Thursday 30th January 2020
Dear all,
The next NDOA Lunchtime Organ Recital will be at St. Nicolas, Newbury on Thursday 13th February 2020 at 1.10pm given by NDOA member, Gillian Blythman. Her programme will include works by J.S. Bach, Guilmant, Mendelssohn and John Williams.
As per the last NDOA & BOA Events update the NDOA Annual Lunch will be on Saturday 15th February 2020 at The Bowler’s Arms, Enborne Street, Newbury. RG14 6TW, 12 noon for 12.30pm. This is the final social event that Ann Turner will organise and we are most grateful to her for her assistance in running NDOA activities with such dedication. Please return your menu choices to Ann by Saturday 8th February. Let me know if you would like me to send you another copy.
Again a reminder that the NDOA AGM will be held on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Newbury Methodist Church, 56 Northbrook Street, Newbury. RG14 1AN. The formal notice and documents from the 2019 AGM will be sent out shortly.
Schedule for the NDOA AGM Organ Day on Saturday 22nd February 2020:
12 noon - 2019 Bursary Applicants play
1pm – Selected applicants rehearse/lunch – please bring your own food
2pm – Selected applicants perform to NDOA members
2.30pm – AGM
3.30pm – Talk by the Shepherd brothers, John and Eric, of B.C. Shepherd & Sons, who rebuilt the organ in 2014.
4.15pm – Members playing opportunity and tea/cake
Finally, please pay your NDOA Subscription if you have not already done so. Again, let me know if you would like me send you another 2020 Renewal Form, instructions about how to pay online (cheques welcome too) or Gift Aid Form.
For NDOA/BOA events from Tuesday 4th February 2020 to Thursday 9th April 2020, please see below.
Many thanks,
Best wishes,
Rosemary
A comprehensive listing of organ recitals nationally, including stop lists, maps etc. is available at www.organrecitals.com
Tuesday 4 February
8.00pm. St Lawrence’s Church, Alton. Organ Recital by Peter Wright. Admission £10 at the door, or season membership £60 for all eight concerts (October – May). Full details at Alton Organ Society.
Saturday 8 February ** BOA Event **
Visit to Cirencester. Holy Trinity, Watermoor (11am) which has a 3-manual Bishop organ, and St. John's, Market Square (2pm), where the organ is a 4-manual Harrison and Harrison. Please notify the Programme Secretary (Christine Wells, 01491 571588) no later than Monday 3 February if you wish to attend.
Thursday 13 February
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. NDOA Organ recital by NDOA member Gillian Blythman (Thatcham). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Saturday 15 February
NDOA Annual Lunch at The Bowler’s Arms, Enborne Street, Newbury. RG14 6TW, 12 noon for 12.30pm. Please see attached for menu choices and return to Ann Turner by Saturday 8 February.
Friday 21 February
12.30 – 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Nathaniel Keiller (Windsor). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Saturday 22 February
NDOA AGM at Newbury Methodist Church, 56 Northbrook Street, Newbury. RG14 1AN. The schedule for the day is as follows:
12 noon - 2019 Bursary Applicants play
1pm – Selected applicants rehearse/lunch – please bring your own food
2pm – Selected applicants perform to NDOA members and families/supporters
2.30pm – NDOA AGM
3.30pm – Talk by the Shepherd brothers, John and Eric, of B.C. Shepherd & Sons, who rebuilt the organ in 2014.
4.15pm – Members playing opportunity and tea/cake
Tuesday 3 March
8.00pm. St Lawrence's Church, Alton. Organ Recital by Kristel Aer (Estonia). Admission £10 at the door, or season membership £60 for all eight concerts (October - May). Full details at Alton Organ Society.
Friday 6 March
1.00pm. Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Godalming. Organ Recital by Jonathan Holl.
Thursday 12 March
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. NDOA Organ recital by Chris Totney (Head of Keyboard Studies, St. Mary’s School, Calne). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 9 April - CANCELLED
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. NDOA Organ recital by NDOA member Stephen Holmes (St. Michael & All Angels’, Lambourn). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Dear all,
The next NDOA Lunchtime Organ Recital will be at St. Nicolas, Newbury on Thursday 13th February 2020 at 1.10pm given by NDOA member, Gillian Blythman. Her programme will include works by J.S. Bach, Guilmant, Mendelssohn and John Williams.
As per the last NDOA & BOA Events update the NDOA Annual Lunch will be on Saturday 15th February 2020 at The Bowler’s Arms, Enborne Street, Newbury. RG14 6TW, 12 noon for 12.30pm. This is the final social event that Ann Turner will organise and we are most grateful to her for her assistance in running NDOA activities with such dedication. Please return your menu choices to Ann by Saturday 8th February. Let me know if you would like me to send you another copy.
Again a reminder that the NDOA AGM will be held on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Newbury Methodist Church, 56 Northbrook Street, Newbury. RG14 1AN. The formal notice and documents from the 2019 AGM will be sent out shortly.
Schedule for the NDOA AGM Organ Day on Saturday 22nd February 2020:
12 noon - 2019 Bursary Applicants play
1pm – Selected applicants rehearse/lunch – please bring your own food
2pm – Selected applicants perform to NDOA members
2.30pm – AGM
3.30pm – Talk by the Shepherd brothers, John and Eric, of B.C. Shepherd & Sons, who rebuilt the organ in 2014.
4.15pm – Members playing opportunity and tea/cake
Finally, please pay your NDOA Subscription if you have not already done so. Again, let me know if you would like me send you another 2020 Renewal Form, instructions about how to pay online (cheques welcome too) or Gift Aid Form.
For NDOA/BOA events from Tuesday 4th February 2020 to Thursday 9th April 2020, please see below.
Many thanks,
Best wishes,
Rosemary
A comprehensive listing of organ recitals nationally, including stop lists, maps etc. is available at www.organrecitals.com
Tuesday 4 February
8.00pm. St Lawrence’s Church, Alton. Organ Recital by Peter Wright. Admission £10 at the door, or season membership £60 for all eight concerts (October – May). Full details at Alton Organ Society.
Saturday 8 February ** BOA Event **
Visit to Cirencester. Holy Trinity, Watermoor (11am) which has a 3-manual Bishop organ, and St. John's, Market Square (2pm), where the organ is a 4-manual Harrison and Harrison. Please notify the Programme Secretary (Christine Wells, 01491 571588) no later than Monday 3 February if you wish to attend.
Thursday 13 February
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. NDOA Organ recital by NDOA member Gillian Blythman (Thatcham). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Saturday 15 February
NDOA Annual Lunch at The Bowler’s Arms, Enborne Street, Newbury. RG14 6TW, 12 noon for 12.30pm. Please see attached for menu choices and return to Ann Turner by Saturday 8 February.
Friday 21 February
12.30 – 1.15pm. Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Nathaniel Keiller (Windsor). Admission free. Retiring collection.
Saturday 22 February
NDOA AGM at Newbury Methodist Church, 56 Northbrook Street, Newbury. RG14 1AN. The schedule for the day is as follows:
12 noon - 2019 Bursary Applicants play
1pm – Selected applicants rehearse/lunch – please bring your own food
2pm – Selected applicants perform to NDOA members and families/supporters
2.30pm – NDOA AGM
3.30pm – Talk by the Shepherd brothers, John and Eric, of B.C. Shepherd & Sons, who rebuilt the organ in 2014.
4.15pm – Members playing opportunity and tea/cake
Tuesday 3 March
8.00pm. St Lawrence's Church, Alton. Organ Recital by Kristel Aer (Estonia). Admission £10 at the door, or season membership £60 for all eight concerts (October - May). Full details at Alton Organ Society.
Friday 6 March
1.00pm. Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Godalming. Organ Recital by Jonathan Holl.
Thursday 12 March
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. NDOA Organ recital by Chris Totney (Head of Keyboard Studies, St. Mary’s School, Calne). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
Thursday 9 April - CANCELLED
1.10pm. St Nicolas Church, Newbury. NDOA Organ recital by NDOA member Stephen Holmes (St. Michael & All Angels’, Lambourn). Admission free. Retiring Collection.
