Suffolk Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists
Chapter Officers
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The 2020-2022 Executive Board
DEAN
Dr. Joseph W. Woo MD Minister of Music - Community Church of East Williston, East Williston, NY josephwoomd@gmail.com SUB-DEAN William R. Margiotta Director of Music, Organist, St. Anthony of Padua RC Church, East Northport, NY bill29@optonline.net SECRETARY Joan Wingerter, MLS Director of Music, Stony Brook Community United Methodist Church, Stony Brook NY jpwin@optonline.net TREASURER Eleanor J. Gould, BA Accounting Organist, St. Patrick RC Church, Smithtown NY elegould@verizon.net MEMBER-AT-LARGE (through June 2026) Christine Kenny, MS Director of Music. Organist, St. James Lutheran Church, St. James NY kennycm@optonline.net MEMBER-AT-LARGE (through June 2024) Maureen Husing, MA mhusing@gmail.com 
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Current Board AppointmentsCertification Deanna Muro, MM, CAGO, Director of Music – St. Joseph’s RC Church, Kings Park deanna8980@yahoo.com Newsletter Editor Maureen Husing, mhusing@gmail.com Placement Christopher Cusumano, MA Organist. Choir Director – Villa St. Joseph Convent, Rockville Centre chapelcus@optonline.net Publicity Paul Elsener, Organist - Calvary Lutheran Church, Hauppauge NY elsenerp@verizon.net Jen Chapman (Photography and Social Media) Registrar Brenda A. Clark, Ph.D, MA Admin, CAGO Director of Music, Organist – First Presbyterian Church, Northport musica12@verizon.net Scholarships Joan Daly-Lewis, Ed.D,, Director of Music, Organist, Choir Director, Minister of Music, St. Anselm's Episcopal Church, Shoreham, NY jdalylew@optonline.net Webmaster Paul Elsener . See listing above. Chaplain The Reverend Charles Van Houten Pastor, Stony Brook Community United Methodist Church, Stony Brook NY pastorcvanh@gmail.com |
A complete SAGO Members' Directory is published each year and is made available to members only.
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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- Dr. Joseph Woo MD |
