Organists in Business – a conference for organists seeking advice with career development and business skills
Saturday 18th June 2016
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
at The Dutch Church
7 Austin Friars
London EC2N 2HA
Presentations on career options and relevant business skills
Features a musical interlude from students of the Royal Academy of Music
For prices, details and booking form please see the attached link:
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Please see link below for details of RCO Academy class vacancies.
Of particular interest may be the three classes listed below which are being run in conjunction with the
Halifax Organ Academy:
Saturday 16 July 2016 – 14:00-17:00 – Repertoire and Interpretation (All standards) – Halifax Minster, Causeway, Halifax, HX1 1QL
Bring any piece, and get help and inspiration from Prof David Baker on either or both organs in the Minster. You will leave with fresh ideas for improving your technique and developing your repertoire.
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Saturday 24 September 2016 – 12:15-15:15 – Technique class (All standards) – Heptonstall Parish Church, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7NT
Anne Marsden Thomas offers supportive guidance on all aspects of technique, particularly relating to the pedals, in any repertoire you bring.
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Saturday 26 November 2016 – 13:00-16:00 – Protestant Germany, 1650-1750 – (Diploma 1) – St Patrick’s Church, 32 New North Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5JY
James Parsons coaches students in any piece you choose from a golden period that included the music of J.S. Bach. Although all are welcome, this class will especially interest those studying this repertoire for ARCO written papers in 2016, 2017.
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The Community of the Resurrection is proud to present an organ recital on Saturday 30 April 2016 at 7.30 pm
The Community of the Resurrection
Stocks Bank Road
Mirfield, West Yorkshire
WF14 0BN
http://www.mirfieldcommunity.org.uk/news/393-ben-teague-organ-recital
The concert will once again be performed by Ben Teague, a student at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama:
Ben Teague Organ Recital Poster
The acoustics in the Community’s recently refurbished church are spectacular and offer a unique environment in which to hear choral ensembles, organ recitals and orchestral programmes:
Tickets are £7.50 which includes a complimentary interval drink
All proceeds to the Community’s works
To purchase your ticket in advance, please contact Jenny Ashmore on tel: 01924 483308 or e-mail: Jashmore@mirfield.org.uk
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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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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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