The four prize winners: clockwise Yoon-Mi Lim, Timothy Olsen, Choi, Ji-Yoen and Scott Montgomery.

Taking the Prize

…these gifted youthful performers have earned awards during the last four National Young Artist Competitions in Organ Performance sponsored by the American Guild of Organists.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of April 07, 2008

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Audio Interviews:

Not too many years ago, Michael Barone received a communication from an enthusiastic youngster in Illinois who was excited about the pipe organ. That boy grew up, followed his 'pipe dream', and in 2006 won the American Guild of Organists' National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP).

• His name was/is Scott Montgomery. Here's the story:
• Scott's participation in the NYACOP was almost a last-minute decision, and followed this path:
• Even before winning the NYACOP in 2006, Scott was very pro-active in arranging performance opportunities for himself, with surprising results:

Music played in the program

 

Part I

FRANZ LISZT: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H –Yoon-mi Lim (1997 Goulding & Wood/Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Indiana) Pro Organo CD-7205. Ms. Lim won the A.G.O. Competition in 2004.

J. S. BACH: Trio Sonata No. 4 in e, S. 528 –Ji-Yoen Choi (1959 Schlicker-1999 Dobson/Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Indiana) Naxos CD-8.555367. Ms Choi won the A.G.O. Competition in 2000.

Part II

NED ROREM: Three Pages from A Quaker Reader (A secret power; The world of silence; There is a spirit that delights to do no evil). CÉSAR FRANCK: Choral No. 1 in E –Timothy Olsen (1983 Fisk/Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY; 1990 Fisk/Slee Hall, University at Buffalo, SUNY) Naxos CD-8.557218. Mr. Olsen won the A.G.O. Competition in 2002.

Part III

NICOLAS DeGRIGNY: Prelude, Fugue and Dialogue on Ave maris stella. MAX REGER: Chorale Fantasy, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Op. 40, no. 1 –Scott Montgomery (2003 Mander/Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA) Pro Organo CD-7224. Mr. Montgomery won the A.G.O. Competition in 2006.

Filler–BACH Trio Sonata No. 4 (see above)

 

The semi-final and final rounds of this year’s NYACOP will take place in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul during the A. G. O.’s 2008 National Convention www.ago2008.org .