Upcoming FWAGO Sponsored Events
Choral Evensong and Chapter Dinner
Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 4:30 pm
Saint Andrew's Anglican Church, 917 Lamar Street, Fort Worth
4:30 pm Pre-Service Organ Recital performed by Ryan Dykstra, CAGO
5:00 pm Choral Evensong
6:00 pm Chapter Dinner (dinner reservation information forthcoming)
Dr. Bradley Hunter Welch, Organ Recital
Monday, December 1, 2025, at 7:00 pm
First United Methodist Church, 800 West 5th Street, Fort Worth
Bradley Welch will perform joyful music of the Advent and Christmas seasons! This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Anne S. and Henry B. Paup Sanctuary Pipe Organ, built by Dan Garland and Associates. Please join us for a reception in Wesley Hall, following the recital.
Monica Berney, Organ Recital
Friday, January 23, 2026, at 7:00 pm
Ed Landreth Auditorium, 2800 South University Drive, Fort Worth
Monica Berney will perform a beautiful program on the M.P. Möller organ at Texas Christian University. Please join us for a reception following the recital.
The First Century of B-A-C-H Educational Program and Members' Recital
Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 10:00 am
Arborlawn United Methodist Church, 5001 Briarhaven Road, Fort Worth
Please join us for this fascinating survey of music based on Bach's name, presented by FWAGO member William Bates, and featuring performances by twelve other members. The program will last two hours, including a break for breakfast.
Dong-Ill Shin, Organ Recital
Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 5:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church, 1000 Penn Street, Fort Worth
Dong-Ill Shin is Professor of Organ and University Organist at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. We welcome him back to Texas while on his USA performance tour!
5:30 pm Chapter Dinner and Meeting with Officer Elections (dinner reservation information forthcoming)
7:00 pm Organ Recital
Cinema Concert with Organist Joshua Stafford
First Presbyterian Church
1000 Penn Street, Fort Worth
5:30 p.m. onwards FWAGO Chapter Dinner
Please let Clive Driskill-Smith know by April 18 if you plan to dine.
clive@asecfw.org
7:00 p.m. Cinema Concert
Mr. Stafford will improvise an incredible soundtrack to the silent movie Speedy, a 1928 American comedy starring comedian Harold Lloyd in the eponymous leading role.
Google Stafford Bohemian Rhapsody
to join the 4.7 million viewers of his astonishing talent!
Free admission
No tickets required
Co-sponsored by First Presbyterian Church and the
Fort Worth Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Organ Crawl with Fort Worth and Dallas AGO Chapters
This combined project between the FW and DFW AGO Chapters is a good opportunity to make new friends!
SCHEDULE
9:15 am: Christ the King - 8017 Preston Road
10:15 am: Perkins Chapel, SMU - 6106 Bishop Blvd.
11:15 am: Caruth Auditorium - SMU
12:00 pm: Lunch (Lunch at Kirby Hall, Donations accepted!)
Fort Worth AGO: Please let Clive Driskill-Smith at clive@asecfw.org know if you plan to attend the organ crawl and if you plan to eat lunch (sandwiches provided) so that there is an approximate count. Please plan to bring a cash donation.
1:00 pm: St. Thomas Aquinas - 6303 Kenwood Ave.
From Rene Schmidt, Dallas AGO Sub-Dean:
We will begin our organ crawl at Christ the King Catholic Church where we will hear and play the fabulous 2014 Juget-Sinclair Organ at 9:15. This mechanical, three manual, French inspired instrument is in a perfect acoustic setting. Juget-Sinclair Organbuilders is a small Canadian firm dedicated to producing high quality mechanical action organs.
Our next stop will be Perkins Chapel at SMU at 10:15. The chapel has a rare, historic Skinner instrument that was originally installed in 1927 for Fourth Presbyterian in New York. In 1953 the building was sold to a Greek Orthodox Church. Since the organ had no liturgical place in the Orthodox Church , the Skinner sat unused and unloved for years. A blessing in disguise, it never was altered or “modernized.”
In 2018, a steam pipe broke in Perkins and destroyed the chapel’s Aeolian-Skinner instrument. Subsequently the Skinner from the Greek Orthodox Church was purchased, installed, and restored in 2023.
Next door in SMU’s Caruth Auditorium is the Fisk, Opus 101, which we will visit at 11:15. Dedicated in 1993, this stunning instrument represents 9 years of planning, and was one of the culminations of Dr. Robert Anderson’s tenure at SMU.
Lunch will be in Kirby Hall at SMU. Donations accepted!
After lunch, we will visit the Schudi-Casavant organ at St. Thomas Aquinas at 1:00.
The organ was installed in 1978, and a complete restoration was begun in 2023. The instrument was enlarged using Marvin Judy’s long-term vision for the organ: a new Récit-expressif division in a modified Cavaillé-Coll style.
Martin Ellis Organ Recital
Friday, January 24, 2025 | 7:00 pm | University Christian Church – Fort Worth
Make plans to attend the third Fort Worth AGO chapter program of the season on Friday, January 24, 2025, at 7:00 pm! Martin Ellis will give an organ recital on the four-manual, 69-rank Dan Garland pipe organ at University Christian Church at 7:00 pm, followed by a lavish reception located in the Gallery. Admission is free, so please invite your friends and colleagues to join you for a fun-filled evening!
Martin Ellis Workshop
Saturday, January 25, 2025 | 10:00 am | University Christian Church – Fort Worth
Martin Ellis will give a two-part workshop presentation in the University Christian Church Sanctuary from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. Please join us for a morning of educational and inspirational ideas you can use for church or recital purposes:
10:00 am
Part I: Service Music by Current Composers on Hymn-Based Tunes
10:45 – 11:15 am
Break: Enjoy a light breakfast and conversation with colleagues.
11:15 – 12:00 pm
Part II: Original Works by Current Composers for Church or Recital
Martin Ellis is currently the Music Director and Organist at Vancouver First United Methodist Church in neighboring Vancouver, Washington, where he directs a comprehensive choral and instrumental program as well as oversees a growing community arts concert series that serves as home base for Clark College Choirs and the independent semi-professional Reprise Choir Organization in Vancouver. During the 2019 pandemic, Martin made the decision to pursue composing for organ and other instruments. Today he operates Martin Ellis Music, which has self-published numerous pieces, maintains an active YouTube channel of all his works, and has a growing body of work published by Lorenz Corporation of Dayton, Ohio. Martin lives in downtown Portland and enjoys an active presence in the area arts community and diverse musical world of the Pacific Northwest.
Co-sponsored by University Christian Church – Fort Worth
and the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Member's "Progressive" Organ Recital
10 am: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
11:15 am: Ridglea Presbyterian Church (The Lunch Box will cater the luncheon following the recital)
1:15 pm: Holy Family Catholic Church
Instructions to purchase your lunch:
Purchase your lunch reservation ticket here before Saturday, November 2.
Place your specific lunch order no later than Wednesday November 6 from a menu sent to you via email
All orders received by November 6 will be placed on Thursday morning, November 7.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, November 9!