One of the goals of this event was to encourage those working with small or inexperienced choirs and singers to explore new repertoire and gain support on choir training and conducting. All participants had the chance to conduct the choir and receive some helpful tips and feedback from both EOA President Philip Prior (Director of […]
Bloomsbury Organ Day at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. Do see https://organistsonline.org/bloomsbury/ for more information and tickets.
As we welcome Dr Emma Gibbins to her new role as Master of the Music at Chelmsford Cathedral, and to membership of the Association, we were delighted that she agreed to be the castaway for a Desert Island Discs event, with a very good attendance from members. Emma has both a background in cathedral music […]
IAO London Organ Day at St Botolph’s Aldgate & St Georges’ German Lutheran Church. Details from https://iao.org.uk/london-organ-day/
A good number of our members drove the distance to Hertfordshire for this joint event organised by our colleagues in the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Organists’ Association, to visit 4 very different organs that the EOA had not visited before. We began with a brand new 2 manual & pedal tracker organ built in 2024 by […]
Musical Director: Ed Sutton; Organist: Philip Prior.
On a lovely April day with super weather, a good number of members and friends visited three interesting and historic instruments at parish churches in Bradfield, Mistley and Ardleigh. At St Lawrence, Bradfield, John Barrow, the church’s organist, met us and talked about the organ that we see today. Originally a 3 manual and pedal […]