Welcome to the Mobile Chapter of
the American Guild of Organists!
Coming Up
October 20, 6 PM - ADVENTure in Music - Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception - Members are invited to play their favorite pieces of Advent/Christmas music that they (and their congregations) particularly enjoy and find useful during the season. The music should still be available for purchase so that people can obtain copies of pieces they would like to learn themselves. Joe Setzer will be our host.
November 1, 2 PM - “It’s a Fright!” - John Hutchinson in a concert of music for Halloween - Spring Hill Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall - John Hutchinson will perform music for the Halloween season on the Hutchinson Hauptwerk Organ. There will be an audience sing-a-long of Pumpkin Carols and lots of spooky treats! It will be a FRIGHT!
November 17, 6 PM - “The Choral Blueprint: Frameworks for Rehearsal Organization and Tone Development” with guest clinician, Dr. Micah Bland - Location TBA - Dr. Bland is the newly appointed Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant Director of Choral Activities at the University of South Alabama. Chapter members and guests will have the opportunity to hear from Dr. Bland who brings a new perspective on choral music to the Gulf Coast.
December 13, 5:30 PM - St. Paul’s Singers Christmas Concert - St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 4051 Old Shell Rd., Mobile. St. Paul’s Singers is a community based choral group under the direction of Peggy Lyden. The concert will feature Philip Stopford’s Mass of God With Us as well as Christmas favorites and will be followed by a reception in the Parish Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
December 20, 10:30 AM - Lessons and Celtic Carols - Government Street Presbyterian Church. 300 Government St., Mobile. This service of Lessons and Celtic Carol's will feature the Sanctuary Choir on anthems accompanied by violins, viola, timpani and bagpipes. Join us for this festive service with a Celtic flare! All are welcome. For more information email Nancy Smith, Director of Music/Organist at nancy@gspcmobile.org