A Tool for AGO

Orgelkids is a great fit for the American Guild of Organists (AGO)

Orgelkids complements and extends AGO’s three existing national outreach programs: PipeWorks (grades 4-6), Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza (PPPs, age 9-14), and Pipe Organ Encounters (POEs, age 13+).

Orgelkids…

• is designed to capture interest at a younger age than AGO’s existing programs. Orgelkids can be used with kindergarten groups on up.

• lowers the threshold for participation: PPPs & POEs have the prerequisite of prior piano experience. Orgelkids has no requirements for its audience beyond curiosity.

• is mobile. It comes to the audience rather than vice versa. Orgelkids can be shared at your community’s next Bach in the Subway (subways not required), Maker Faires, music festivals, science and engineering festivals, schools and museums.

• can integrate with the existing programs, becoming part of PPPs & POEs, or its curriculum can stand alone.

• is hands-on and appeals to both musicians and builders. Orgelkids captures the zeitgeist of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), DIY (Do It Yourself) and Maker movements.

Orgelkids’ simple implementation makes it a boon to any chapter, and the kit can be easily shared between chapters.