Members travelled to the Southend area on Saturday 21st for a visit hosted by committee member Chris Denney and Nancy his wife. We started at St Clements, Leigh on Sea, which dates from 1460. The Director of Music, Rory Windass, showed us the organ and demonstrated it for us. Our second stop was at St Mary’s, […]
Masterclasses will start at c.2pm, following a recital by the person taking the masterclass. Tuesday 14th April: ‘Navigating a Town Hall Instrument’ with Darius Battiwalla Tuesday 12th May: ‘Confidence at the Console’ with Emma Gibbons There are just four playing places available per masterclass, for “advanced students, organ scholars, experienced amateur organists, pianists/keyboard players transitioning […]
The last big event of the EOA’s 75th Anniversary year is an afternoon dedicated to the Life and Music of Percy Whitlock (1903-1946) which coincides, almost to the day, with the 80th Anniversary of the composer’s death. This special afternoon, which is taking place at Waltham Abbey Church on Saturday 9th May, will feature an […]
EOA President Emma Gibbins will be giving a recital and masterclass on the Moot Hall organ in Colchester Town Hall on Tuesday 12th May. It would be lovely to see other EOA members there. If you can come, you would be very welcome to join us for a late brunch / early lunch beforehand, from […]
On Tuesday 2nd June at 1300 (with light refreshments from 1215): Samuel Bristow (Assistant Director of Music, Chelmsford Cathedral)
We are planning to combine this year’s AGM with a concert taking place in Chelmsford Cathedral on Saturday 27th June and a meal. The provisional programme is as follows: 12pm Lunch in Chelmsford 2pm Samuel Bristow (Assistant Director of Music) will be performing Prokofiev’s musical fairytale ‘Peter and the Wolf’ at Chelmsford Cathedral, with narration […]
On Saturday 27th June at 7:30pm, Stephen King (Organist Emeritus at Brentwood Cathedral) will give a recital at the Southend High School for Boys based on the theme of ‘dance’.
This year’s Summer Social will take place on Saturday 25th July in the pretty little market town of Thaxted. We have arranged to visit Thaxted Parish Church, which is home to three organs: the historic 1821 3MP 23 organ by Henry Lincoln; a 1MP 8 organ by Cedric Arnold; and a 3MP digital organ (the […]
We were hoping to run this event last year, but it was cancelled because there were insufficient expressions of interest in a timely manner. A number of people subsequently said that they were planning to take part, so we are rescheduling the planned visit to organs in Stansted Mountfitchet, Birchanger and Bishops Stortford, to take […]
EOA President Emma Gibbins is in the process of organising an Extended Visit to South Wales, which will take place during half-term week. We will be visiting and playing several interesting organs over three days, from Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th October. Given the distance from Essex, members might like to plan to arrive […]