Mission
The mission of the American Guild of Organists is to enrich lives through organ and choral music. In order to achieve this mission, its members:
Encourage excellence in the performance of organ and choral music
Inspire, educate, and offer certification for organists and choral conductors
Provide networking, fellowship, and mutual support
Nurture future generations of organists
Promote the organ in its historic and evolving roles
Engage wider audiences with organ and choral music
Mailing Address
American Guild of Organists
Baltimore Chapter
135 Hollow Brook Road
Timonium, MD 21093
Officers and Board
Officers
Class of 2024
Midori Ataka
Tim Murphy
Class of 2025
Wendy Johnston
Diane Luchese
Class of 2026
Ted Davis
Chris Schroeder
Executive Board
Officers
Dean: Bert Landman
Sub Dean: Marvin Mills
Secretary: Louis R. Gephardt-Gorsuch
Treasurer: Jeanne Klusewitz
Registrar: Frank Ritterman
Chaplain
Rev. Thomas R. Malia
The Pipe and Pedal Newsletter
(Newsletter Deadline: 24th of the preceding month Mid-Month Events Email Deadline: 15th of the month)
Editor: Alex Mendelsohn
Website and Placements
Director of Placements and Webmaster: Louis R. Gephardt-Gorsuch
Past Deans of the Baltimore Chapter
David C. Dasch 1974-76
John W. Heizer 1976-79
Barbara C. Thomson 1979-80
Thomas Spacht 1980-81
Margaret L. Budd 1981-83
Paul L. Davis 1983-84
*Bruce R. Eicher 1984-86
*Eldean Krieger 1987-89
Henry Lowe 1989-91
*Michael Britt 1991-94
*Chapman Gonzalez 1994-96
Theodore Feldman 1996-98
Charles W. Ames 1998-99
Kevin M. Clemens 1999-2001
Richard L. Allen 2001-04
Jason Kissel 2004-08
Paul Carroll 2008-09
Theodore Davis 2009-12
Richard Fitzgerald 2012-13
*Michael Britt 2013-16
Daniel Aune 2016-19
Henry Lowe 2019-20
Sean O’Connor 2021-2022
*Deceased
*Rose Marie Barrie
*John Denues 1924
*Edmund S. Ender 1924-25
*J. Norris Gering 1925-26
*John Denues 1926-30
*John H. Eltermann 1930-36
*Katherine E. Lucke 1936-40
*Edmund S. Ender 1940-42
*Ralph H. Rexroth 1942-43
*Dorothy B. Atlee 1943-46
*Richard V. Ross 1946-47
*James Winship Lewis 1947-49
*Zenobia Martin Kendig 1949-52
*Mary Garrett Lewis 1952-54
*Lohn David Loew 1954-55
*Ernestine L. Schamberger 1955-57
*L. Crawford Smith 1957-58
*Lucille Tingle Masson 1958-61
*George R. Woodhead 1961-62
*John D. Hoffman 1962-64
*Howard R. Hayden 1964-65
*Eugene Belt 1965-67
*Vera L. Carroll 1967-69
*James M. Burns 1972-74