Message from the Dean
Welcome to the Greater Lansing AGO Chapter web site!
We are made up of men of women, young and old, who have a love and passion for music especially that for the organ. Throughout the year, there are many opportunities to gather together to learn and grow in the art of music.
I encourage you to attend one of our events or the numerous concerts and music offerings throughout the greater Lansing area.
Dean John Horak
Mission Statement
Our mission is to expose the Greater Lansing Area community
to the beauty and power of music as expressed through both the organ and the choral experience.
We are dedicated to providing this experience through the following means:
- Making accessible professional training to all interested youth and adults with the opportunity for on-going scholarships for study.
- Providing performances of quality repertoire that reflects the diverse nature of both the sacred and secular genres in our world through recitals by Guild members and guest soloists.
- Making available continuing education in both the areas of keyboard and choral music with emphasis on varying levels of complexity that satisfy the needs of each musician and situation.
- Exposing the musician to an eclectic variety of sacred and secular compositions that will allow for appropriate choices in their field of service.
- Providing, through membership in the AGO Guild, a source of networking, camaraderie, and edification through the sharing of our individual gifts.
Local Events
| Sunday, September 15, 2024, 3:00 pm | Ken Cowan, MSU Alumni Chapel, MSU Campus. |
| October 12, 2024, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm | Organ Crawl in Lansing with the Ann Arbor AGO Chapter. Meet at Central United Methodist Church in Lansing, to tour several organs in downtown. |
| Sunday, November 10, 2024, 3:00 pm | Organ concert featuring Sam Schuler. Our Savior Lutheran Church at St. Joe Highway and Broadbent, Lansing. |
| Sunday, December 8, 3:00 pm | Enjoy Christmas festivities with members to play the four manual custom Allen organ at Robert Miller’s house in East Lansing. |
| Sunday, January 12, 2025, 1:00 pm. | Sunday brunch at MSU’s Brody Hall. For reservation, contact Dean John Horak |
| February 23 , 2025. Canceled due to water line break. | Members will have an opportunity to tour and play at an open console time on the Barton theater organ at the Grand Ledge Opera House, |
| Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 7:00 pm | Valparaiso University Choir and orchestra and organ under direction of Dr. Martin Jacobson with organist Szu-Ping Chang who will lead assembly in song. Excerpts from Bach’s St. John Passion will be performed. Violinist Dr. Diego Piedra will play “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Our Savior Lutheran Church., 7910 E. St. Joseph Hwy, at Broadbent. Free-will offering will be taken. |
| Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 pm | Members Recital in Celebration of Chapters Members who have passed.. Our Savior Lutheran Church, St. Joe Highway at Broadbent. |
| Sunday, March 16, 3:00 pm, MSU Alumni Chapel | Echoes of Majesty: Organ Transcriptions. Hae Won Jang organ recital featuring a uniquely transcribed classical works of Wagner, Holst and Rachmaninoff. |
| Sunday, March 25, 3:00 pm. Lansing Central United Methodist Church | Organ Portraits: a recital by Noah Mallett. His program will feature colorful and dramatic compositions from the Romantic repertoire by Joseph Rheinberger, Louis Vierne and Charles Tournemire. |
| Sunday, May 4, 3:00 pm Our Savior Lutheran Church, 7910 E. St. Joe Hwy, Lansing | Delta Community Choir spring concert, “Songs for Heroes and Dreamers,” the 50 voice choir will sing about bravery, courage, sacrifice and hope., including tributes to first responders and the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Free-will donations will be accepted to support Volunteers of America. For more information visit deltacc.org. |
| Monday, May 12, 7:00 pm | Organ Scholarship Auditions, Ascension Lutheran Church,, East Lansing. |
| Saturday, May 17. | Visit to Blue Lake Find Arts Camp Instruments Museum. Details will be forthcoming. |
| Thursday, May 29, 7:00 pm. Our Savior Lutheran Church, 7910 E. St. Joe Hwy. | Organ recital by John Horak, marking the 275th anniversary of J. S. Bach’s death. The concert will be a variety of organ works: chorales, a bass aria from the Christmas Oratorio, choral pieces by the Adult Choir as well as an organ concerto, prelude and fugue and a toccata. free will offering will be taken for the maintenance of our pipe organ. |
| June 7, 8:30am to 4:00pm Church Music Workshop Our Savior Lutheran Church | ALCM Church Music Workshop, led by Nicole Leppula and John Horak. Includes hymns with organ and orchestra, hymns with creativity, handbell techniques and Psalms for worship and lunch. Cost $30 ($15 for students). To register go to https://alcm.org/event/lansing-mi/ |
| June 9, 6:00 pm | AGO Dinner and Program, Central United Methodist Church, Lansing |
The Bellows Newsletters
AGO Board Members
- John Horak, Dean jhorak@oursaviorlansing.org
- Mark Mitchell, Sub Dean
- Lee Hendrickson, Treasurer
- Mary Black Junttonen, Secretary
- Barbara Hiranpradist, Newsletter
- Alix Jenkins, Education
- Robert Miller, Website
- Eric Strand
- Timothy Nechuta
- Algie Watkins
AGO Board Meetings, Our Savior Lutheran Church, 12:00 noon
- Friday, January 10
- Friday, February 14
- Friday, March 14
- Friday, April 11