Welcome
The Singapore Chapter is the Guild's first chapter in South-East Asia. It was approved by AGO Headquarters on 20 October 2003 and the Registry of Societies in Singapore on 23 December 2003. [more]
Recent
A Week of Organ Immersion
An account of the June AGO Convention in Minneapolis. [more]
Forthcoming
PipeWorks 2009
Johan Hermans (Belgium)
Thursday, 26 February 2009, 8 pm
Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, 3 Orchard Road [locate]
FREE ADMISSION
Johan Hermans graduated from the Lemmens Institute in Louvain and the Royal Conservatory of Liège, both in Belgium. He teaches Organ Performance, Chamber Music and Keyboard Harmony at the Conservatory of Hasselt, Belgium. He is Cathedral Organist of the St. Quintinus Cathedral, and also serves as the city's Civic Organist. Johan Hermans is the founder and director of the International Organ Festival of Hasselt, and he is also the artistic director of several organ concert series in and around the city.
Programme
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Marche religieuse sur un thème de Haendel [‘Lift up your heads’ from The Messiah]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Choral III in a minor
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Toccata (from Symphony V)
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
Prelude in 5 voices
Hans-André Stamm (1958-)
Rondo alla celtica
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
Symphonic Phantasy, Op. 13
Other Events Around Town
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël
Friday, November 28 2008, 8 pm
Kampong Kapor Methodist Church [locate]
FREE ADMISSION
The International Festival Chorus presents Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for Christmas based on French Carols, along with traditional and baroque Christmas carols; featuring Chong Ten Yeen, organ. [more]
Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
Sunday, November 30 2008, 7.30 pm
Singapore Bible College Concert Hall [locate]
FREE ADMISSION
Presented by the Celebration Chorus and orchestra (with organ). The Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) is one of fourteen masses by J. Haydn, and one of the six masses of his greatest liturgical compositions. [more]
Messiaen Centenary
Wednesday, December 10 2008, 6.30 pm
Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TICKETS: RM 10
Organists: Evelyn Lim, Chong Ten Yeen, Angela Lim, and Ong Te-Min. [more]
Esplanade Presents: The Magic of Christmas
Friday, December 19 2008, 7.30 pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
TICKETS: $30, $21 (concession), available from SISTIC
An organ performance by Marc Rochester (UK). With the choirs of Methodist Girls’ School, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ Secondary School, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Toa Payoh) Secondary School. Conducted by Jennifer Tham, UK/Singapore. [more]
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Newsletter
Pipe Echoes Issue 11, Nov 2008. [PDF]
Articles
Pipe Dreams
by Stephanie Yap
Cover and articles from The Straits Times, Life!, 19 April 2007.
“Boldly Ventured is Half Won”
by Dr Evelyn Lim, Dean
28 March 2007
Success for the Chapter's young organists in the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. [more]