Suffolk Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists
Chapter Officers
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The 2024 - 2026 Executive Board
DEAN
William R. Margiotta Director of Music/Organist, St. Anthony of Padua RC Church, East Northport, NY [email protected] SUB-DEAN Terence Purtell Director of Music, Our Lady of Grace RC Church, West Babylon, NY [email protected] SECRETARY Joan Wingerter, MLS Director of Music, Stony Brook Community United Methodist Church, Stony Brook NY j[email protected] TREASURER Eleanor J. Gould, BA Accounting Organist [email protected] MEMBER-AT-LARGE (through June 2026) Christine Kenny, MS Director of Music. Organist, St. James Lutheran Church, St. James NY [email protected] MEMBER-AT-LARGE (through June 2028) Stephan Garemy, MA [email protected] 
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Current Board AppointmentsCertification Deanna Muro, MM, CAGO, Director of Music – St. Joseph’s RC Church, Kings Park, NY [email protected] Newsletter Editor Stephan Garemy, MA [email protected] Placement Christopher Cusumano, MA Organist. Choir Director – Villa St. Joseph Convent, Rockville Centre, NY [email protected] Publicity Paul Elsener, Organist - Calvary Lutheran Church, Hauppauge NY [email protected] Jen Chapman (Photography and Social Media) Registrar Brenda A. Clark, Ph.D, MA Admin, CAGO Director of Music, Organist – First Presbyterian Church, Northport [email protected] Scholarships Webmaster Paul Elsener . See listing above. Chaplain |
A complete SAGO Members' Directory is published each year and is made available to members only.
Contact the Registrar to request an additional copy of the current Directory.
Contact the Registrar to request an additional copy of the current Directory.
Chapter History and Past Deans
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The Suffolk Chapter of the AGO was chartered on February 25, 1946 as the "Suffolk Branch Chapter." Ernest A. Andrews was the founder of the chapter and held the first meeting in his Setauket home. On February 11, 1957, a second charter was issued to the "Suffolk Chapter." Since the second charter, the Suffolk Chapter has been in continuous operation for over fifty years.
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1957-59 Catherine Margeson
1959-61 Frances Madsen Davis 1961-63 Hazel Blakelock 1963-65 Donald M. Studholme 1965-67 Shadley Belkap 1967-68 Louise Seebeck 1968-70 Charles Drexler, AAGO 1970-72 Frances Madsen Davis 1972-74 Charles J. Schwack 1974-76 Richard Smid 1976-78 Charles F. Van Schaick 1978-81 Adele Haritonoff, CAGO 1981-82 Rachel Kasianowicz 1982-84 Mark Child 1984-87 Isabelle Jackson 1987-89 Mark Engelhardt |
1989-91 Beverly Simmons
1991-93 Carol Weitner, AAGO 1993-95 Deanna Muro 1995-97 Cynthia Holden, AAGO 1997-99 Vaughn Watson 1999-2001 Anne Bergeron 2001-03 Vaughn Watson 2003-06 Christine Bouton, CAGO 2006-08 Deanna Muro, CAGO 2008-10 Deborah Jenks, CAGO 2010-12 Claire Klein, CAGO 2012-14 Ray Henderson, CAGO 2014-18 Matthew Koraus, FAGO 2018-22 Paul Elsener 2022-24 Dr. Joseph Woo MD 2024- William R. Margiotta |
