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, […]

Afternoon composite recital at Old Independent URC Church, Haverhill

Old Independent URC Church, Haverhill

Your committee was delighted to accept an invitation from the EOA Vice-Chairman, Treasurer and Membership Secretary, Dr Michaela Cottee, for EOA members to take part - as players or audience members - in her 60th birthday celebration composite recital at the Old Independent Church in Haverhill (where the EOA’s AGM took place in 2022). Michaela […]

Bring and share choral music workshop

St Mary the Virgin, Shenfield Hall Lane, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom

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

Bloomsbury Central Baptish Church

Bloomsbury Organ Day at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. Do see https://organistsonline.org/bloomsbury/ for more information and tickets.

Desert Island Discs with Castaway Dr Emma Gibbins

Broomfield Church Hall Church Green, Broomfield

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

St Botolph's Aldgate and St George's German Lutheran Church

IAO London Organ Day at St Botolph’s Aldgate & St Georges’ German Lutheran Church. Details from https://iao.org.uk/london-organ-day/

All day visit to organs in Reed, Standon and Ware, Hertfordshire

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 […]