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SUMMARY:All day visit to organs in Halstead and Earl’s Colne
DESCRIPTION:Our day in visiting churches in the Colne Valley in North Essex\, began at St Andrew’s Parish Church\, Halstead\, the medieval parish church of the town. We then moved to the next venue\, just a few minutes away\, St Francis RC Church\, in Halstead. After lunch at the The Lion Pub\, at Earls Colne\, the party moved across the road to St Andrew’s Parish Church\, Earls Colne. Everyone who participated enjoyed the day and the wide variety of organs we visited\, and it was good to hear newer members taking to the organ bench as well.
URL:https://essexorganists.org/event/all-day-visit-to-organs-in-halstead-and-earls-colne/
LOCATION:Halstead
CATEGORIES:EOA
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SUMMARY:Music Quiz Night at Broomfield Church Hall
DESCRIPTION:Under the excellent quiz mastering of EOA Committee member\, Jonathan Lilley\, two teams (one from the EOA and one from Broomfield church led by its organist Jill Parkin) fought a very competitive quiz night at Broomfield Church Hall. Jonathan’s carefully put together quiz combined aspects and styles of several quiz styles. Rounds were wide-ranging\, all involving listening to recordings or Jonathan’s excellent piano playing. Our thanks must go to Jonathan for all the time he put into organising what was an excellent event\, with lots of fun and laughter as well as music!
URL:https://essexorganists.org/event/music-quiz-night-at-broomfield-church-hall/
LOCATION:Broomfield Church Hall\, Church Green\, Broomfield\, CM1 7BD
CATEGORIES:EOA
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SUMMARY:Members’ Composite Recital at St James the Great\, Colchester
DESCRIPTION:Four EOA members accepted the invitation to perform a wide variety of pieces of their own choice to an appreciative audience of 20 people at St James the Great\, East Hill\, Colchester. All four players sounded comfortable playing on the very fine organ there\, originally built in 1872 by Morten and Taylor and then reduced in size to 2 manuals & pedals when it was installed in St James the Great by J W Walker in 1954\, to be followed by later tonal additions and changes by Cedric Arnold in 1970. Our thanks to Philip Prior for organising this exciting event for us and to those others who performed so well for us.
URL:https://essexorganists.org/event/members-composite-recital-at-st-james-the-great-colchester/
LOCATION:St James the Great\, CO1 2QB
CATEGORIES:EOA
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SUMMARY:Extended visit to organs in the Portsmouth and Southampton area
DESCRIPTION:A handful of intrepid EOA members booked into the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth for a few days of friendship together as part of visits to an extremely wide range of pipe organs in Portsmouth and Southampton\, all organised by EOA Committee member Lyndon Ford. We began on the afternoon of Tuesday 24th October\, at Southampton Guildhall\, with its unique 1937 John Compton organ\, complete with two consoles: (one classical of 127 stops and one theatre organ of 196 stops)\, creating two very different large instruments in the same hall. After the Guildhall\, we headed to the rather unusual parish church of St Faith’s\, Lee on the Solent. On Wednesday morning\, after breakfast\, we walked to Portsmouth Guildhall\, which has one of the last organs that the John Compton Organ Company built in 1963. From there\, we drove out to St Mark’s Church\, North End\, a modern Anglo-Catholic church keeping a weekly choral tradition during Sung Mass\, and then to the church of All Saints\, Denmead. For our last day in Portsmouth\, Lyndon had fixed for us to play the organs in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John’s\, and the Anglican Cathedral of St Thomas. Our sincere and very grateful thanks must go to EOA Committee Member (and Hampshire resident!) Lyndon Ford for the incredible amount of time that organising such a visit takes\, and for the wonderful range of playing opportunities which he arranged for us over the three days\, with organs both classical and theatrical!
URL:https://essexorganists.org/event/extended-visit-to-organs-in-the-portsmouth-and-southampton-area/
CATEGORIES:EOA
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SUMMARY:All day visit to organs in Basildon inc. St Martin’s
DESCRIPTION:We visited two very different venues for this all-day visit to the Basildon area\, which yielded unexpected surprises for all both musical and architectural! Eight members took part in the event. First was St Michael’s Fobbing which is a lovely medieval church\, overlooking the modern Thames Gateway development by the River Thames. Daryl East hosted our visit here in the morning\, and very kindly provided refreshments. After an excellent lunch at The White Lion in Fobbing we drove to the large modern church of St Martin of Tours\, in central Basildon\, designed as part of the development of the new town\, by Sir Walter Tapper. Along with generous playing time\, and more excellent refreshments\, we were able to visit the chambers of the newly installed chancel organ with its interesting array of pipework. Our thanks to EOA Committee member Andrew Stevens for organising an excellent and fascinating day for players and non-players alike.
URL:https://essexorganists.org/event/all-day-visit-to-organs-in-basildon-inc-st-martins/
LOCATION:Basildon\, SS14 1DX
CATEGORIES:EOA
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SUMMARY:Summer Party
DESCRIPTION:We were very grateful to EOA President Philip Prior and his girlfriend\, Emma\, for hosting this year’s summer party at their house in central Colchester. 10 EOA members and friends joined together for what was a very enjoyable time of good food\, drinking\, chatting and friendship. In true tradition for a summer party it rained\, precluding us from sitting outside. Nonetheless\, Philip and Emma had provided a varied hot and cold buffet for us to consume and the G & Ts and wine flowed around the dining table as well. Some members also tried out Philip’s 3 manual & pedal Viscount electronic organ in the organ studio. There was also a chance to bring and buy second hand organ music in aid of our Christopher Kingsley Fund for Young Organists. Bargains were to be had\, and so this is something which your committee has decided that will carry on at future events: see details in separate section below. Our thanks to Philip and Emma for their hospitality in hosting this year’s summer party.
URL:https://essexorganists.org/event/summer-party/
LOCATION:Colchester
CATEGORIES:EOA
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