INFORMATION
Pipe Organ Encounter is for aspiring keyboard players ages 13-18. No previous pipe organ experience is necessary, though intermediate piano proficiency is requested. The local POE committee may choose to grant special consideration on an individual basis for admission of a potential registrant who age or training differs from the guidelines.

HIGHLIGHTS
Take private organ lessons with prominent professional organists with daily practice time scheduled on some of the Philadelphia area’s most notable organs.
Attend interesting workshops on practice techniques, improvisation, registration, hymn playing, and preparation for AGO Certification.
Participate in programs and workshops tailored to your level of achievement – two tracks of classes will be offered, one for the beginning organist, and one for the more advanced student.
Experience an opening recital featuring Alan Morrison, Chair of the Organ Department at Curtis Institute of Music. Go on an organ crawl of the largest playing organ in the world, The Wanamaker Organ in the Grand Court of the Lord and Taylor Store in downtown Philadelphia.
Tour the largest concert hall organ in the world, the new 2006 Dobson organ in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Tour Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, and the ride on the Delaware River on the Philly Duck Tour.
Perform in the final student concerts.
Swim and Pizza party night.
An evening at the King of Prussia mall, the largest mall east of the Mississippi River!
Visit a pipe organ shop and see how a real pipe organ is constructed.
Make new friends and forge new relationships.

FACULTY

Jeffrey Alban	Rae Ann Anderson
Jeffrey Brillhart	Gregory D'Agostino
Ted Davis	Ruth Draper
Dennis Elwell	David Furniss
Gary Garletts	Bill Gatens
Matthew Glandorf	Bruce Glenny
Ahreum Han	David Herman
Paul Jacobs	Nathan Laube
Tom Marshall	Marvin Mills
Alan Morrison	Jonathan Moyer
Keith Reas	Clair Rozier
David Schelat	Tom Smith
Samuel Springer	Donald Sutherland

HOUSING Students will be housed on the campus of Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA, 19085. Full-time supervision will be provided by the POE staff, including chaperones each day, nighttime attendants, and a resident nurse. Contact numbers will be provided along with registration confirmation.

ORGANS Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Overbrook Presbyterian Church Proclamation Presbyterian Church Saint Joseph’s University Chapel Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, Wayne Saint Peter’s Church in the Great Valley The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr Washington Memorial chapel

APPLICATION FEES
The application/registration fee is $375, and must accompany your completed application form. This fee covers tuition, materials, local transportation, room and board, special events, and a one-year student membership in your local AGO Chapter.
Scholarship assistance is available through the National headquarters of the American Guild of Organists. Please contact the POE Director for information, or see www.agohq.org. Students may also contact their local AGO chapter or religious institution for financial aid. All applications are due by May 1, 2006. Early registration is recommended, as enrollment is limited.

QUESTIONS?
All questions concerning the Philadelphia Chapter’s POE should be directed to:

Marcia S. Mau, POE Director
130 W Miner Street, West Chester, PA 19382
610-696-0554x18
mmau@firstpreswc.com

Pipe Organ Encounters is an educational outreach program of the American Guild of Organists. Major funding for Pipe Organ Encounters is provided by the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America. Additional support is provided by the American Institute of Organbuilders and Margaret R. Evans. Permanently endowed AGO scholarships are provided in memory of Seth Bingham, Clarence Dickinson, Philip Hahn, Charles N. Henderson, Alfred E. Lunsford, Ned Siebert, and Martin M. Wick, and in honor of Philip E. Baker, and Morgan and Mary Simmons. Additional scholarship funds have been created in honor of Ruth Milliken, and in memory of Robert S. Baker and Virgil Fox.