The London Organ Competition, administered by the Committee of The Organ Club, will be held on
Saturday 29th December, 2016
at St Clement Danes Church
Strand, London
Please open the links below for:
London Competition Entry Form London Competition Join Junior London Competition Join Senior London Competition Rules and Conditions
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Thursday Lunchtime Organ Recitals 1.00 pm
Light Lunch available from 12.30 pm
Free admission – retiring collection
April – June 2016
7th April – Alexander Woodrow – Bradford Cathedral
14th April – Simon Lindley – Leeds Minster
21st April – Alan Horsey – Hipperholme
28th April – David Barker – St Paul’s, Halifax
5th May – Prof David Baker – Mytholmroyd
12th May – Jonathan Eyre – Bradford Cathedral
19th May – Christopher Newton – Leeds
26th May – Graham Gribbin – Halifax Minster
2nd June – Christopher Cipkin – Birmingham
9th June – Ian Pattinson – Lancaster Priory
16th June – Stephen Maltby – St Hilda’s
23rd June – George Parsons – Sheffield
30th June – Charles Edmondson – Kendal
Leave the office for 45 minutes and join us for some wonderful music in the historic Minster – home to two stunning organs. All welcome.
Celebrity recital 2nd May 3.00 pm by Simon Lindley
Admission to this recital £6.00
www.halifax minster.org.
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Join us in Oxford on Saturday 2 April 2016
SET YOUR SIGHTS!
A taste of the organ scholar experience – a day-programme for teenage organists aiming for an organ scholarship at University or Cathedral
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Join us in Cambridge – Tuesday 19 July to Sunday 24 July 2016
THE ORGAN SCHOLAR EXPERIENCE
Live the life of an organ scholar with tutors
For full details and on-line booking instructions: –
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Calling all Parish Musicians, Organists, Choirs, Cantors and Clergy!
Diocese of Leeds Music Day
in association with the Royal College of Organists and sponsored by Viscount Organs
Saturday 25 June 2016, 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Wheeler Hall, Leeds Cathedral
John Duggan – Internationally Renowned Composer
Thomas Leech and Benjamin Saunders – Diocese of Leeds Singing Programme
David Pipe – Diocese of Leeds Organists Training Programme
Philip Meaden – Royal College of Organists
10.00 am – Registration and Coffee
10.15 am – Singing Workshops
A brand new English Congregational Mass setting by John Duggan and a Gregorian Chant Mass for Sundays in Ordinary Time.
Participants are invited to form a choir to sing Duggan’s Mass in the Cathedral at 12 noon (optional).
“Duggan’s new English Mass is by far finest musical setting yet encountered”
“This new mass is brilliant, superbly written, uplifting and perfect for parish use”
12.45 – 1.30 pm – Lunch (not provided)
1.30 3.00 pm – Learn the organ
The Diocese of Leeds Organists Training Programme. This new organists training scheme is a partnership between the Diocese of Leeds and the Royal College of Organists and is aimed at new learners and improving players. The scheme will be introduced by RCO Chief Executive Philip Meaden and a practical workshop will follow with David Pipe, who has recently joined the Diocese of Leeds Music Team from York Minster.
Admission is free to all but places are limited and need to be booked in advance.
A complimentary copy of John Duggan’s new congregational mass will be given to all participants and extra copies will be available for purchase on the day at a discounted rate.
To book for you or your group please email Eleanor Cully with numbers at:
office@dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk as soon as possible to secure your place/s.
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Organ Scholarship at St Sepulchre-without Newgate, Holborn
running from September 2016 to July 2017
The commitment: Principal, and only, accompanist for the professional choir for the Tuesday evening service of choral evensong at 6:30 pm, with a rehearsal before at 5:30 pm. Occasional special services on other days.
Suitability: The scholarship is ideal for someone who is looking to expand their accompaniment repertoire and gain experience in service playing. With the Musician’s chapel (where Henry Wood is buried) and the chapel for the Royal Fusiliers, the church hosts a number of prestigious services. The church currently has a 2-manual Makin electronic organ while the special Harrison instrument is awaiting restoration.
The organ scholar is able to practise at pre-arranged times. All of the staff are incredibly friendly and supportive. There are plenty of opportunities to conduct if the scholar so wishes. The director of music is also willing to give lessons in either choral conducting or singing as part of the scholarship.
Desirable: Approximately grade 8-diploma standard on the organ. Previous accompaniment experience, ideally for the service of choral evensong, and a repertoire of voluntaries for after the service.
Remuneration: £2000 (plus extra for special services)
All applications welcome!
If you are interested or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either:
Ashley Wagner (current organ scholar): wagnomics@gmail.com or Peter Asprey (director of music): peter@stsepulchres.org
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A new web page for Martin Goetze has been created on the Goetze & Gwynn website; the website address is provided below:
http://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/martin-goetze/
Also, a reminder about the celebration of the life and works of Martin Goetze
to be held on February 20th 2016 at 3.00pm at St Botolph Aldgate
Tim Roberts will play music by John Worgan, who was organist at St Botolph’s and a musician famous in his day. He will bring his new CD of the organ works of Worgan, which he has dedicated to Martin’s memory. Also playing will be Chris Farr, who was organist at St John and St Philip the Hague in the Netherlands, Goetze & Gwynn’s first new organ for which Martin was also responsible. David Butterworth, organist in Nottingham and a frequent and welcome visitor to the Goetze & Gwynn workshop, will also play.
The performances will take about an hour, and there will be tea and cake afterwards.
There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the training fund set up in Martin’s memory.
We look forward to seeing as many people as possible.
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