Four students attended a master class run by David Baker at St Michael’s Mytholmroyd on the afternoon of 25 October. The class was part of the Royal College of Organists’ ‘150 for 150’ Challenge: 150 recitals to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the RCO’s foundation. Each student prepared a piece or pieces for a final recital at the end of the afternoon.
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Organ Workshop at St Michael’s, Mytholmroyd
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Great Ayton Organ Workshops
See Great Ayton Church’s parish magazine for September 2014 for an account of the successful organ workshops held by David Baker there. The church has submitted a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore its fine JJ Binns organ to original condition and to run workshops in conjunction with the HOA.
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Director of Music wanted for St Stephen’s, Lindley
Choir Trainer and Organist required for lively and vibrant parish church in a bustling suburban area. This is an opportunity to help an enthusiastic community fulfil their potential. There are many gifts here and musical possibilities in both traditional worship and exploring liturgy creatively.
For further details of the parish, remuneration package and full role description contact vicaroflindley@hotmail.co.uk
Director of Music
St Stephen’s Parish Church, Lindley, Huddersfield
Choir Trainer and Organist required for lively and vibrant parish church in a bustling suburban area. This is an opportunity to help an enthusiastic community fulfil their potential. There are many gifts here and musical possibilities in both traditional worship and exploring liturgy creatively.
For further details of the parish, remuneration package and full role description contact vicaroflindley@hotmail.co.uk
Interested but unsure?
Call Revd Rachel Firth for a chat about the role on (01484) 645695
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to George Ford on gaining his ATCL (Associate of Trinity College, London) in Organ Performance. George is now Organ Scholar at Leeds Cathedral. He will be giving the lunchtime recital at Halifax Minster at 1300 on 14 August. Free admission – retiring collection.
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Electronic Organ Available
FARFISA “Metropolitan” Electronic Organ available. Free to anyone who will arrange transport and collect from near Ripponden. About 30 years old, includes stool. Minor problem with just one tab, otherwise OK.
Contact via David C Glover – david375@btinternet.com and 01422 342054
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Coffee House Concerts
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Organ Recitals 2014Wednesdays at 6:30
30 July John Scott Whiteley – Bach’s Orgelbüchlein & not…
13 August Maximillian Elliott – Cathedral Organists of Yesteryear
27 August Gordon Stewart, John Pemberton & John Scott Whiteley In Memoriam Alan Spedding, MBE
10 September John Scott Whiteley – Music associated with World War I
AT The Coffee House, Everingham YO42 4JD Free admission & champagne! Each recital will last c40 minutes
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Goetze & Gwynn launch new website
Organ builders Goetze & Gwynn have launched a new website at http://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk , with the same features
as the old website, but with downloadable reports, soundfiles and blogs. The website includes
pictures and details of most of the 100 projects they have completed in the third of a century they
have been in business, making and restoring classical pipe organs.
In that time they have contributed to the revival of the historic English classical organ, restoring
important organs like St Botolph Aldgate London ca1704, St Helen Bishopsgate London 1743, and
St James Bermondsey London 1829, many with the substantial financial assistance of the Heritage
Lottery Fund. They have just completed the restoration of the 1821 H.C.Lincon organ at Thaxted in
Essex, and are starting the partial restoration of the 1969 Grant, Degens and Bradbeer organ at New
College Oxford.
Of the 100 projects, 65 are restorations of historic organs and most of these have a picture, a short
history and specifications. There are historical monographs of individual organs and restoration
reports available for free download.
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Choir Director wanted at Leathley, North Yorkshire
A new conductor is needed for the benefice choir based at Leathley Church. The choir only performs at major festivals, and rehearses for five or six weeks beforehand each time.
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Mentioned in Dispatches
Good to read about the Halifax Organ Academy in the latest issue of the Institute of British Organ Building Newsletter (issue 74, June 2o14) about the ‘growing number of organ academies which are being established around the country, with the aim of providing teaching and experience of the instrument for anybody who is interested’. Thus writes Chris Batchelor, current President of the IBO and an accomplished layer and senior administrator himself. ‘The emergence of more people who are passionate about the organ has to be good for all of us’, he continues.
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