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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | March 21, 2017 · 12:21 pm

Buxtehude’s Chorale Preludes Workshop – London

Buxtehude’s Chorale Preludes Workshop – 8 July 2017 –
London (SE22 9AT)
(For directions click here)

Explore the wealth of variety offered by Buxtehude’s choral settings. There is material suitable for organists of Grade 5 standard through to advanced/diploma.

The venue: St John the Evangelist Church can be found at the at the top of Goose Green, at the corner of East Dulwich Road and Ady’s Road, on the borders of Dulwich and Peckham. Nearest station: East Dulwich (trains from London Bridge Station).

The organ: JW Walker 1985, built for Trinity College of Music and now on permanent loan to the church. It has three manuals and pedals.

What to prepare: 5 – 10 minutes of Chorale Preludes and Choral Partitas by Buxtehude.

Cost:

RCO Member: £65

Non-member: £71

Further details and booking can be found here.

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | March 16, 2017 · 8:43 pm

Advanced Trio Playing – London

Advanced Trio Playing – Saturday 13th May (14.00 – 17.00) – Christchurch, Chelsea (SW3).

Are you preparing a trio for an RCO Diploma examination, for Cambridge University organ scholarship trials in the autumn, or simply wanting to improve you playing of this most challenging of genres? If so, Richard Brasier will offer advice on interpretation, registration and how to make trios (slightly) easier to manage when performing under pressure. The course will are use the beautiful Flentrop organ in Christ Church, Chelsea installed in 2010.
Students are asked to prepare one or two trios movements by JS Bach, JL Kreb or others.

Further details, booking and directions can be found here.

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | March 10, 2017 · 12:36 pm

RSCM Liverpool Area Organ Course – April 2017

RSCM Liverpool Area Organ Course – Tuesdays April 25^th, 2^nd May, 9^th, 16^th and 23^rd 2017

7.00pm – 8.30pm

Do you know anyone who would like to begin to play the Organ, develop their skills or polish up what they already know?

If the answer is YES, then we have the answer!!

Course Leaders : Daniel Bishop and Geoff Williams

The course will use the three organs located in the splendour of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, the Chapel of Liverpool College (L18 8BG) and the parish church of St Anne Stanley (L13 3AE)

The total cost is £100 (age 18 and over) or £50 (under 18). The fee includes the cost of any course material (cheques payable to “RSCM Liverpool Area”)

If you would like to take part please forward expressions of interest (and the fee) to Geoff Williams (details below) who will then contact you directly so that the course can be tailored accordingly. Areas to be covered will include – hymn playing, improvisation and repertoire. Please also indicate your age if under 18.

Closing date: Saturday March 18^th 2017

For further information contact:

Geoff Williams Geoffrey.williams@liverpool.ac.uk or at 28 Brookland Road West, Liverpool, L13 3BQ .

Further information can be found here.

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | · 12:02 pm

East Anglican Academy of Early Music – 2017 Programme of Events

East Anglican Academy of Early Music has released their 2017 Programme of Events.

The East Anglian Academy, based in Suffolk promotes concerts and workshops encouraging interest in organs and other keyboard instruments of historic and musical note.

Many events take place using the renowned 1674 Thomas Thamar organ and the 1797 William Allen chamber organ in St Michael’s Church, Framlingham.

Highlights include:

Organ Recital by Matthias Havinga on the Thamar organ in St Michael’s – 8 October 2017.

There are also non-organ centred events such as:

Wild Men of the Baroque – a family concert featuring recorder legend, Piers Adams with performances of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – 25 June 2017.

The Academy Chamber Choir & Players is also being launched this year, with performances throughout the year, the programme will include the entire work from which Lotti’s famous ‘Crucifixus’ is drawn, as well as much-loved masterpieces by Bach.

Further details can be found on their website here and in the flyer below.

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | February 24, 2017 · 1:51 pm

Organ Scholar Experience – Sidney Sussex College

Set Your Sights! – a taste of the organ scholar experience (Saturday 8 April 2017, Cambridge)

RCO Academy is putting on an event for teenage organists (14 – 19) who are interested in developing their skills, and is ‘essential’ for those looking to apply for an organ scholarship in the near future. It would also benefit participants of RCO’s TOSE event (see here) which is running later in the year. It is hosted by three well-renowned organ tutors.

During the day, you will play various organs at Sidney Sussex College, culminating in evensong, following which you will have the opportunity to visit the newly refurbished organ at King’s College.

The programme consists of both morning and afternoon segments:

Morning:

Work on organ repertoire (bring pieces of your own choice)
Keyboard skills
Coaching in choral conducting.

Afternoon

Centres around preparing for a service of choral evensong at which everyone will sing and many will play and/or direct. The music chosen (see here) varies in difficulty to allow as many as people as possible to participate as organists and conductors.

Parents / friends etc are welcome to attend the service.

Booking and further information can be found here.

RCO Members: £50
Others: £57

https://www.rco.org.uk/events.php?eventid=483

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | February 22, 2017 · 12:36 pm

International Organ Competition, Paris

Applications invited for: International Organ Competition

23rd – 27th October 2017, Paris

For the first time the Académie André Marchal and the Association Gaston Litaize are joining forces to put on this competition which features both Interpretation and Improvisation categories.

The competition is open to all organists regardless of age and nationality

First Prize (for each category): 3000 EUR.

Other prize categories (amongst others) include ‘best interpretation of Bach’ and ‘best performance of contemporary work (written post 2000)’.

Applications to compete are invited and should be submitted between 15th April and 8th July 2017.

Applications should be accompanied by a recent CV and photo, the entry fee of 60 euros (per category) and a recent recording as stipulated in the rules

Application forms can be downloaded here (The website is in French, however a number of web browsers are capable of translating content).

The panel will be headed by Louis Robillard (France).

Further information can be found on their website:

http://www.academieandremarchal.org/concours20151/index.html

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | February 16, 2017 · 1:04 pm

AN EVENING WITH NIGEL OGDEN

AN EVENING WITH NIGEL OGDEN

Nigel Ogden A4 poster

CHRIST CHURCH, GREAT AYTON

GUISBOROUGH ROAD, GREAT AYTON, MIDDLESBOROUGH, TS9 6NN

(Tel: 01642 722333)

FRIDAY 3 MARCH 2017 AT 7:30 PM

(DOORS OPEN 7:00 PM)

The star of BBC Radio 2’s ‘The Organist Entertains‘ comes to Great Ayton, providing an evening of unmissable classics and demonstrating the newly refurbished organ

Tickets £10:00 – light refreshments available

Tickets online from: Nigel Ogden and can be purchased from the Great Ayton Discovery Centre,

105B High St, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, TS9 6NB (Tel: 01642 723268)

For more information – Tel: 01642 724450 or 01642 722501

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | February 11, 2017 · 2:49 pm

RELIEF/STAND-IN ORGANIST AVAILABLE FOR COVER

Competent organist available for relief/stand-in cover

Has played the organs at Burley in Wharfedale, St James, Manston (Leeds) and St Martin, Potternewton (Leeds) between Christmas and New Year.

All bookings result from recommendation/word of mouth. Flexibility regarding liturgy/type of organ/reasonable travelling distance.

Interested parties are welcome to contact:
David Austin
10 Grove Cottages
Brighouse HD6 2RE
Tel: 07790 480058 or E-mail: david@alanaustin.myzen.co.uk

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | · 1:49 pm

RCO ACADEMY SUMMER COURSE 2017

THE RCO ACADEMY SUMMER COURSE

MONDAY 31 JULY TO SATURDAY 5 AUGUST 2017

IN THE CITY OF LONDON

(founded by Anne Marsden Thomas MBE)

Summer Course 2017

Please see above link for booking form/information regarding the above summer course, to be held Monday 31 July to Saturday 5 August 2017.

Ideally, please book through the website at https://www.rco.org.uk/events.php?eventid=476 but if this is not possible, you can print off the form and post a cheque to RCO Bookings (address below).

www.rco.org.uk

Correspondence address: RCO Bookings and Accounts, PO Box 7328, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 9DU

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by d.baker152@btinternet.com | January 16, 2017 · 4:53 pm

Organist & Vacancies – Thornhill Parish Church, Dewsbury

THORNHILL PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS,

DEWSBURY, WF12 0JZ

has a number of job vacancies (closing date for applications 11 February 2017)

For full details of the posts, overview and job description, please open the following links:

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