Latest ATOS News
The What's New listing under the About tab has been updated to show more information. You will now see listed any new or updated news items, organ entries and chapter items. Its a great place to see changes as they are being made to the website.
You can see it at: http://www.atos.org/about/whats-new.
Saturday, March 30th, 2013 - UPDATE
We've now been running a month solely on the new server. The number of listeners has held steady. The peak usage was 42 simultaneous users. The old system was limited to 40.
There was one significant outage this month. We don't know the cause - but the entire server failed and had to be rebooted. The cause isn't known. Other than that, all is going well. Please do continue to let us know what you think.
Enjoy! And Happy Easter to all!
Friday, March 1st, 2013 - UPDATE
January 4th, 2013 - Registration for the ATOS 2013 Natiional Convention in the Atlanta Georgia area is now open. The selection of artists and organs this year will be among the greatest you will ever experience.
Online registration is now open. You may also register by mail. Early Bird registration ends May 15th.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Once again, the American Theatre Organ Society is the beneficiary of a major gift, this one earmarked for the ATOS Endowment Fund.
The late Alfred Gerrie was an ATOS member and proud member of the Los Angeles Chapter, and in his will, he left ATOS a gift of just more than $34,000. It was his intention that the money be placed in the ATOS Endowment Fund, the interest from which provides grants that benefit pipe organ restoration and installation projects worldwide.
ATOS Board members Don Phipps and Bob Evans, in charge of Chapter Relations for the organization, will work with a handful of others in beginning an extensive effort to contact local chapter leaders to update information.
The Board of Directors of the American Theatre Organ Society has named organist, administrator and teacher Donna Parker as the new Membership Secretary for the organization. Her duties began immediately upon the announcement at the ATOS Annual Convention in Los Angeles.
Ms. Parker replaces Jim Merry who had held the position of Executive Secretary for some seven years. Mr. Merry announced several months ago that he would leave the post at the end of his contract, and is providing great assistance in the transition.
I am pleased to announce that Stephen Kucera, of Kansas City, KS, has been selected as the 2012 ATOS Theatre Organ Student of the Year. Stephen has demonstrated tremendous talent and enthusiasm for music and the theatre organ. In addition to excelling in his theatre organ studies with Scott Foppiano, Stephen is very involved with both his local ATOS and AGO chapters and plans to pursue an organ performance degree in college. He is also one of the finalists in this year's Young Theatre Organist Competition. I believe we have much to look forward to with Stephen's theatre
The sounds of so many great Wurlitzer organs!
9 great artists!
Jazz trio and Concert Band!
And over 25 selections!
The 2011 EMCATOS Convention CD recording is complete and ready for ordering via the ATOS Marketplace.
For those who attended the convention, this is a great opportunity to re-live that great experience. For those of you who could not be there, what a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the many highlights of the many great concerts.
Barry Manilow will be appearing at the Hollywood Bowl Philharmonic Concert during the ATOS Annual Convention. Don't miss what is sure to be a great musical experience!
