• A Celebration of the Life and Music of Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)

    Waltham Abbey Church Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey

    On Saturday 9th May, we were delighted to welcome renowned Whitlock scholar, Malcolm Riley to give an illustrated talk about Percy Whitlock at Waltham Abbey Church.  The talk was attended by members of the EOA, members of neighbouring Organists’ Associations and even attracted some non-members. Malcolm gave a fascinating talk with plenty of insights into […]

  • Recital, Masterclass and Playing Opportunity at the Moot Hall, Colchester Town Hall

    Colchester Moot Hall, High Street, Colchester CO1 1PJ

    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 […]

  • Organ recital – Michael Danes

    St Nicholas Church, Tolleshunt D'Arcy

    Free entry with light refreshments. Retiring collection in aid of Tolleshunt D'Arcy Village Larder and St Nicholas Church.

  • EOA AGM plus lunch and a concert at Chelmsford Cathedral

    Chelmsford Cathedral Chelmsford, Essex

    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 […]

  • Organ recital – Stephen King

    Southend High School for Boys, Prittlewell Chase, Southend-on-Sea SS0 0RG

    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’.

  • EOA Summer Social in Thaxted

    Thaxted

    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 […]

  • All Day Visit to Organs in the Bishops Stortford Area

    Bishops Stortford

    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 Extended visit to South Wales

    South Wales

    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 […]