The report includes: Agenda 2017 Minutes President’s Report Treasurer’s Report Membership Report Presentation by Peter Partridge on the Drake organ at Westminster Abbey Choir School Nominations Report Elections RCCO Niagara Centre AGM report 6.7.18
Nicholas Schchmelter, Artist in Residence at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Flint, Michigan, will appear on the Noonday Recital Series, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 beginning at 12:30 PM at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St., Toronto. The all-American programme features two American composers: Calvin Hampton and Leo Sowerby. Sowerby is revered by many in the US as American version […]
Learn about the upcoming program featuring our centre’s youngest member to be held Sunday May 6th at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Thorold, a free organ available to an interested musician, and other items of interest to our membership. May 2018 Tierce
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ is home to the world’s largest pipe organ. Midmer-Losh constructed one of the two instruments between 1929 and 1932 for the building previously known as the Atlantic City Convention Center. The biggest instrument, Opus 5550, 7/449, resides in the auditorium which is known for many years as the location of the […]
BBC 3’s Organ and Choir producer Chris Taylor, an organist in his own right, provides five points that organists know about their craft. View it here:
Over 70 singers and organists from 11 parishes, congregations and professional choral groups in the Niagara region met for dinner and to sing several new works chosen by Dr. Rachel Rensink-Hoff, Director of Choral Activies and Assistant Professor of Music Education at Brock University. Robert Anderson, RCCO Niagara Centre President, led the singing accompanied by Ryan […]
Internationally acclaimed concert organist Cameron Carpenter tours with one of his two custom built Marshall & Ogletree digital organs in use by Carpenter since 2014.The digital sounds are sampled from many of Carpenter’s favourite instruments taken from traditional church organs to famous Wurlitzer theatre organs/ Carpenter can be heard in April around the GTA on […]
This month’s newsletter announcing events in the area and a throwback to 50 years ago. April 2018 Tierce
Wilfred Meller’s book, Bach and the Dance of God, is a curious book used by musicians when turning to better understand Bach’s numerology. First published in 1981, Meller claims that it ,”makes explicit as never before the connections between Bach’s works, whether sacred or secular, and the myths, dogma and liturgy of his Church”. Heinrich […]
RCCO Hamilton Centre presents two Saturday workshops for musicians at MacNab Street Presbyterian Church, 116 MacNab St S, Hamilton, Ontario. Saturday, April 28th from 9Am to 12 Noon a session on organ improvisation and hymn playing will be led by Andy Elmhirst, St Christopher’s Anglican, Toronto and Andrew Adair, St. Mary Magdelene, Toronto. Saturday, May 5th […]
