2023-2024 Season
Tour of local organs
Join us for a tour of the Carmelite Monastery in Santa Clara (meet there at 9am), St. Nicholas & St. William Parish in Los Altos, and First United Methodist in Palo Alto.
A note from Jack Bethards of Schoenstein:
I am so glad you will be at the Carmelites! The acoustics are fine, the room is beautiful, and the organ is a real gem. We haven’t been there in several years so I hope the organ will be in good shape. It has always been a very reliable instrument.
It was built in 1917 by the Robert-Morton Co. of Los Angeles and is totally original. As you probably know, the Robert-Morton company was an outgrowth of the Murray M. Harris company, builders of the 1904 World’s Fair organ now at the Wanamaker store in Philadelphia and the original Stanford Memorial Church organ among many others.
You will enjoy its beautiful tone! It has only 8 ranks, but all are beautiful!
Choral reading for small choirs
Choral reading for small choirs, Grace Lutheran, Palo Alto. Bring your favorite anthems that are effective and not too hard.
National Convention in San Francisco
Register HERE to join your friends and over 1,000 colleagues for five days of concerts, services, workshops and social events.
Spring Members' Recital
Here is your chance to perform on the grand Casavant organ at St. Mark’s Palo Alto and take home some free music.
Salon
Join an informal gathering to share repertoire and ideas at Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverly St., Palo Alto,
Berkeley Organ Crawl
Join the SF chapter for a tour of some notable instruments in Berkeley, including the Noack in Hertz Hall UC Berkeley. We will have a carpool. Contact Rani for details.
Film “The Genius of Cavaille-Coll”
chez Catha with French wine, non-alcoholic drinks, & cheese
La Nativité du Seigneur
La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen is full of profound theology and dense musical idiom. Join us for a lecture by Stella O’Neill on Zoom at https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/95926059234
Halloween Recital
Come hear and see spooky music played in a spooky church by our young organists in spooky costumes, 7 pm Congregational Church of San Mateo.
Fantasia Apocalyptica
Come hear Fantasia Apocalyptica, an aural telling the Book of Revelation to St. John, composed by our own Donald Knuth and performed by our own Jin Kyung Lim, two nights in a row at First Lutheran, Palo Alto.
Fall Members’ Recital
Share your favorite postlude or what could be a postlude. If you don’t have one, play anything you like!
The Christ Church Portola Valley organ is Visser-Roland, Op.97. Email Rani to send her your title. Email Lauren to schedule practice time.
