The workshop on Guild Certification that I presented at the Twin Cities Convention is "100 Strategies for Successful AGO Certification" and is available on a DVD/Data CD and audio CD. It covers the whole range of AGO certification with explanations of each exam, valuable hints on how to successfully prepare, and many other helps. The Data CD contains the audio for the PowerPoint presentation as well as the PowerPoint slides, which can be downloaded onto a laptop and projected with the use of a PowerPoint projector, equipment owned by many churches. This version of the workshop can be presented to chapters or classes. The DVD, of course, can be shown on a TV screen. The data CD also contains the script, and the handout of the 100 strategies as well as a QuickTime Movie of the presentation that can be downloaded onto an individual computer for private study.
It is available in the AGO Store for a nominal $10.00 plus s/h. It should be in the hands of every Regional Educational Coordinator in the country as well as every Dean or Exam Coordinator. It contains the distillation of my 30 years of work in helping to prepare many candidates at all levels of AGO Certification.
The packet should also contain the current certification requirements published in the July TAO and available on the AGO web site with updates. Also, the AGO Bibliography has recently been updated and should be up on the web site soon, replacing the one there (which is only a year or two old). Also, it should be noted that the AAGO, FAGO, and ChM exams now allow the repertoire/anthems to be performed/rehearsed in any order. This is new in 2010. The SPC Test is also rearranged to reflect service order. The points will be the same, but the grading sheet for SPC Test is now in a different order. Do request a copy of the new SPC grading sheet from Harold Calhoon at AGO Headquarters.
There are two excellent articles available for downloading on the AGO web site: 1) "A Lifetime of Education Through Guild Certification" by Sue Mitchell-Wallace, details the areas covered in exams; 2) "American Guild of Organists Centennial: The Examinations and Academic Regalia of the American Guild of Organists" by Agnes Armstrong, CAGO, gives the history of AGO certification and its close connection to the original 1896 charter of the AGO by the New York State Board of Regents.
Joyce Shupe Kull, DMA, FAGO, ChM, Councillor for Education
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