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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]
Forthcoming
A Historical Performance Practice Workshop by Daniel Tappe (Germany)
Monday, 23 August 2010, 7.30 - 9.30 PM
Kampong Kapor Methodist Church Sanctuary
1 Kampong Kapor Road, S 208673 [locate]
Topics to be addressed include historical performance practices – philosophies, fingering, and issues about adapting early music to the modern organ. The repertoire includes Bach’s Toccata et Fuga in d, BWV 565,Schmücke dich, BWV 654 and other pieces from his Pipeworks recital programme on 24 Aug .
For registration and details, please call Chet Wei at 67675258 or email chetwei@singnet.com.sg
Pipe Works 2010
Daniel Tappe (Germany)
Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 8 PM
Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, 3 Orchard Road [locate]
FREE ADMISSION
Daniel Tappe (1978) studied the organ, historic keyboard instruments, and music history at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin/ Ohio/ USA. He graduated in 2007, earning a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in Historical Performance. In addition, he was awarded the Selby Harlan Houston Prize for exemplary scholarship in music theory and organ.
Daniel Tappe was the organist at Christ Church in Oberlin from 2005 to 2007, and he continued further studies in the organ at the Musikhochschule in Hannover (Germany) from 2007 to 2009, where he earned the Konzertexamen degree. In 2007 and 2008, he won first prizes in international organ competitions in Biarritz (France) and Bad Homburg (Germany).
Programme
Matthias Weckmann (1621—1674)
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Heinrich Scheidemann (1596—1663)
O Gott, wir danken deiner Güt
Georg Böhm (1661—1733)
Praeludium in C
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685—1750)
Schmücke dich, BWV 654
Toccata et Fuga in d, BWV 565
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 663a
Praeludium in e, BWV 548a
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 718
Fuga in e, BWV 548b
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Newsletter
Pipe Echoes Issue 13, Sept 2010. [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]