The 2014 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists will be held June 23-27 in Boston. The convention website with complete information may be found here.
Listed below is information about the events at the convention that will include or focus on improvisation:
National Competition in Improvisation:
- Semi-final competition round
- Final competition round
Monday, June 23, 9am to 1pm
First Lutheran Church of Boston
299 Berkeley Street, Boston
Thursday, June 26 at 9am
Concerts:
- 2012 winner concert
- Concert
- Hymn Sing
- Worship: Jazz Service and Concert: Silent Movie
Robert Nicholls
Arlington Street Church
351 Boylston St, Boston
Wednesday, June 25 & Thursday, June 26, 3:30 pm
Thierry Escaich
Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
1545 Tremont St, Boston
Friday, June 27, 9:15 AM
Bruce Neswick and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra
Old South Church in Boston
645 Boylston St, Boston
Friday, June 27, 2:30 PM
Peter Edwin Krasinski
Old South Church in Boston
645 Boylston St, Boston
Wednesday and Thursday, June 25 and June 26, 7:30 PM
Masterclass on Organ Improvisation
Thierry Escaich
Friday, June 27, 1:00 pm
Other workshops:
Tournemire’s Improvisation on “Victimae paschali”: Audio vs. Transcription
Kirsten Rutschman
Tuesday, June 24, 3:00 pm
Practical Aspects of Teaching Tournemire’s Improvisatory Style
Ann Labounsky
Tuesday, June 24, 3:30 pm
Improvisation Pedagogy: Sustainable Musicianship
Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra
Tuesday, June 24, 4:15 pm
Inspired Service Playing: How to Move From Here to There
Joyce Shupe Kull
Tuesday, June 24, 4:15 pm
Accompanying the Divine: Dramatic Improvisation in Liturgy and Silent Film
Peter Edwin Krasinski
Wednesday, June 25, 8:30 am
Extemporaneous Sublime: Indeterminacy and Transience of the Improvised Moment
Zvonimir Nagy
Thursday, June 26, 9:45 am
Harmony by the Numbers – Principles of Thoroughbass Fluency
Dean Billmeyer
Thursday, June 26, 11:00 am