Elaine Gardner, Editor 141 Cleveland Drive Kenmore, N.Y. 14223-1027

NOVEMBER 2013 Vol. XXXII No. VI

NEXT EVENT: NATHAN LAUBE –– ORGAN RECITAL Friday, November 1 –– 7:30 PM SUNY at Buffalo –– Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus Cosponsored with the Buffalo Chapter AGO and the UB Music Department

A star among young classical musicians, concert organist Nathan J. Laube has quickly earned a place among the organ world’s elite performers. His brilliant playing and gracious demeanor have thrilled audiences and presenters across the United States and in Europe, and his creative programming of repertoire spanning five centuries, including his own virtuoso transcriptions of orchestral works, have earned high praise from critics and peers alike. ������

In addition to his busy performing schedule, Mr. Laube is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of young organists, and beginning in the fall of 2013 he joins the faculty of The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York as Assistant Professor of Organ, where he will teach with distinguished Professors David Higgs and Edoardo Bellotti.

Recent and upcoming performances by Mr. Laube include major venues in the United States and Europe: Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Washington National Cathedral, The Mother Church (Boston), Verizon Hall (Philadelphia), Overture Hall (Madison, WI), Trinity Cathedral (Portland, OR), First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, The Ballroom at Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, PA), Irvine Auditorium (Philadelphia), Girard College Chapel (Philadelphia), Jacoby Symphony Hall (Jacksonville, FL), Spivey Hall (Morrow, GA), Stiftskirche (Stuttgart, Germany), Notre-Dame-du-Taur (Toulouse, France), Cathédrale Saint-Alain (Lavaur, France), and the collegiate chapels of Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), and The University of Chicago. In Europe Mr. Laube has performed five tours of the United Kingdom, which included concerts at York Minster, Canterbury Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral, and Truro Cathedral, among others. He has appeared at the 2004 International “Organ Day” Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia), the 2011 Lahti Organ Festival (Finland), and for the opening concert of the 2012 Dresden Music Festival (Germany) at the Frauenkirche in a performance with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 he will perform at the 18th annual Orléans International Organ Festival, “Au Son des Orgues” (France) on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in Orléans Cathedral, at the Lapua Festival (Finland), and at the Stuttgart Internationaler Orgelsommer (Germany). Additionally, he will record the Stephen Paulus Grand Organ Concerto with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra for the Naxos label.

Mr. Laube has been a featured performer at the 2009, 2011, and 2012 national conventions of the Organ Historical Society. He was a featured performer at the American Guild of Organists' 2010 national convention in Washington DC, and more recently at the Guild's 2012 national convention in Nashville, TN where he performed with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. He will be a featured performer continued on page 3

Participate and Succeed

The Bombarde is published five or six times a year by the Buffalo Chapter AGO

Elaine Gardner, Editor Kenmore, New York

E-mail: ecgardner@roadrunner.com subscription by membership

BOMBARDE DEADLINES Please note these dates for your articles and Date Docket

material: Issue Deadline Date December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1, 2013 March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 21, 2014 April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 14, 2014 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 28, 2014

COMING EVENT Our next event will be the Post-Epiphany Dinner on Friday,

January 10 at 6:30 PM. Please note that the venue has had to be changed due to reconstruction at the Sonoma Grill. The dinner will be at Banchetti by Rizzo’s, 550 N. French Road in Amherst. Members of the Church Musicians Guild will be joining us for this event. Information about menu, price, and a reservation tear-slip will be in a December Bombarde. But put this on your calendar now so you will be sure to reserve the date. It will be a nice time to enjoy some good food and an opportunity to visit with colleagues. NEXT BOARD MEETING

The next board meeting will be on January 10 –– 5:30 PM preceding the Post-Epiphany Dinner. [See above] Please remember that if you are an Executive Committee member you are expected to attend these meetings. PLEASE BE SURE to let Caryn Lawler know if you are unable to attend this meeting (lawler.caryn@gmail.com / 838-2385). PROGRAM COMMITTEE

If you are interested in serving on the Program Committee, please contact John Novak at: jpnovak79@yahoo.com / 585-535-0135. This is a wonderful way to serve your AGO chapter . . . especially if you have ideas for future programs. There are not many meetings to attend.

SUB-DEAN APPOINTED TO REGIONAL AGO POSITION

Our SubDean, John Novak has been appointed District Convener for the six chapters of Western New York. Congratulations John!

USED MUSIC FOR SALE

Craig Cramer, Professor of Organ at the University of Notre Dame, has a large amount of like-new and used organ music for sale and is also interested in purchasing used organ music. You can contact him at: Craig.J.Cramer.1@nd.edu. He will email you the list of music.

LISTEN TO PIPEDREAMS SUNDAY NIGHTS – 10:00 PM WNED-FM 94.5 / WNJA-FM 89.7

www.facebook.com/agobuffalo

POSITIONS OPEN . . . Only churches providing F.I.C.A. and Workers’

as well as Unemployment and Disability Insurance are listed, and a written contract will be provided for all positions listed unless otherwise noted.

New Position Organist-Director: Christ United Methodist Church, Snyder: one Sunday

morning service, 6 extra services, weekly choir rehearsal and staff meeting; 3-man. 49 rank 1962 Delaware organ rebuilt in 2006 by Niagara Organ Works; Benefits: 4 weeks paid vacation, continuing education funds and music organization dues paid; NOTE: This church does not use employee guidelines; Salary: $15,000 – $20,000 [Evaluation = Good] contact Pastor B. J. Norrix at 839-2460 or send a resumé and cover letter to cumc350@gmail.com or 350 Saratoga Road, Snyder, NY 14226. To learn more about the church go to: www.christchurchamherst.org.

Previously Listed Still Open Organist-Director / : St. Katharine

Drexel RC Church, Buffalo: contact Fr. James Monaco at 895-6813 or cell: 228-2514

Organist/Accompanist: Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo: Position description available at: buffalouu.org/uucb-organist-position.html; Send resumé with cover letter specifying interest and qualifications to the Music Director at: music@buffalouu.org

Director: Batavia First United Methodist, Batavia

PLEASE NOTE: For information about other Roman Catholic Church positions please call Alan Lukas at 652-6565

IMPORTANT: You are reminded that listing of positions in this newsletter does not imply endorsement by the Buffalo Chapter A.G.O. or any of its committees. Appropriateness of a position must be judged by the applicant him/her self. For help with this, you may wish to contact the Placement Chair for additional information about a position and/or consult with a member who previously held the position. You are also reminded to be very cautious about accepting a position without a written contract. DATE DOCKET . . . a l isting of members events

All events are free unless otherwise noted

ORCHARD PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – EVENTS: Sunday, November 24 at 4:00 PM PM – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir of

Men & Girls – A Tribute to Benjamin Britten: Celebrating his 100th Birthday – Jonathan Scarozza, Choirmaster & Organist; $10

Friday, December 6 at 7:30 PM – Handel’s Messiah – Advent Chorale of Western New York, Soloists, and Western New York Chamber Orchestra – Gregory White, Conductor; $10

Sunday, December 8 at 5:00 PM – A Service of Lessons and Carols – Clergy and Church Choirs of Orchard Park

Saturday, December 21 at 7:30 PM – Vox Lumine – Brandon Johnson, Director – a concert of 20 exceptional singers; $10

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, BUFFALO – EVENTS: Friday, November 22 at 7:30 PM – Cathedral Choir of Men & Girls – A

Tribute to Benjamin Britten: Celebrating his 100th Birthday; $20 Sunday, December 15 at 3:00 PM – The Choir of Men and Boys at

Albright Knox Library for Tree Lighting Sunday, December 22 at 3:00 PM – annual Lessons and Carols – Men

and Boys Choir Sunday, February 16 at 3:00 PM -– Evensong – Cathedral choirs and the

Choir of Calvary Episcopal Church, Williamsville (at St. Paul’s) • Recitals every Wednesday at 12:30 –1:00 PM

SLEE HALL, at SUNY AMHERST CAMPUS – EVENTS: Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 PM – Chapter member Peter Gonciarz

(winner of the annual UB Concerto Competition) performing Horatio Parker’s Organ Concerto in E-flat minor with the UB Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday, December 4 at 7:30 PM –UB Choir and Chorus Sunday, February 9 at 3:00 PM – MM Recital – Peter Gonciarz, organ

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at three regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists in 2013. Many of his live performances have been featured on American Public Media’s program, “Pipedreams.”

In June 2013 Mr. Laube will receive his Master’s Degree in Organ Performance from the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, Germany where he has been pursuing his studies with Ludger Lohmann under the auspices of a German DAAD Fellowship Study Scholarship. While in Stuttgart, he is also studying improvisation with Jürgen Essl, and harpsichord with Jörg Halubek.���

���As a recipient of a William Fulbright Grant, Nathan spent the 2010-2011 academic year studying with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse where he earned Prix de Spécialisé with the mention “Très Bien” and “Féliciations du Jury” – the two top honors – in addition to the Prix François Vidal from the city of Toulouse.������

Nathan earned his Bachelor of Music Degree at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied organ with Alan Morrison and piano with Susan Starr. Upon graduating, he received the Institute's two highest awards, the Landis Award for Excellence in Academics and the Aldwell Award for Excellence in Musical Studies. During his time at the Curtis Institute, Nathan also served as an Assistant Organist at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's Department Store in downtown Philadelphia, where he was featured in 2005 on WRTI's Radio's broadcast of "The Wanamaker Organ Hour" playing many of his original transcriptions. A native of Chicago, Mr. Laube’s early studies were with Donna Fortney (piano), Dr. Elizabeth Naegele (organ), and Dr. Louis Playford (piano and music theory) at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. ������

Mr. Laube has won top prizes at several distinguished competitions. Most recently he was awarded the “Stipendium des Bundespräsidenten” (Scholarship of the President of Germany) at the 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Preis in Berlin, which also included a performance in the Berlin Konzerthaus. In addition, Nathan won First Place at the National Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition in September 2004.������

As a church musician, Nathan currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris, France. Previously, he served as Organ Scholar at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Organ Scholar at the historic St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Germantown in Philadelphia, and Associate Organist at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Chicago.������

Nathan has performed with numerous orchestras, chamber ensembles, and choruses, notably The Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Charles Dutoit and Christoph Eschenbach; The Nashville Symphony under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero; the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia under the direction of Matthew Glandorf; The Chicago Master Singers under the direction of Alan Heatherington; and collaborations with Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal trumpeter Chris Martin in acclaimed chamber music recitals in Chicago. ������

Nathan frequently serves on the faculty for Pipe Organ Encounters in the USA - clinics presented by The American Guild of Organists designed to introduce young keyboardists to the pipe organ and its vast repertoire. Nathan has also taught at the Oberlin Summer Organ Academy in Ohio and at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Summer Organ Academy in Philadelphia.������

Nathan’s other interests include medieval and modern architecture, gardening, international travel, exotic cuisine and cooking, as well as sketching and drawing. ������ ���

��� Revised January 2013 for use between January and June 2013 ������ ––– Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.������

Nathan will be performing works by Franck, Widor, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Bach, and Duruflé. Please go to: www.facebook.com/events/595112873885915/ to join friends who are “liking” this event, and let us know if you will be attending this concert. Also, there is an excellent map there if you need help finding your way to Slee Hall.

Remember to bring your membership card to receive one free ticket for the recital or your patron ticket which you can exchange for one or two free tickets for the recital. A reception will follow the recital –– presented by Christine Snyder –– with her delightful delicacies and table decorations.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ FROM THE DEAN . . . Dear AGO members,

It is a pleasure to invite everyone to attend the Nathan Laube recital, Friday, November 1, at 7:30 PM in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, UB North Campus.

Nathan Laube was recently appointed as Assistant Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Nathan is very involved in mentoring the next generation of young organists. Regarded as a brilliant performer, he is also known for his gracious demeanor. His repertoire spans five centuries and also includes his virtuoso transcriptions of orchestral works.

Plan to attend this outstanding event and mark your calendars now. . . November 1, 7:30 PM, at UB North Campus in Slee Hall.

Participate and succeed! – Christina Shrewsbury, Dean

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