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RCO ACADEMY – TWO UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS FOR TEENAGE ORGANISTS

An opportunity for ambitious teenage organ students aged 14 to 19 years of age to book for two upcoming RCO Academy events;

parallel and interconnective routes through higher education into the world of professional music making, designed to provide a taste of:

THE CONSERVATOIRE EXPERIENCE
in Birmingham on Saturday 11 February 2017
and
THE ORGAN SCHOLAR EXPERIENCE (TOSE)
in Oxford from 18 to 23 July 2017

Please take a moment at the start of this new term to scan the following attachments: 

sign up for THE CONSERVATOIRE EXPERIENCE 2017

book for TOSE 2017 (1)

Booking for both courses is now open via http://www.rco.org.uk and the attachments provide precise links.

RCO Bursaries are also available to assist with fees for TOSE.

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WAINSGATE CHAPEL CROWDFUNDING APPEAL

Wainsgate Chapel, Wainsgate, Old Town, Hebden Bridge HX7 8SU

 

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Wainsgate Chapel is facing closure in February 2017 unless it can be restored to Fire Compliant standard.
Friends of Wainsgate (FOW), and Historic Chapels Trust who own the building, are doing their best to secure the necessary funding but help is urgently needed from all those who care about this amazing building, and the fabulous organ it houses.

PLEASE visit:   www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Wainsgate-Chapel?utm_id=1&utm_term=8YA32YAqz where you will find Katharine Drury, FOW Secretary’s, crowdfunding appeal.

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

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SADDLEWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE SERIES

SADDLEWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE SERIES – SARAH HARROP AND THE SINGERS OF HEY CHAPEL

AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE BY VICTOR KHADEM ON WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2016 AT 7:30 PM

AT SADDLEWORTH MUSEUM, HIGH STREET, UPPERMILL, OL3 6HS

Members Free, Non-members £3:00

For full details, please open the following link: Sarah Harrop Hand-out or contact: victorkhadem89@gmail.com

 

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EAST OF ENGLAND ORGAN DAY – 7 MAY 2016

THE 2ND EAST OF ENGLAND ORGAN DAY

SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

AT THE ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL

HOLBROOK

SUFFOLK

This year’s event features Kevin Bowyer, Tom Bell, Tim Harper and William Saunders

The event showcases the school’s two organs by Hill, Norman & Beard, including the 4-man Grand Organ from 1933

Please see programme of the day below

Holbrook is approximately 60 minutes from Liverpool Street by train (to Manningtree) and easily accessed via the A12

For further information please contact:

Andrew Cantrill BA FRCO, Organist, The Royal Hospital School, Suffolk

Tel: 07752 626 424

Email: drewcantrill@gmail.com

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WESTGATE CHAPEL, WAKEFIELD – VACANCY FOR ASSISTANT

Westgate Chapel

Off Mulberry Way

Wakefield

We are seeking an Assistant Director of Music to assist with choir recruitment and training,

also to play for  Sunday service

as well as weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies and other services

Remuneration for none Sunday services starts at £100

The Chapel Committee is currently formulating a new salary for the Director of Music

The organ was restored in 1874 and again in 2012 by David Wood of Huddersfield and is in good overall condition

Contact: Director of Music Paul Lindsay Dawson Bsc Hons MA FINS – 07729108385

 http://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/wakefield/



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Saturday Organ Recitals in Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge

If you find yourself in the area, do come along to what promises to be a very enjoyable series of seven Saturday Organ Recitals in Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge, using the stunning (and very versatile) Binns Organ

1:15 pm – Free Admission

10 October 2015 – Edward Reeve (Queens’ College, Cambridge)

17 October 2015 – Jack Spencer (Queens’ College, Cambridge)

24 October 2015 – James Orford (Royal Hospital Chelsea)

31 October 2015 – Stella Hadjineophytou (Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

7 November 2015 – NO RECITAL

14 November 2015 – Peter Wright (Southwark Cathedral)

21 November 2015 – Daniel Justin (St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich)

28 November 2015 – Katie LodgeMusic for trumpet and organ with Edward Reeve

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