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In the third week of May I had the great good fortune to travel to 3 marvellous locations in Ireland and Eire. With me was my great friend Dr Joseph Nolan, who is an amazing musician. We visited three of our larger church installations to play recitals by way of a thank you to these communities…
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We were really pleased to have Dr Joseph Nolan join us for an Organ Playing Masterclass at our showroom in Bicester, Oxfordshire on 21 May 2018. We sent out a special email to our list of customers, friends and colleagues to extend an invitation to join us for the evening. On the day we welcomed…
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James Parsons (founder of Oundle for Organists) and The Organ Club invites you to join them for the Ushaw Organ Weekend. This event is hosted at Ushaw College from Friday 4th to Monday 7th May 2018. This is an opportunity for organists of all ages and stages and all seeking a Spring Bank Holiday Weekend…
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Viscount Classical Organs and Regent Classic Organs are delighted to present this 2018 concert series on instruments installed recently, featuring internationally renowned organist, Dr Joseph Nolan. You can read more about Dr Nolan at the bottom of this page. Concert Dates and Programme 5 Magnificent Venues, 1 Marvellous Musician as follows (see details further down):…
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Viscount Classical Organs and Regent Classic are delighted to present this concert series on our recently installed instruments, featuring internationally renowned organist, Dr Joseph Nolan. Reserve the following 5 dates at these magnificent venues: 19th May – St Mary’s, Chalgrove – 7.30pm 23rd May – Crescent Church, Belfast – 7.30pm 24th May – St Joseph’s,…
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Early on the morning of the 20th of October I landed in Belfast City Airport and hired a car for the 2 hour drive over to Derry to join the group assembled there for the first of what is very much hoped will be an ongoing annual event focussed on engaging young people with the…
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OrganFest started 3 years ago so the Hull gathering was the 4th in the series having previously been at Birmingham and Edinburgh. This was my first attendance at organ fest or indeed Hull and both were worth the trip. Despite its rather lacklustre reputation Hull has a lot to offer. There has been substantial regeneration…
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Two spectacular events at St Mary’s Church in Wingham, Canterbury on the 17th and 18th of November 2017. Firstly an Organ Concert with Daniel Moult and then a chance for you to get hands on with the King of Instruments yourself at the Open Day. Two events that surely can’t be missed! Organ Spectacular Concert…
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Join this Organ Recital and Presentation in the fabulous Christ Church Welshpool on Sunday 24th September 2017. James Parsons welcomes you to an afternoon of Organ Music to raise awareness of the 200 year old pipe organ and to launch the organ restoration appeal. Christ Church in Welshpool Christ Church Welshpool is the prominent Victorian…
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We are delighted to have been invited to support this new calendar event in Londonderry on October 19th to the 21st 2017 run by the RCO with the objective of engaging young musicians with the joys of the organ. The Guildhall Organ Festival is centred around the recently restored magnificent Hill, Norman & Beard pipe organ…
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During a year in which Kingston upon Hull has been designated the City of Culture the annual OrganFest will be held at the Hull City Hall. The magnificent venue, which is one of the country’s finest concert halls, is a perfect place to host the OrganFest event with the presence of the 1911 Forster & Andrews—Compton instrument. The hall…
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The hands and feet of the Cathedral and King’s Ely professional organists will once again collaborate and collide in a splendid ‘battle’ featuring the state of the art Old Palace Chapel organ. Join our performers for a glass of wine in the Palace reception after the event. Paul Trepte, Jonathan Kingston, Sarah MacDonald, Graham Griggs,…
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On Saturday January 7th 2017 the RCO in conjunction with the Organ Club, arranged for a full day visit to the Troxy Cinema in Commercial Road East London to explore the Wurlitzer Organ installed there in 2015. What a day out it proved to be! Unfortunately I did not get there until the lunch break…
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An Organ Recital by Christopher Cipkin will take place on 18 February 2017 at 4pm in St Peter’s Church, Caversham. This is a great opportunity to hear a recital on the wonderful new Regent Classic organ installed in 2016. You can read more about the installation here. Christopher Cipkin, past organist at Reading Minster, Reading…
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An Organ Recital given by Francis Rumsey will take place on Saturday 28th January 2017 at 7pm in aid of the St Mary’s roof restoration fund. Francis Rumsey is the organist at St Mary Witney. As well as an accomplished player Francis is an audio engineer and former professor who will illustrate the programme with interesting information about…
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The RCO Academy are running courses from Friday 28 Oct to Sunday 30 October 2016 (in the Autumn half term) for young organists and pianists. These are generously supported by The GMC Trust, The Williams Church Music Trust and The William Haddon Charitable Foundation. There are two courses to choose from: “Find your feet” This is for early steps…
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On a magnificent summer day in late July the RCO had invited a group of supporters to join them at a lunchtime reception in Trinity College to observe part of the ‘Organ Scholar Experience’ course taking place over 5 days at various colleges and also nearby Ely Cathedral. We gathered near midday in ‘the old…
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Finally the restoration of the famous Hill Organ at Selby Abbey is complete! And to celebrate – we are joining Selby Abbey in one big grand celebration concert to mark this milestone. Shortly after installing our instrument in 2014 we recorded DVD’s of John Scott Whiteley and D’Arcy Trinkwon playing our instrument while their Hill organ was being restored….
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Wednesday September 30th (2015) saw an early evening recital by Thomas Trotter to celebrate the refurbishment of the Willis Organ in the main meeting room of the United Grand Lodge of England. Built originally in 1933 it is the largest of 3 Willis organs in the building but the only one that has remained in…
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Why not try an organ lesson with one of the Royal College teachers? You do not have to be expert and lessons are graded for relative beginners all the way up to diploma students. Details of lessons can be found at on the RCO Organ School Page. I have attended a number now. Usually a…
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All Saint’s Leamington is a wonderful church built in a French Gothic style. The church has a wonderful crossing with the most delightful side chapel in the south aisle featuring the most beautiful altar backdrop (pictured right). This church is a real gem urgently in need of substantial help with restoration and a visit will…
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The idea for an association of Organists was conceived in November 1863 when the organist of St Michael’s Cornhill, Richard Limpus, convened a meeting of his fellow organists at Mullen’s Hotel Ironmonger Lane. This led to further meetings in 1864 and so it was that the ‘College of Organists’ began life holding its first open…
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September 26th 2013 saw the official opening of the stunning new Milton Court facilities for the GSMD that were contemplated as long ago as 1996. A large group of sponsors, suppliers, students and staff (along with myself) filled the Concert Hall together with distinguished guests, to listen to a short concert and formal opening by…
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Many of us are familiar with the phrase ‘Jam and Jerusalem’ as an epithet for the Women’s Institute but did you know that ‘Jam and Journalism’ could be similarly applied to Dundee? Dundee’s association with jam stems from Janet Keiller’s 1797 ‘invention’ of marmalade (pictured left). Journalism in Dundee refers to the publishing company of D. C. Thomson & Co….
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