Shari Shull on the bench of Fritts Opus 47 at Agnus Dei Lutheran Church
You are cordially invited to the Dedication Concert of the Fritts Organ, Opus 47, at Agnus Dei Lutheran Church in Gig Harbor on Sunday, October 10 at 3:00 PM. Shari Shull, organist, will perform works from the Susanna van Soldt manuscript and by Krebs, Cabanilles, David Dahl, Couperin, Mendelssohn, and J S Bach. Masks are required inside the church building. Directions to the church, including a Google map, are available in the calendar entry.
Fritts Opus 47 is a sister organ to the organ in the chapel of Wesley Homes in Des Moines that will be featured at the October meeting of the Tacoma & Seattle AGO chapters.
Our October program, a joint venture with the Seattle chapter, will showcase the new Fritts organ in the chapel of the Wesley Des Moines retirement community. Plan to come see, hear, and hear about an organ that David Dahl has described as “a gem.”
More information is available in the calendar entry for the event.
Our Welcome Back picnic is coming up soon–September 13, 4:30 PM, at the home of David Dahl. The calendar entry shows the address and a Google map. Here’s everything you need to know:
Each person is asked to bring enough food to share with others. Please bring serving utensils if those are needed for your contribution. The Chapter will provide plates, utensils, cups, napkins, soft drinks and bottled water. You are welcome to bring a bottle of wine if you are so inclined.
The picnic will be outdoors. A limited number of folding chairs is available. If you can easily bring one, please do.
In the interest of the health and safety of all of our members, you must be fully vaccinated to attend this event. Masks are not required outdoors, but you must bring a mask and wear it in order to go into the house to use the bathroom.
The AGO Tacoma Chapter Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that the 2021 scholarship for organ study has been awarded to Elliott Turner of Puyallup. Elliott, a student of member Cheryl Drewes, is a composition graduate from PLU, but who came to the organ through gospel and jazz. He was recently named Music Director at St. Luke’s Memorial Episcopal Church in Tacoma’s North End.
The scholarship committee consisted of Mike Menne (Chair), Sandy Tietjen, DenDen Northway, and Satya Jaech.
Tacoma AGO member Martin Pasi was featured in a recent news report by Minnesota Public Radio about the work he has done to expand the organ at St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, Minnesota. The expansion called for the addition of 2,600 pipes to the original Holtkamp organ built in 1961. Martin plans to move his shop to St. John’s in 2023.
