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Pipe Organ Encounter 2010 - June 13-18, 2010

PIPE ORGAN ENCOUNTER 2010
A Chapter .Festival. of the organ
A Resounding Success!!!

The Saint Louis Chapter of the AGO says "Thank You" to our guest faculty:

Michael Bauer, Douglas Cleveland, Carla Edwards, Wilma Jensen, and Christopher Marks.

Special thanks and congratulationsto our chapter faculty and volunteers, and most especially, POE Director Mr. Andrew Peters!!

POE-Saint Louis 2010studentenrollment
included students fromMissouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Arizona

Guest faculty included:

The backbone of the POE is daily private lessons for each student with a teacher. In addition to a daily lesson, each student will receive practice time. The week also features organ recitals (open to the public and our chapter members), an organ building session, workshop with faculty, an organ crawl, and a recreational event. The week will conclude on Friday morning with a student recital.

Download a brochure and application to attend.

If you have any questions about the POE, please feel free to contact the POE Director, Andrew Peters at 314-367-0367 or music@secondchurch.net.

Please also consider a contribution to the POE!

Contributions will help defray some of the expenses from the week. In addition, extra income may provide scholarship assistance for some potential students. All contributors will be acknowledged in an upcoming issue of THE OPUS newsletter. Contributors will also be recognized in recital programs during the POE week. Select your desired level of donation and click the link below to contribute with PayPal.

Or to send a donation by mail, Download and print a donation form here.

All contributors will be acknowledged in an upcoming issue of THE OPUS newsletter. Contributors will also be acknowledged in recital programs during the POE week.