June Pipings A Nte frm ur Dean Dear AGO Friends, Lw Cuntry Chapter Officers Chad Martin Dean 803.671.1791 cmartin2048@yah.cm Debby Graves Sub Dean 843.422.9002 debbygraves@yah.cm Gilbert G. Campbell Secretary 843.681.6751 gilnhhi@gmail.cm Gary R. Rakestraw Treasurer 843.521.4060 grakestraw@htmail.cm Beth Crry (2017) Greg Hllinger (2018) Art Perry (2019) Members at Large Dr. JS Sn Directr Placement & Substitutes mlmhsk@htmail.cm Chaplain Rev. Richard McDnnell mebird@live.cm Chapter Web Site www.lccag.rg Natinal AGO Web Site www.aghq.rg I hpe that all are ding well, and are gearing up fr a wnderful, beautiful Summer in the Lwcuntry! We have had an extrardinary year with fantastic events filled with superb music. I'm delighted t say that Steven Branyn shared his talents in ur last Nn Friday Recital fr the year. Persnally, I fund his chice f repertire t be thught prvking and elquently presented. Additinally, ur Festival f Keys cncert at First Presbyterian n Hiltn Head was a tremendus success. The sanctuary lked and felt wnderful with a respnsive, captivated audience f 800. The laughter, applause, and dnatins truly reflected the appreciatin f the perfrmance. I wuld like t persnally thank Gary Rakestraw fr his hard wrk and flexibility in printing the prgrams, Beth Crry fr being such a brilliant, willing, and talented participant, and Jerry Andersn, Duchess Raehn, and Janice Creech fr sharing their utstanding abilities with us. Our annual meeting will be held n June the 11th. Please see Debby's nte belw abut details cncerning the event. We will nt nly share fellwship and gd fd, but we will als be discussing ur upcming year in regards t prgramming and leadership. I wuld like t thank Debby and Beth fr all f their wrk in making sure next year will be anther huge success. Lastly, it is with sadness that I send my final dean's nte in ur mnthly newsletter. Over the last cuple f year's, I have had the pleasure f getting t knw and lve the musicians in Beaufrt Cunty. I've been t cncerts, dinner parties, lng weekends, churches, recitals, and thrugh them all, I feel like I've made life lng friends with mst. I have accepted the psitin as Directr f Music and Organist at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Summerville, SC. Althugh I will have the pprtunity t explre and enjy the musical attributes f the Charlestn area, I will deeply miss all f yu and the fellwship we have had with ne anther. Therefre, I leave yu with the fllwing: In this life, it isn't abut wh plays the biggest rgan, has the best chir, r church with the mst mney. In this life, it isn't abut what degrees ne has r where ne cmes frm r lives; In this life, it isn't abut hierarchy r prving yurself t thers. It IS abut relatinships and peple. Being kind t ne anther. Being understanding and willing t wrk tgether. Meeting thers halfway. Listening t reasn. Respnding with grace and humility. In this life, music is perfrmed by, cmpsed by, and enjyed by "peple." Therefre, in rder t keep the music alive and fruitful we need t value..."peple." Remember, keep a sng in yur heart! With Fancy Ftwrk, Chad A. Martin
A Nte frm ur Sub-Dean Our Lw Cuntry Chapter Annual Meeting and Dinner will be held at the hme f Margaret and Steve Bukksy n June 11 at 6 PM. It will als be a farewell t ur Dean Chad Martin as he leaves us and pursues his next adventure. Margaret has already dne a lt f the planning fr this picnic and supplying: hamburgers, ht dgs, sweet Italian sausage and Steve is making his smked salmn spread fr an appetizer. Gary is picking up the wine, lemnade and iced tea. Beth Crry and I are bringing dessert. What we need frm thers wh are attending is ptat salad, green salads, deviled eggs, baked beans, macarni salad, a cheese platter and fruit platter. Please email Margaret at: mbukksy@yah.cm with infrmatin n what yu will be bringing and hw many f yu are attending. Margaret needs this infrmatin by June 6th s she can make her final purchase f fd. I wuld als like t publicly thank Chad fr his hard wrk and dedicatin t ur AGO Chapter. We have had larger audiences and brught in mre revenue thrughut this past year. We are really getting t be knwn as a high quality perfrming rganizatin in this cunty. Let us shw Chad ur appreciatin n June 11th. Directins t the Bukksy hme are as fllws: 48 Seabrk Pint Drive, Seabrk, SC is rughly 10 miles frm the intersectin f Beaufrt's Crss Creek Plaza n highway 170 and the Parris Island Gateway rad. Directins frm that pint are simple. Make a left nt Parris Island Gateway, as if yu are headed tward Charlestn. Make anther left nt Highway 21, at the "T" intersectin f Parris Island Gateway and Highway 21. Yu will pass the Marine Crps Air Statin. Fllw highway 21 until yu see the sign fr the Whale Branch Middle Schl n yur right. Make a left acrss frm the Whale Branch Middle Schl t Seabrk Rad. Fllw Seabrk Rad t the "T" intersectin, which is Seabrk Pint Drive and make anther left. The entrance t the hme is n the right, frm the circular drive just befre the mailbx which is marked "48." Please pull t the frnt f the circular drive s that the area can be fully utilized. There are als parking places in frnt f the garage bays, and tw pull ut areas. Please park in the driveway, and nt n the lawn, t avid damage t the irrigatin system. Thanks. P.S. If yu g ver the Whale Branch River Bridge, yu need t turn arund, because yu missed Seabrk Rad! Musically yurs, Debby Graves
A Nte frm Our Treasurer 1. This is the time f year when many f us need t renew ur membership. Invices have been sent t the fllwing: Branyn, Bukksy, Campbell, Cle, Crry, E. Davis, Dickensheets, Eliasph, Farley, Graves, Hamiltn, Hllinger, Landguth, Micharlsen, Murrell, Pattn, Perry, and Rakus. If yur name is n this list and yu've already renewed, it has nt yet been psted because f the high vlume f renewals being prcessed at headquarters this time f year. If yu have nt received yur invice by email, please check yur junk mail. Many were sent at the first f May. Yu may renew using ONCARD and fllwing the directins in ur Yearbk & Directry, r yu may cntact Mlly Davey at headquarters: 212-870-2310 r mlly.davey@aghq.rg. By all means, please verify yur prfile infrmatin is crrect because that's where we get yur infrmatin fr ur Yearbk & Directry. 2. Our LCC bard has vted t award 2 schlarships and t pay fr annual AGO membership this year fr a cntinuing rgan student. If yu are teaching an rgan student and wuld like t apply fr a schlarship fr yur student, please cntact a member f the bard. Als, if yu'd like t make a dnatin t ur chapter's schlarship fund, please cntact Gary. Thank yu fr being a member f Lw Cuntry Chapter! Gary Rakestraw, Treasurer Please submit yur news, events, cmments, updates, interesting r funny stuff t: NEWSLETTER EDITOR Linda Hamiltn liturgicalinda@htmail.cm. Please submit material fr the next newsletter at least 5 days befre the end f the mnth s that Pipings can be published by the 1 st! WEBMASTER Gary Rakestraw grakestraw@htmail.cm Our chapter website is lccag.rg. Have yu visited it lately?
June Jb Placement Currently, the natinal AGO website is psting 4 jbs in Gergia and 2 jbs in Suth Carlina. Please check the natinal website fr mre infrmatin. Lcal Jb: First Presbyterian Church, Hiltn Head Island, Suth Carlina, is seeking a church rganist. Psitin: Organist Church/Organ Infrmatin: First Presbyterian has a rich and distinguished traditin f excellence in music ministry. One f the largest churches in the Charlestn Atlantic Presbytery, First Presbyterian has a membership f ver 1300 and is lcated n beautiful Hiltn Head Island, SC. The instrument was built by the Austin Organ Cmpany in 1989. The new A.E. Schlueter cnsle, installed in Nvember 2016, has fur manuals, 500 lckable memry levels, transpsitin capability, a recrd/playback feature and a tuch screen. There are 72 ranks, f which 47 are pipe and 25 are digital, and a Trmpette en Chamade. Jb Descriptin: Church rganist fr a church with a rich and distinguished traditin f excellence in music. Jb Type: Part-time Submit Applicatin by: June 30, 2018 t rganist@fpchhi.rg r Angie T. Greenfield, Chairman f Organist Search Cmmittee First Presbyterian Church f Hiltn Head Island, 540 William Hiltn Parkway Hiltn Head Island, SC 29928 T be Filled By: September 1, 2018 Qualificatins: Bachelr f Music r equivalent experience required. Masters Degree (r higher) preferred. Excellent keybard skills, pian prficiency, rgan specializatin strngly preferred. Previus experience as a church rganist. Wrking knwledge f pipe rgans. Salary: negtiable, cmmensurate with experience, educatin, and qualificatins. Respnsibilities: Prvide rgan and/r pian music in a prfessinal manner fr tw traditinal mrning wrship services and ther special and seasnal services thrughut the year. Facilitate cngregatinal singing and wrship thrugh creative and inspiring hymn accmpaniments. Crdinate special musical fferings by encuraging the musical talents and participatin f members f cngregatin and/r guest artists. Accmpany and rehearse with slists and ther guest musicians. Accuntable t the Minister f Music Assist Minister f Music with wrship planning. Assist the Minister f Music as needed, including, but nt limited t, directing vice and handbell chirs (adult and children).
Arrange fr qualified substitute rganists/pianists when absent. Accmpany the Sanctuary and New Vices Chirs at weekly and special rehearsals, and ther chirs as needed. Respnsible fr the verseeing f all maintenance fr rgans and keybards, including tuning and repair. Develp and versee rgan recital series. Play fr weddings and funerals, when requested, with additinal incme paid by families. Attend weekly church staff meetings Other related duties as assigned. Frmer Yung Member Update Richard L. Gray, III, frmer member f Lw Cuntry Chapter and native f Beaufrt, SC, has been hired as Directr f Music and Organist fr St. Jhn the Evangelist Episcpal Church in St. Paul, MN. He will be the first full-time leader fr all music ministry at the lng-established St. Jhn s and will assume duties n September 1, 2018. Richard has gained a wealth f knwledge, skill, and training in the wrk f church music having just cmpleted a term as Organ Schlar fr the prestigius music prgram f St. Gerge s Episcpal Church in Nashville, TN. In that pst, Richard wrked in every aspect f a large and vibrant church music prgram frm cnducting multiple chirs, administratin, playing the rgan, and cllabrating n liturgy and music with a talented staff. Richard has stated that he lves being immersed in the Episcpal Traditin, a church he has chsen as his faith hme. Richard did his undergraduate wrk in rgan at Oberlin Cnservatry in OH and received a Master f Music degree in Organ Perfrmance at Suthern Methdist University in Dallas, TX. During his graduate wrk, he was rganist at Highland Park Presbyterian Church, a parish knwn fr its excellent music prgram. The pastr f St. Jhn the Evangelist states, It was clear t me and the search cmmittee that beynd Richard s cnsiderable gifts and talents, he understands that Church Music is ministry dne in respnse t a lving Gd and as a part f building up Gd s peple fr service in the wrld. Richard als shwed a real grasp f the imprtance f music as integral t faith develpment fr peple f all ages. While he will have principal versight f the adult chir and bells, Richard is eager t engage even mre yuth and children in ur music and t grw ur prgram. It is my hpe that ur cngregatin will find Richard, as did thse wh met him in his inpersn interviews, t be an affable, wise, enthusiastic individual wh als happens t be quite accmplished and excellent at and passinate abut, church music. Richard writes, Church music has been a passin f mine fr as lng as I can remember, and what I enjy mst abut it is that it is such a cmmunal and cllabrative way f making music fr the Lrd. Cming int this wnderfully active cmmunity t d what I lve is very exciting. I was drawn t St. Jhn the Evangelist because I had a sense that this is a strng church family, ne where the ministries and grups f the parish wrk actively with ne anther and cmplement each ther. In additin t all the wnderful parts that make this church whle, I was delighted and pleased t see all the ways in which this parish serves as an utreach t the cmmunity. Becming a part f this will truly be a blessing. I lk frward t mving my life t the Twin Cities and beginning this next chapter with St. Jhn s!
Upcming Musical Events: Organ Recital by Debra Ramsey Dickensheets, Friday, June 1 at 12:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hiltn Pkwy., Hiltn Head, SC; perfrming music f Bach/Vivaldi, Reger, Widr, Durufle, and mre. Fr mre infrmatin cntact dickensheetsmusic@gmail.cm. The Furman University 2018 Summer Keybard Institute will take place frm Sunday, June 17th thrugh Friday, June 22 nd n the beautiful Furman campus. The Summer Keybard Institute includes daily lessns, masterclasses, special lectures, and practice time, as well as abundant recreatinal pprtunities. Students may chse study in the areas f rgan, pian, ensemble pian, technlgy, and imprvisatin; rgan students will be taught by Dr. Charles Tmpkins, Prfessr f Organ, and will have access t Furman s Hartness Organ, a three-manual, 42-stp instrument by C.B. Fisk in the resplendent acustics f the Charles E. Daniel Memrial Chapel. Fr cmplete infrmatin regarding the Summer Keybard Institute, please call the Furman University Department f Music at (864) 294-2086, r g the fllwing site: www.furman.edu/summerkeybard Linda Hamiltn s puppy Peach at her rgan at Hly Family. Is she verwhelmed r is she meticulusly planning the registratins fr her recital? Des she need t raise r lwer the bench?