January 2016. Chairman’s Afternoon: The Many Colours of Early French Organ Music and Hints on Performance on an English Organ As a Chairman’s afternoon, Ian Fox gave an illustrated talk on Early French Organ Music demonstrating the many colours in its registration,...
“AN AFTERNOON OF ORGAN AND CHORAL RECORDINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD” 14TH NOVEMBER 2015 AT CHRIST CHURCH CHELTENHAM, 2.15PM – 4.30PM – Gloucestershire Organists’ Association In planning this event the two Mike’s Eddy and Irvine have been beavering away to put...
David Briggs’ Recital Recital by David Briggs at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol on Saturday March 8th. This was a memorable recital with a very fast Flight of the Bumble-bee, a devastating performance of La Valse and a superb improvisation on O Danny Boy and La...
GOA visit to Dorchester Abbey A select number of Association members visited Dorchester Abbey, south of Oxford, on Saturday 27 July 2013 on a very warm and sunny afternoon, such as we would like to think is the norm for our British summers. Some had been there before,...
GOA Chairman’s Afternoon “Alec Rowley and his Music” A good number of GOA members and locals (53 in total) turned up on a wild and windy afternoon to St Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham to hear Chairman Ken Stephens’ presentation on the organ music of Alec Rowley. The...
SATURDAY 16 March . GOA Visit to Oxford On Saturday 16th March, Cameron Luke arranged another visit to Oxford for which we give him our thanks. At 11.00 a.m. we assembled at Oxford Town Hall. The organ is a fine, though small, concert instrument designed by...