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...
GOA VISIT TO ST MARY REDCLIFFE, BRISTOL AND THE CHAPEL OF ST AUGUSTINE (ST MONICA TRUST), WESTBURY-ON-TRYM GOA visit to St Mary, Redcliffe and St. Augustine – Gloucestershire Organists’ Association The visit to St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol on Saturday 13 April was...
VISIT TO NICHOLSON’S ORGAN WORKS AND NEWS OF THREE PIPES. During 2013, the Gloucester Organists’ Association enjoyed a visit to Nicholson’s Organ Works in Malvern. After a tour of the factory, we were given a fascinating and very entertaining talk and demonstration of...
Saturday 22nd March Visit to Longdon, Ross-on-Wye and Upper Hasfield On Saturday 22nd March about twenty members congregated in St Mary’s Church in Longdon near Tewkesbury to see, hear and play the new Rodgers organ. We were welcomed with cups of tea and...
Saturday April 12th Visit to Llandaff Cathedral On arrival at Llandaff, many of us met up at Jasper’s, a flourishing tea-shop close to the Cathedral. Refreshed, we sat in the choir of the Cathedral and enjoyed a good humoured and informative talk on the...
Photos courtesy of Philip Wells, Ian Fox, Paula Rix and Jonathan McKecknie-Jarvis Bowood House Bowood and Calne – Gloucestershire Organists’ Association About 15 of our members made the journey to Bowood House, near Calne in Wiltshire through beautiful Cotswold...
David Briggs at Gloucester Cathedral DAVID BRIGGS RECITAL: GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL – WEDNESDAY 4th June A good number of GOA members enjoyed listening to our President and watching him on the big screen in the Cathedral. The highlights of the dance inspired programme...
Saturday 14th June Sixteen members attended the GOA Annual Dinner at The Rising Sun Hotel, Bishop’s Cleeve. There was a full choice of starters, main courses, puddings and drinks and we were all served together in good time on our long table with stunning views over...
Saturday 13th September. Visit to St. David’s Parish Church, Moreton-in-Marsh & Batsford Parish Church What a wonderful setting for our day on Saturday 13’th September when 12 of our members visited Moreton-in-Marsh. We were greeted on our arrival at St...
