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Organ Certification Programs

There are three NPM certification programs for organists:

1. Basic Organist Certification (BOC)
NPM Requirements pdf file

2. Joint NPM/AGO Service Playing Certification
bullet NPM Brochure (pdf)
bullet AGO Requirements (pdf)
bullet AGO Store: Complete Service Playing Preparation Packets, Service Playing Test Study Guides,
Service Playing Sight Reading Examples, Examination Hymn Booklets, Preparing for AGO Examinations, Happiness Is Being Certified Booklet, and Annotated Bibliography for Examination Preparation are available for purchase.

3. Joint NPM/AGO Colleague Certification (CAGO)
Information and Registration pdf file
NPM Study Exam Guide
pdf file
AGO Requirements
pdf file
AGO Store: Colleague Examination Study Guidelines and AGO Colleague Recent Exams
are available for purchase.

All of these certification programs focus the organist's ability to play appropriate liturgical repertoire for the organ, and more importantly, to make sure the organist is able to accompany the singing assembly, cantors, and choirs competently.

NPM also offers programs for Young Organists (pdf file) at conventions each year, giving high school and college age students a chance to perform in a master class setting.


Organ Colleague Certification (Dual NPM/AGO)

2007
Priscilla Budeiri
Claire F. Klein - Lloyd Harbor, NY

2006
Kathryn A. Weyenburg - Appleton, WI
Ilana R. Ofgang

2005
Robert E. Harrold
Jeffrey McIntyre
James M. Tevena

 

Service Playing Certification (Dual NPM/AGO)

2008
Jonathan Girard - Roslindale, MA

2007
Michele Cowen - Tulsa, OK
Katherine Joan Evans - Roslindale, MA
Carol J. Gessner - Navasota, TX

2006
Barbara Rewa - Grand Rapids, MI
John Meyers - Hamburg, NY
Michael Hey - Waukesha, WI
Anna McReynolds
- Norton, MA
Peggy Steckert Parker
- Petoskey, MI
Peter John Patente
- Fort Washington, MD

2005
Brian Bartoldus - Annandale , Virginia
Brandon Santini - North Weymouth, MA

2004
Michael J. Olbash - Lynn, MA
Karen S. McColl - Glenwillow, Ohio
Jeffrey McIntyre - Atlanta, GA
Katherine E. Harmon - Valparaiso, IN
Justus F. Parrotta - Annandale, VA
Laurence Carson - Boston, MA

2003
Philip Louis Barreca - St. Louis, MO
Ms. Mary J. Beaudoin - Kensington, MD
Mr. Joseph N. Graif - Fairfax, VA
Ms. Virginia I. Hill - Alathe, KS
John Naples - Oceanside, CA
Mary Beth Stickney - Norcross, GA

2002
Ms. Priscilla Budeiri - Arlington, VA
Mr. Edward L. Clinker - Bryan, OH
Mr. Henry Doktorski - Oakdale, PA
Ms. Nancy E. Griffin - Overland Park, KS
Mr. John A. Morabito - Beaver, PA
Ms. Elizabeth-Jane Pavlick - Pittsburgh, PA
Jacinta Therese Whittaker - White Post, VA

2001
Sr. M. Benedicta Berendes, IHM - Scranton, PA
Linda Capizzani -
East Hanover, NJ
John Clodig - Merrillville, IN
Wanda A.Grochowski, PhD - Katonah, NY
Youngjin Kang - Greenwich, CT
Mary G. Loch - Bethlehem, PA
Alison J. Luedecke - Dallas, TX
John Morabito - Beaver, PA
Mary Lou Pruchnic - New Castle, PA
Donna I. Swanson - White Plains, MD
Russell J. Weismann -
Pittsburgh, PA

2000
Jeffrey M. Alban - Pittsburgh, PA
Suzanne Bechamps - Washington, DC
John P. Brandt - Atlanta, GA
Patricia L. Campbell - Warren, OH
Ann M. Helwig - Conestoga, PA
Greg Homza, CAGO -
Bloomington, IN
Grete Ingalls - NY
Audrey Khoo -
Rochville, MD
Dr. James W. Kosnik - Norfolk, VA
Michael W. Laubert - St. Louis, MO
Kai Lin - Fariborn, OH
Tina Mowrer - Swansea, IL
Jill Nennmann - Fort Worth, TX
Gary Patin - Orland Park, IL
Kathleen Stout - Pennsville, NJ

1999
Josette J. Goff - Chatham, MA
Carol Heard - San Antonio, TX
Riyehee Hong - Martinez, CA
John Igoe - Laurel, MD
Christine Kinkelaar -
Millstadt, IL
N. Peter LaMoria - North Providence, RI
Amy E, Lepak - Sudbury, MA
Maureen Rowan - Staten Island, NY
Thomas P. Smith - Pittsburgh, PA

1998
Althea Allard - Pawtucket, RI
Carole S. Banse-Doyon - Neptune, NJ
Marybelle M. Buescher - Washington, MO
Mary Anne Eichorn - Buffalo Grove, IL
Mark Ignatovich - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Peter J. Luciano - San Diego, CA
David Martinez - Providence, RI
Jennifer Pascual - Rochester, NY
Martin D. Purtell - Tampa, FL
Deborah L. Thirston - Louisville, KY
Kathy Weyenberg - Appleton, WI

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Basic Organ Certification

2007
Donna Davis - Iverness, FL
Robert Kirchner - Clearwater, FL
Br. Kenneth Boesch - Covington, LA
Helen Baron - Wyandotte, MI
Mary Ament - Merrill, WI
Anne Daugherty - Lawrence, KS
John George - Grovetown, GA
Verdi Morley - Wentzville, MO
Mary Ann Klicka - Lahaska, PA

2006
Terrence J. O'Grady, Eganville, Ontario  CANADA

2005
Mary Blum - St. Louis, MO
Henry Caruso - Pittsburgh, PA

2004
Ralph Camus - New Brighton, PA
Kelly Kazik - Fredericksburg, VA
Julie Demerath - Fond du Lac, WI
Megan Enninga - Columbus, NE
Margaret Putzke - Vero Beach, FL
Carol Anne Schmidt - Leavenworth, KS

2003
James Cole - Bridgewater, NJ
Lindsey Skinner - Macon, GA
Geraldine Vargo, SDR - Pittsburgh, PA
Marilyn Weber - St. Charles, MO
Ryan Wilkinson - Gary, IN

2002

Sr. Ruth Adamites, O.P. - Deford, MI
Lillian Bouchey - Shawnee, KS
Katharine Harmon - Columbus, IN
Barbara Lennon - Kokomo, IN
Thomas O'Brien - St. Louis, MO
Jeanne Passanante - Somerdale, NJ
Barbara Rewa - Hamilton, MI
Robert Tuchman - Pittsburgh, PA

2001
Joan Knolinski - Kokomo, IN
Vicki Krstansky - Countryside, IL
Andrew Magee - Gahanna, OH
Sr. Marie Vianney Pottebaum, SSND - St. Louis, MO

2000

John Clodig - Merrillville, IN
Dorothy Gehrke - Owen, WI
Eileen Hoogterp - Muskegon, MI
Joseph Losoncy - Canfield, OH
James Rossi - Decatur, IL
Theresa Skelley - North Braddock, PA
Bro. Daniel Stupka, S. M. - Cincinnati, OH
Mary Jo Urschalitz - Findlay, OH

1999

Joseph Jacobs - Evansville, IN
Dr. Mary Ann Quarry- Boothwyn, PA
Kathleen Stout - Pennsville, NJ
Donna Swanson - White Plains, MD

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