On a lovely April day with super weather, a good number of members and friends visited three interesting and historic instruments at parish churches in Bradfield, Mistley and Ardleigh. At St Lawrence, Bradfield, John Barrow, the church’s organist, met us and talked about the organ that we see today. Originally a 3 manual and pedal […]
Opening recital on the newly installed Binns organ by Jonathan Scott.
Following on from the IAO Eastern Region Organ Day based around French organ music in the liturgy, hosted by the Essex Organists’ Association in 2023 at Chelmsford Cathedral, this year’s IAO Eastern Region Organ Day, hosted by the Cambridge Organists’ Association, took place at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and […]
To mark the 75th anniversary of the re-founding of the Essex Organists’ Association (then known as the Chelmsford & District Organists’ Association) after the Second World War in June 1950, by the then Master of the Music at Chelmsford Cathedral, Dr Stanley Vann, this year’s Annual General Meeting took place at Chelmsford Cathedral and was […]
In this joint visit with The Organ Club, organised by EOA Committee Member Andrew Stevens, we are delighted to be able to visit the large 2 manual and pedal Binns organ at St Mary’s Dedham, recently installed, as well as to be invited back to play the huge 4 manual and pedal 1933 Hill Norman […]