About
The annual Presidents' Day Organ Festival is presented by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Guild or Organists. Each year the Festival features performances on several organs in a specific neighborhood in Los Angeles. All performances and free and open to the public.
The first Presidents' Day Organ Festival in 2008 was the inspiration of Dr. Orpha Ocse and Manuel Rosales, and featured four organs in Claremont, CA, with performances by Dr. Carey Robertson and Dr. William Peterson. Since then the event has grown to include three or four organs with six to eight performers each year. Click here to see a complete history.
Click here to see more information about the Los Angeles chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
2020 Presidents' Day Organ Festival
Festival Committee
Nelson Dodge, Coordinator
Manuel Rosales, Advisor & Speaker
Festival Volunteers
Wendell Benedetti, Photographer
James Casey, Greeter
Karla Devine, Greeter
Thompson Howell, Greeter
Russ Litchfield, Greeter
François Vaillancourt, Logistics
Hospitality Committee
Joshua Gusman
Bill Mistretta
Mary Lee Mistretta
Andre Rigden
Russell Schertle
Organ Preparation
Strohm Organ Services, organ tuning for Mt. Olive Lutheran, La Cañada Presbyterian and St. Bede Catholic
Program Book
Nelson Dodge, Design & Production
Karla Devine, Proofreading
Short Run Printing, Ltd. (Phoenix), Printing
AGO Los Angeles Chapter Executive Committee
Nelson Dodge, Dean
Kevin Cartwright, Sub-Dean
Karla Devine, Secretary
Douglas Herbst, Treasurer
James Casey
Dr. Cesar Favila
Adan Alejandro Fernandez
Dr. Namhee Han
Thompson Howell
Josh Gusman
Sean O’Neal
Dr. Jeffrey Parola
Dr. Weicheng Zhao