The 74th AGM of the Association
Although only 5 EOA Members were able to attend the 2024 EOA AGM held in the Octagon Hall of St Mary’s Church, in Maldon to celebrate and review the Association’s year from 2023-2024, the meeting received full and inspiring reports from its President and Treasurer leaving no doubt about the secure financial state the Association […]
Organ Recital – Will Warns
All Saints Church Springfield Green, Chelmsford, Essex, United KingdomBastille Day organ recital with a French flavour – Will Warns (Felsted School)
Organ recital – Krystian Kaniecki
St Francis RC Church 90 Colchester Road, Halstead, United KingdomKrystian Kaniecki (EOA Student Member and organist of St Francis RC Church, Halstead)
“A Byrd in the Hand” a lecture-recital by Dr Richard Overill on the life and music of William Byrd at St Nicholas
St Nicholas Church Chipping Hill, Witham, United KingdomIn this, the 400th anniversary year of the death of the Essex composer, William Byrd (1540-1623), for our July event, EOA members were very pleased to be able to support EOA Member Dr Richard Overill’s lecture-recital, “A Byrd in the Hand”, at St Nicholas Church in Witham.
All day visit to organs in Southend
Our newly elected Committee member and Minutes Secretary, Chris Denney has organised a day’s visits for us in Southend – somewhere which the EOA has not visited for many years, and we hope members will take advantage of this opportunity to play the organs at these churches in the bottom right corner of coastal Essex! […]
IAO Festival York
YorkFor more details, please visit https://iao.org.uk/festival-invitation/.
Organ Recital – Timothy Patient
St Peter & St Paul 50 Church Street, EyeTimothy Patient (St Peter & St Paul, Eye)
Summer Picnic at Waltham Abbey
Waltham AbbeyJonathan Lilley has kindly offered to host this year’s summer party as an afternoon/evening picnic, with members providing their own food and drink, at Waltham Abbey, using the Church Hall as a base and with the Abbey organ available for players. It will be a picnic style event (bring your own food) based around the […]
Organ recital – Richard Brasie
St Georges' Lutheran Church 55 Alie Street, London, United KingdomRichard Brasier (St George’s Lutheran Church, London)
All day visit to organs in Woodbridge and Orford
A handful of keen members of all ages began our all day visit to coastal Suffolk in the market town of Woodbridge, at the historic (and former Abbey) church of St Mary’s, Woodbridge. This impressive medieval flint church boasts a very good parish church choir to supplement its Anglo-Catholic liturgy, and St Mary’s is very […]
3 day extended visit to play organs in Bath
With the help of Dr Dave Hyatt who has known the organs of Bath all his life, EOA Vice Chairman and Treasurer, Dr Michaela Cottee organised a very varied three day extended visit to the city of Bath and its environs for EOA Members and friends. It included visits to the two churches at Bathwick, […]