Additional Certification Resources
ALL EXAMS
Videos Demonstrating Certification Exam Procedures
100 Strategies for Successful AGO Certification
Service Playing Certificate
2024-2025 Sight-Reading Test
Service Playing Test Sight-Reading Examples
100 Strategies for Successful AGO Certification
Past TAO Articles for Exam Preparation
“It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Can’t Make ‘Em Sing”/Leading Hymn Singing from the Organ: A Practical Checklist by Kenneth Grinnell, FAGO, ChM, April 2006
Ten Tips on Sight-Reading by Jonathan B. Hall, FAGO, ChM, March 2009
Transposition: Not a Four-Letter Word by Kenneth Grinnell, FAGO, ChM, May 2008
COLLEAGUE (CAGO)
Past Colleague Exams
Previous colleague exams were practical and taken at the organ; there are no written solutions.
2025 Colleague Exam (Fall) Solutions
2025 Colleague Exam (Spring) Solutions
2024 Colleague Exam (Fall)
2024 Colleague Exam (Spring)
2023 Colleague Exam (Fall)
2023 Colleague Exam (Spring)
2022 Colleague Exam (Fall)
2022 Colleague Exam (Spring)
2021 Colleague Exam
2020 Colleague Exam
2019 Colleague Exam
2018 Colleague Exam
2017 Colleague Exam
2016 Colleague Exam
2015 Colleague Exam
CHOIR MASTER (CHM)
Webinars for Choir Master Certification
Monday, May 13, 2024
Compositional Techniques (AAGO, ChM, and FAGO)
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, May 6, 2024
Ear Tests (AAGO, ChM, and FAGO)
Ear Test Handout
Ear Test Solutions
Q&A
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Past Choir Master Exams
Choir Master Exam 2025 Solutions for 2025 exam
Choir Master Exam 2024
Choir Master Exam 2023
Choir Master Exam 2022 Solutions for the 2022 exam Ear Test A Ear Test B
Choir Master Exam 2021 Solutions for the 2021 exam
The 2020 Choir Master exam was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Choir Master Exam 2019 Solutions for the 2019 exam
Choir Master Exam 2018 Solutions for the 2018 Exam
Choir Master Exam 2017 Solutions for the 2017 Exam
Choir Master Exam 2016 Solutions for the 2016 Exam
Choir Master Exam 2015 Solutions for the 2015 Exam
Past TAO Articles for Exam Preparation
Preparing for AGO Exams (reprints from past TAO magazine articles)
“It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Can’t Make ‘Em Sing”/Leading Hymn Singing from the Organ: A Practical Checklist by Kenneth Grinnell, FAGO, ChM, April 2006
Ten Tips on Sight-Reading by Jonathan B. Hall, FAGO, ChM, March 2009
Transposition: Not a Four-Letter Word by Kenneth Grinnell, FAGO, ChM, May 2008
On Modulation by Dean Billmeyer, FAGO, Handout from a 2008 convention workshop
ASSOCIATE (AAGO)
Webinars for Associateship Certification
Monday, May 13, 2024
Compositional Techniques (AAGO, ChM, and FAGO)
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, May 6, 2024
Ear Tests (AAGO, ChM, and FAGO)
Ear Test Handout
Ear Test Solutions
Q&A
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, April 29, 2024
Fugue (AAGO, FAGO)
Q&A
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, April 24, 2023
Transposition (CAGO, AAGO and FAGO)
Presented by Gregory Gyllsdorff, FAGO, ChM
Handout
Monday, March 27, 2023
Fugue: Modulation, Episode (AAGO and FAGO)
Presented by Eva Sze, FAGO
Handout
March 20, 2023
Fugue: Subjects, Answer, Countersubject (AAGO and FAGO)
Presented by Eva Sze, FAGO
Handout
Past Exams for Associateship Certification
Associateship Exam 2025 Solutions for the 2025 exam
Associateship Exam 2024
Associateship Exam 2023
Associateship Exam 2022 Solutions for the 2022 exam Ear Test A Ear Test B
Associateship Exam 2021 Solutions for the 2021 exam
The 2020 Associateship exam was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Associateship Exam 2019 Solutions for the 2019 exam
Associateship Exam 2018 Solutions for the 2018 exam
Associateship Exam 2017 Solutions for the 2017 exam
Associateship Exam 2016 Solutions for the 2016 exam
Associateship Exam 2015 Solutions for the 2015 exam
FELLOW (FAGO)
Webinars for Fellowship Certification
Monday, May 13, 2024
Compositional Techniques (AAGO, ChM, and FAGO)
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, May 6, 2024
Ear Tests (AAGO, ChM, and FAGO)
Ear Test Handout
Ear Test Solutions
Q&A
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, April 29, 2024
Fugue (AAGO, FAGO)
Q&A
Presented by Vince Carr, FRCO,
Monday, May 8, 2023
Certification: Renaissance Counterpoint (FAGO)
Presented by David Shuler, FAGO
Handout
Monday, May 1, 2023
Orchestrations
Presented by Texu Kim
Handout
Monday, April 24, 2023
Transposition (CAGO, AAGO and FAGO)
Presented by Gregory Gyllsdorff, FAGO, ChM
Handout
Monday, March 27, 2023
Fugue: Modulation, Episode (AAGO and FAGO)
Presented by Eva Sze, FAGO
Handout
March 20, 2023
Fugue: Subjects, Answer, Countersubject (AAGO and FAGO)
Presented by Eva Sze, FAGO
Handout
Past Fellowship Exams
Fellowship Exam 2025 Solutions for the 2025 exam
Fellowship Exam 2024
Fellowship Exam 2023
Fellowship Exam 2022 Solutions for the 2022 exam Ear Test A Ear Test B
Fellowship Exam 2021 Solutions for the 2021 Exam
The 2020 Fellowship exam was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Fellowship Exam 2019 Solutions for the 2019 Exam
Fellowship Exam 2018 Solutions for the 2018 Exam
Fellowship Exam 2017 Solutions for the 2017 Exam
Fellowship Exam 2016 Solutions for the 2016 Exam
Fellowship Exam 2015 Solutions for the 2015 Exam
Past TAO Articles for Exam Preparation
Preparing for AGO Exams (reprints from TAO magazine articles)
”It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Can’t Make ‘Em Sing”/Leading Hymn Singing from the Organ: A Practical Checklist by Kenneth Grinnell, FAGO, ChM, April 2006
Regular Countersubjects in Fugue by Walter Hilse, FAGO, March 2008
Ten Tips on Sight-Reading by Jonathan B. Hall, FAGO, ChM, March 2009
The Fugal Answer by Walter Hilse, FAGO, April 2006
Transposition: Not a Four-Letter Word by Kenneth Grinnell, FAGO, ChM, May 2008
On Modulation by Dean Billmeyer, FAGO, Handout from a 2008 convention workshop