Public Speaking
Speaking Engagements, Workshops, Presentations, Lecture-Recitals
Sunday, March 25, 3 PM, Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair NJ. "Who Framed Bach's
Toccata." A Detective Recital for Organ and Piano. Jonathan B. Hall, organist and sleuth.
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9:30-12:30, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Albarny NY. "Lift
Up Their Hearts": A workshop on hymn leadership for the Eastern New York Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists. See this link for more details.
"Full-Time"Music for Part-Time Musicians: An Exploration of Quality Organ Literature for
the Over-Extended Church Organist. Sunday June 12, 4 PM, Central Hudson Valley Chapter
AGO, St. John's Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. See chvago.org for more information.
"The Midnight Organist: The Legacy of Calvin Hampton," Brooklyn Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists, February 26, 2011. PowerPoint, organ demonstration, personal
reminiscences.
With Kathleen Thomerson, "A Firm Foundation for Sight Reading Skills," national convention
of the American Guild of Organists, July 5, 2010, Washington DC. Powerpoint, handout.
"Advanced Worship Planning," co-led with the Rev. Thomas E. C. Margrave under the
auspices of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Mid-Hudson Region; May 1, 2010, 9-3:30.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Cornwall NY.
Lecture and PowerPoint demonstration on the life and music of Calvin Hampton, with
musical examples, Friday, February 26, 2010, Union Temple of Brooklyn.
“Explore Civil War Genealogy with Jonathan Hall,” Rutherford NJ Public Library, April 21,
2009.
“Hilborne and Frank Roosevelt: Poets of the Melting-Pot,” lecture and Demonstration-Recital
on historic Roosevelt Organ, opus 421. October 13, 2008, Church of Saint James, Manhattan.
"Of the Vocation of Sacred Music," the Ecumenical Synod of the Order of the Shepherd's
Heart, an independent Old Catholic jurisdiction, Hillspeak, Arkansas, April 2008.
“Jewish Organ Music,” workshop presented at the Brooklyn-Queens Mini-Convention,
January 21, 2008, Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn Heights.
“Service Playing,” workshop at same convention, January 21, 2008, Grace Episcopal Church,
Brooklyn Heights.
“‘We Will Make Music Wherever We Go’: ‘Easy’ Organ Repertoire,” lecture-recital for the
Queens-Brooklyn Mini-Convention, January 15, 2007, Community Church of Douglaston.
Address at the Organ Dedication Service, October 22, 2006, Vanderveer Park United
Methodist Church, Flatbush.
“A Suite of Sweets,” Lecture and recital, Address on the life and music of Calvin Hampton,
followed by tea, then a recital of his three Suites for organ. October 9 2006, Saint James RC
Church, Setauket LI. Suffolk and Sunrise Chapters of the American Guild of Organists.
“Encountering Calvin Hampton,” Workshop, focusing on the Prelude and Variations on “Old
Hundredth.”July 4, 2006, National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, Chicago,
IL.
“The Organ in Reform Jewish Worship:Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” paper read at the
rededication symposium of the 1866 Koehnken Organ at the Plum St. Temple, Cincinnati,
OH March 31, 2006. Organ Historical Society.
“What’s new in Jewish Music?” Presentation for the New Jersey American Conference of
Cantors, February 16, 2006, Temple Beth Or, Township of Washington NJ.
Lecture-Demonstration for the Brooklyn and NYC chapters on historic Odell Organ, 1880,
on Columbus Day, October 10, 2005 St. Charles Borromeo RC Church, Brooklyn Heights.
Spring, 2005: Adult Bar and Bat Mitzvah education series of four evening classes on
Christianity, Temple Beth Or, Township of Washington, New Jersey. Invited by Rabbi Peter
Scott Berg.
Sunday, March 25, 3 PM, Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair NJ. "Who Framed Bach's
Toccata." A Detective Recital for Organ and Piano. Jonathan B. Hall, organist and sleuth.
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9:30-12:30, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Albarny NY. "Lift
Up Their Hearts": A workshop on hymn leadership for the Eastern New York Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists. See this link for more details.
"Full-Time"Music for Part-Time Musicians: An Exploration of Quality Organ Literature for
the Over-Extended Church Organist. Sunday June 12, 4 PM, Central Hudson Valley Chapter
AGO, St. John's Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. See chvago.org for more information.
"The Midnight Organist: The Legacy of Calvin Hampton," Brooklyn Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists, February 26, 2011. PowerPoint, organ demonstration, personal
reminiscences.
With Kathleen Thomerson, "A Firm Foundation for Sight Reading Skills," national convention
of the American Guild of Organists, July 5, 2010, Washington DC. Powerpoint, handout.
"Advanced Worship Planning," co-led with the Rev. Thomas E. C. Margrave under the
auspices of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Mid-Hudson Region; May 1, 2010, 9-3:30.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Cornwall NY.
Lecture and PowerPoint demonstration on the life and music of Calvin Hampton, with
musical examples, Friday, February 26, 2010, Union Temple of Brooklyn.
“Explore Civil War Genealogy with Jonathan Hall,” Rutherford NJ Public Library, April 21,
2009.
“Hilborne and Frank Roosevelt: Poets of the Melting-Pot,” lecture and Demonstration-Recital
on historic Roosevelt Organ, opus 421. October 13, 2008, Church of Saint James, Manhattan.
"Of the Vocation of Sacred Music," the Ecumenical Synod of the Order of the Shepherd's
Heart, an independent Old Catholic jurisdiction, Hillspeak, Arkansas, April 2008.
“Jewish Organ Music,” workshop presented at the Brooklyn-Queens Mini-Convention,
January 21, 2008, Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn Heights.
“Service Playing,” workshop at same convention, January 21, 2008, Grace Episcopal Church,
Brooklyn Heights.
“‘We Will Make Music Wherever We Go’: ‘Easy’ Organ Repertoire,” lecture-recital for the
Queens-Brooklyn Mini-Convention, January 15, 2007, Community Church of Douglaston.
Address at the Organ Dedication Service, October 22, 2006, Vanderveer Park United
Methodist Church, Flatbush.
“A Suite of Sweets,” Lecture and recital, Address on the life and music of Calvin Hampton,
followed by tea, then a recital of his three Suites for organ. October 9 2006, Saint James RC
Church, Setauket LI. Suffolk and Sunrise Chapters of the American Guild of Organists.
“Encountering Calvin Hampton,” Workshop, focusing on the Prelude and Variations on “Old
Hundredth.”July 4, 2006, National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, Chicago,
IL.
“The Organ in Reform Jewish Worship:Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” paper read at the
rededication symposium of the 1866 Koehnken Organ at the Plum St. Temple, Cincinnati,
OH March 31, 2006. Organ Historical Society.
“What’s new in Jewish Music?” Presentation for the New Jersey American Conference of
Cantors, February 16, 2006, Temple Beth Or, Township of Washington NJ.
Lecture-Demonstration for the Brooklyn and NYC chapters on historic Odell Organ, 1880,
on Columbus Day, October 10, 2005 St. Charles Borromeo RC Church, Brooklyn Heights.
Spring, 2005: Adult Bar and Bat Mitzvah education series of four evening classes on
Christianity, Temple Beth Or, Township of Washington, New Jersey. Invited by Rabbi Peter
Scott Berg.
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