2026 Beach Breeze Awards and Members’ Recital

We are proud to announce the AGO-SD Members Recital and Beach Breeze Awards for 2026.

The recital will feature Beach Breeze Awardees Aska Enomoto and Kevin Chen. In addition, it will include a special appearance by nationally renown concert organist Bruce Neswick.  

Dr. Neswick will be performing an original work composed by awardee Dr. Texu Kim.  This will be a marvelous concert of musical delights.

Following the concert, we will present the AGO-SD Beach Breeze Awards.  Congratulations to the 2026 awardees.  

Outstanding Student of the Year

Aska Enomoto

Outstanding Organ Advocates

Candace Magee

Connie Eitsen

Outstanding Composer

Texu Kim

Educator of the Year

Alison Luedecke

Outstanding Performer

Gabriel Arregui

Outstanding Service Award

George Butterfield

Outstanding Newcomer Award

Kevin Chen

Clergy Superhero Award

Paul Cunningham

Michael Kaehr

Hall of Fame Induction

Marilou Kratzenstein

Gregory Funk

As we look forward to 2027, feel free to let us know about future deserving awardees from our San Diego AGO Community. In particular, if you are working in a church or school, perhaps your supervisor is someone you’d like to recommend for the Clergy Superhero Award.  Feel free to let us know and I will start compiling a list of deserving candidates for the 2027 event.  Hope to see you in March.