Welcome to the website of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
2025 - 2026 is our 70th Anniversary Season!
2025 - 2026 is our 70th Anniversary Season!
Upcoming Event
WORKING WITH SIBELIUS
Monday, February 9, 2026, 7:30 pm
Online Event — Organist and Composer Jason Kent West
Rescheduled session on practical applications of notation software.
(Save the date; stay tuned for details.)
WORKING WITH SIBELIUS
Monday, February 9, 2026, 7:30 pm
Online Event — Organist and Composer Jason Kent West
Rescheduled session on practical applications of notation software.
(Save the date; stay tuned for details.)
We are organ enthusiasts. The NOVA AGO is the local chapter of a national nonprofit professional association:
- To advance the cause of organ and choral music, to increase their contributions to aesthetic and religious experiences, and to promote their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment.
- To improve the proficiency of organists and choral conductors. To evaluate, by examination, attainments in organ playing, choral techniques, conducting, and the theory and general knowledge of music, and to grant certificates to those who pass such examinations at specified levels of attainment.
- To provide members with opportunities to meet for discussion of professional topics, and to pursue such other activities as contribute to the fulfillment of the purposes of the Guild.
More Future Events
Saturday, January 31, 3:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Elisa Bickers, Principal Organist and Co-Director of Music Ministry at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas. A Mid-Winter Day's Dream: Music for a Chilly Afternoon. St. George Episcopal Church, Arlington.
Sunday, February 8, 4:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Peter Latona, Music Director at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Toutes les couleurs! All the Colors! St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, Clifton.
Sunday, February 8, 4:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Grant Holcomb, Director of Traditional Music at River Road Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington, DC.
Sunday, March 1, 2026, 4:40 p.m. Organ Recital and Choral Evensong. Chris Betts is guest organist, formerly of National Cathedral. Choral music by Howells and Sanders. Christ Church, Alexandria.
Monday, March 2, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Women Organ Composers. Lyn Loewi will present a lecture-recital in the chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary featuring the works of often overlooked women composers who wrote for the organ.
Sunday, March 22, 3:30 p.m. Musical Meditations for Lent. Organists of the Cathedral are featured in a season program. Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington.
Saturday, April 11. Field trip to the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia to see the three Juget-Sinclair organs there.
Sunday, May 10, 2026. Young Artists Concert featuring several developing organists at Falls Church Episcopal Church in Falls Church.
NATIONAL CONVENTION! July 6 - 10, 2026, St. Louis, MO.
A complete list of Chapter events is available via this link.
Saturday, January 31, 3:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Elisa Bickers, Principal Organist and Co-Director of Music Ministry at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas. A Mid-Winter Day's Dream: Music for a Chilly Afternoon. St. George Episcopal Church, Arlington.
Sunday, February 8, 4:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Peter Latona, Music Director at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Toutes les couleurs! All the Colors! St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, Clifton.
Sunday, February 8, 4:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Grant Holcomb, Director of Traditional Music at River Road Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington, DC.
Sunday, March 1, 2026, 4:40 p.m. Organ Recital and Choral Evensong. Chris Betts is guest organist, formerly of National Cathedral. Choral music by Howells and Sanders. Christ Church, Alexandria.
Monday, March 2, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Women Organ Composers. Lyn Loewi will present a lecture-recital in the chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary featuring the works of often overlooked women composers who wrote for the organ.
Sunday, March 22, 3:30 p.m. Musical Meditations for Lent. Organists of the Cathedral are featured in a season program. Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington.
Saturday, April 11. Field trip to the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia to see the three Juget-Sinclair organs there.
Sunday, May 10, 2026. Young Artists Concert featuring several developing organists at Falls Church Episcopal Church in Falls Church.
NATIONAL CONVENTION! July 6 - 10, 2026, St. Louis, MO.
A complete list of Chapter events is available via this link.
2025-2026 Chapter Board
Dean: John J. Mitchell
Subdean: Randall K. Sheets
Treasurer: Kyle Pett
Secretary: Christopher J. Cooper, JD
Members at Large:
Jason Abel, Christopher J. Hoh, Donna K. Whited
Registrar: Ronald Butts Boehmer, CAGO, Past Dean
Honorary Life Member: Alvin "Ted" Gustin
Dean: John J. Mitchell
Subdean: Randall K. Sheets
Treasurer: Kyle Pett
Secretary: Christopher J. Cooper, JD
Members at Large:
Jason Abel, Christopher J. Hoh, Donna K. Whited
Registrar: Ronald Butts Boehmer, CAGO, Past Dean
Honorary Life Member: Alvin "Ted" Gustin
Pipe Spectacular 2020
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