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American Guild of Organists - Portland, Oregon
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2025 PAGO Member's Recital
This year's PAGO Member's Recital, performed live and in person at the Sunnyside SDA Church in Portland, was a smashing success and...

Gregory De Santis
May 301 min read
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2025 PAGO Bach-A-Thon a Success!
The 2025 PAGO Bach-A-Thon is now history. We had a great turnout and the performers regaled their audience with oodles of talent and...
Gregory De Santis
Mar 231 min read
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Salem Organ Crawl, Sat. Feb. 8, 2025
Visited were the organs at St. Paul's Episcopal, (1975 Gabriel Kney tracker organ and 1987 Brombaugh organ in chapel), the Willamette...
Gregory De Santis
Feb 161 min read
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Robert McCormick - Improvisation Class
On Wednesday, November 13, virtuoso performer and improvisor Robert McCormick, organist and director of music at Church of the Good...

Gregory De Santis
Dec 12, 20241 min read
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GAIL ARCHER - Lecture on Ukrainian and Eastern European Organ Music - Lewis & Clark College - 09/28/24 @ 10am
Following the previous night’s concert, Gail Archer presented a lecture on the history and characteristics of Ukrainian and Eastern...

Gregory De Santis
Oct 21, 20241 min read
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James O'Donnell in Concert - 5/12/2024
On Sunday May 12, PAGO co-sponsored an organ concert featuring internationally recognized conductor, organist and teacher, James...

Gregory De Santis
Jul 15, 20241 min read
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'Where Shall I Fly?' - Contemporary Music for Organ Presented by Matthew O'Sullivan at Lewis & Clark College, Sunday March 10, 2024.
PAGO Dean, Matthew O'Sullivan, presented a vibrant mix of contemporary organ compositions filled with color and variety before an...

Gregory De Santis
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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Organ Sonatinas of Christopher Wicks - 02/11/2024
On Sunday February 11 the Portland chapter of the American Guild of Organists presented a concert of Organ Sonatinas composed by chapter...

Gregory De Santis
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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Bach-a-Thon 2024
We are excited to kick off our annual virtual Bach-a-thon! These events have been great fundraisers for our scholarship fund, and with...
Matthew Smith
Jan 13, 20242 min read
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Organ Crawl in The Dalles - 11/18/2023
The Dalles organist Garry Estep introduced us to pipe organs located at five different churches in The Dalles. Old St Peter's Historic...

Gregory De Santis
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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Chapter Evensong, Installation of Officers and Annual Meeting
On September 17, chapter members installed the new board and conducted the annual meeting. Dinner followed at Ernesto's. The Portland AGO...
Matthew Smith
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Daryl Robinson - Master class at First Presbyterian Church
Portland's First Presbyterian Church was the location of a riveting master class given by University of Houston's Daryl Robinson on...

Gregory De Santis
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Daryl Robinson - Recital at Lewis and Clark College
Daryl Robinson performed a masterful recital at the Casavant organ of Lewis and Clark college on Friday, September 29 at 7:30 pm,...

Gregory De Santis
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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AGO West 2023 Evensong Sermon
The Very Rev. Nathan LeRud, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral - July 10, 2023 Depending on how you count – or depending on how you translate –...
Matthew Smith
Aug 1, 20237 min read
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