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AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists (RCYO) Winners RecitalSunday, May 12, 2024 at 3:00pm
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
700 Snelling Ave South
Saint Paul, MN 55116
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow recital.
In 2023, sixteen separate chapter-level competitions were held between February 11 and April 23, 2023. Each chapter-level competition winner advanced to a regional-level competition, and six regional winners were awarded. On July 3, 2024, the regional winners – now AGO Rising Stars – will perform at First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California in conjunction with the AGO National Convention in San Francisco.
TCAGO is pleased to present in recital Trevor Good and Aaron Looney, first and second place winners respectively in the July 2023 AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists held at Church of Saint Louis, King of France during the North Central AGO 2023 Regional Convention.
The performance will take place on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3:00pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 700 Snelling Ave S, St. Paul, MN 55116. A reception follows the concert which is free and open to the public.
Originally from Springfield, Illinois, Trevor Good is the organist at the Church of the Resurrection-Brookside in Kansas City, MO and a student organ scholar at the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center in Lawrence, KS. He is enrolled at the University of Kansas where he pursues a degree in Organ Performance under the direction of Dr. James Higdon. Having won last summer’s AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists in St. Paul, he will perform this summer at the AGO National Convention in San Francisco as a Rising Star. Good participated in February in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Organ Scholar Competition in Evanston, Illinois, where he won the undergraduate prize. In April, he was a finalist in the National Organ Playing Competition in Fort Wayne, where he won second prize and audience choice. Trevor’s former teachers include Dr. Grigory Frederick Guzasky and Dale Rogers.
Aaron Looney is currently a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota where he is a pursing a degree in church music with an organ emphasis under Dr. Catherine Rodland. A native of Bridgewater, Virginia, Aaron’s musical interests began at the age of five on the piano before shifting to a passion for organ and choral music. Aaron is a highly active musician at St. Olaf, participating in two choral ensembles and accompanying two additional choral ensembles. Furthermore, Aaron regularly takes part in solo recitals and small ensemble performances at St. Olaf. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree, Aaron will continue on to graduate studies in organ performance at the Eastman School of Music, studying with David Higgs.
Aaron held a position as organist at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Sidney, Virginia for two years where he led worship as Music Minister. Prior to his position at Salem, he volunteered as organist at his home church in Dayton, Virginia. Aaron has also been fortunate to appear as a guest musician and substitute organist throughout Virginia and various churches in Minnesota. In the fall of 2021 Aaron joined the worship team at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Excelsior, Minnesota, where he holds a position as Associate Organist. Aaron was awarded second prize in the AGO Regional Organ Competition in 2023, and is a frequent performer in the Twin Cities.
PROGRAM
Aaron Looney, organ
Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Arr. Marcel Dupre (1886-1971)
Toccata and Fugue in F Major BWV 540 Johann Sebastian Bach
Symphony VI op. 59 Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
• Aria
• Final
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Trevor Good, organ
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata on the 94th Psalm Julius Reubke (1834-1858)
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church - St. Paul, 700 Snelling Ave S,Saint Paul,MN,United States