Further information about this event for students aged 11-21 can be found here and if you wish to sign up, please click here.

Further information about this event for students aged 11-21 can be found here and if you wish to sign up, please click here.
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Join David at the Halifax Minster for their ‘Thursday @ One’ season on 15 May at 1pm. Click here to see the programme for the recital.
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The next syllabus event is scheduled for 5 April at 2.00pm and will be composite recital. The organ specification can be found here should anyone wish to review prior to attending and/or playing.
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Professor David Baker will be performing at Pontefract Parish Church on Friday 6 December at 1.00pm – the programme for this recital is available here. This promises to be an enjoyable recital with a touch of Christmas included!
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TOSE-in-a-Day returns to the easily accessible city of York. Teenage organists of grade 5 level and above will receive tuition from renowned players and teachers Cathy Lamb and Tom Bell.
Click here to view further information on the RCO website.
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You are invited to a workshop and masterclass on the organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach around the relaxed environment of a house organ. Daniel Moult, Head of Organ Studies, The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire will be leading the talk and demonstration, Dan is both an inspiring teacher and a wonderful musician. The organ is the beautiful mechanical action 1994 William Drake house organ which is now in Tring, Hertfordshire. Please click here for further details and the booking form
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This will be a special day to celebrate the wonderful Wood Wordsworth organ on Sunday 13th October 2024, from 11am to 4pm at St James’, Church Lane, Hebden Bridge, HX7 6DS (Wheelchair Access. Free Entry)
Full details of all the workshops that will be available can be found here.
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Saturday 6 July, 10:30-15:30, City of London
Further information and booking details can be found here
The Organs:
St Botolph without Aldgate, London EC3N 1AB—with pipework dating from earlier than 1704 and restored to its 1744 state by Goetze and Gwynn in 2006, this instrument can lay claim to being England’s oldest surviving church organ. Click here for the history and specification.
St George’s German Lutheran Church, 55 Alie Street, London E1 8EB—built by Walcker in 1886 and subsequently twice restored. This organ gives invaluable insight into the opportunities and restrictions which such instruments imposed on the performer. Click here for the specification.
Schedule:
10:30–12:30 St Botolph’s
12:30 lunch break (food not provided) and short walk to St George’s
13:15–15:15 St George’s
What to prepare:
One piece for each instrument by a composer from the time and country of each organ. Here are some examples:
St Botolph’s: John Blow, Henry Purcell, William Croft, John Reading, Maurice Greene, John James, Handel, John Stanley, Thomas Roseingrave, William Boyce, John Keeble, Henry Heron, William Walond, Thomas Arne, William Russell, Samuel Wesley
St George’s: Rheinberger, Reger, Karg-Elert
What the class will cover
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