now resides at Holy Comforter in Broomfield. The program will include an organ demonstration.

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Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m.-noon

Annual Historic Denver Organ Tour

Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2015 Glenarm Place, Denver

Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Church, 1900 California St., Denver

Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, Denver

This popular holiday event, cosponsored with Historic Denver, returns to the downtown area in 2025. At each venue, the building's architectural history will be described, and the organ will be demonstrated with holiday fare. Saint Andrew's John Paul Buzard pipe organ was installed in 2003 and has since been expanded with the digital Hauptwerk program. Holy Ghost's three-manual pipe organ was built by Schantz in 1985 and enlarged in 1990. Trinity Methodist's restored 1888 Roosevelt organ is the largest American-built pipe organ from the 19th century in current use. Tickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for members of the AGO, Historic Denver, or the Molly Brown House Museum.

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Friday, Jan. 9, 7-8 p.m.

First Annual Epiphany Zoom Happy Hour

The Denver Rocky Mountain Chapter is pleased to announce our first (annual?) Epiphany Zoom Happy Hour. Sit back, relax, and start the New Year with your AGO friends and guests (yes, invite guests) to reconnect after a busy Advent and Christmas season. Building community is an essential part of the AGO mission statement, and so often in the midst of planning and attending chapter events, we miss time for conversation. This can be a moment where we share and inspire each other. The Zoom link will be sent to the membership just prior to Happy Hour.

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Saturday, Feb. 7, 9:30-11 a.m.

David Pickering: The Genius of G. Donald Harrison

Linda Mack Organ Studio, Denver

David Pickering, Professor of Music at Kansas State University, is spending his sabbatical year in Denver while he completes a book on the life of G. Donald Harrison. As President of the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Harrison defined the “American Classic” style. Dr. Pickering will present a biographical sketch, including some new and interesting information, and a survey of Harrison’s work as an organbuilder. Refreshments and a music swap will be provided.

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Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m.-noon

Pedals, Pipes & Pizza

Saint Andrew United Methodist Church, Highlands Ranch

Pedals, Pipes & Pizza is a fun educational event designed to introduce young children to the organ and its music. In this Highlands Ranch program, children will help assemble a miniature pipe organ from a kit produced by Orgelkids USA, and they will view the inner chambers of the large Saint Andrew pipe organ. A piece for organ and narrator entitled “Rex, the King of Instruments” will be performed to demonstrate the many sounds of the pipe organ. The event will end with pizza for all.

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Friday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.

Raymond Nagem: Organ Concert

Saint John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver

Raymond Nagem is Minister of Music at the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City and a member of the organ faculty at Manhattan School of Music. He previously served as Associate Director of Music and Organist at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York. The 1938 Kimball pipe organ at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver, recently restored and enlarged with an antiphonal division, is one of the most significant instruments in the country. This exciting concert, free and open to the public, will be followed by a reception.

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Sunday, May 17, 5:30 p.m.

Annual Chapter Meeting and Dinner

Park Hill UCC, Denver

This annual gathering of the DRMCAGO will include an evensong service, recognizing members who have passed away in the previous year, as well as a dinner, business meeting, and installation of chapter officers.