Keith S. Tóth, Dean

From the Dean

Presidents Day Conference: Save the Date

A Christmas Gift from "Choir & Organ" Magazine

Pipedreams Live! at Juilliard

Michael Barone, host of American Public Media's PIPEDREAMS program, teams up with students of Paul Jacobs from the Juilliard School Organ Studio for an "Organ Plus" concert at Alice Tully Hall, open to the public on Tuesday night, January 22, 2013 at 8 pm.

Presented in a "Pipedreams Live!" format recorded for later broadcast, with Barone's comments interspersed amidst the musical selections, the program will include traditional solo works by Bach, Hindemith and John Weaver, selections with other instruments by Vitali (violin), Cochereau (percussion) and harp (Rachel Laurin), some new scores by New York City composer Henry Martin given local premieres, and transcriptions of works by Smetana and Wagner.

Tickets are free but required and may be obtained starting Jan. 8th at http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205382.

One half of the weekly PIPEDREAMS program airs on WQXR-105.9FM at the challenging hour of midnight Sunday (actually 12 a.m. Monday), but the full two-hour program can be enjoyed at any time only at www.pipedreams.org where access to an archive of hundreds of past programs also is available 24/7.

Come one, come all!

	Anne Versteeg McKittrick, FAGO, FTCL

Members from the Past

Congratulations to Charles Dodsley Walker, Stephen Danziger, and Paul Richard Olson who each correctly identified Anne Versteeg McKittrick in last month's issue.

Paul Olson, Organist and Choirmaster of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, provided the following:

Anne Versteeg McKittrick, FAGO, FTCL, served as Organist and Choirmaster for 38 years at Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, from 1939-1976. Mrs. McKittrick took full charge of the music program at Grace Church in 1939following the death of Frank Wright who had held the position for 43 years. She died on May 3, 1976 from complications of a heart attack. She played andconducted her last service on Easter Day, April 18, 1976. Her funeral service was held at Grace Church on May 6, 1976.

Anne McKittrick studied with Frank Wright, her predecessor, G. Darlington Richards, organist of St. James Church, NYC, and Norman Coke-Jephcott, organist of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. For many years she was very active in the work of the American Guild of Organists, serving on the Examinations Committee, the National Council, and as National Librarian-Historian. Mrs. McKittrick was known for her cheerful presence and her faithful service to the AGO.

Mrs. McKittrick’s work with the choir of men and boys brought great recognition and honor to Grace Church. She was married to Alfred Hadley Hanson, longtime member of the choir. He died in 1962. Mrs. McKittrick was succeeded by Bradley Hull.

Can You Identify This Member From the Past?

. . . now deceased?

Obituary: Peter J. Basch

We are saddened to learn of the death of Peter J. Basch (December 8,1929 – August 3, 2012) in Hoboken, N. J. He was born in Webster, N. Y. and was educated at the Eastman School of Music and was the initial editor (1968-1973) of MUSIC: The AGO RCCO Magazine, as the official AGO journal was known before the name was changed to The American Organist.

He taught at the New York School of Liturgical Music and was Organist and Choirmaster of the Church of st. John the Evangelist in New York, and later at Holy Redeemer Parish, West New York.