By Rachel Alflatt RCCO Vancouver Centre presented its 18th annual Halloween Concert on October 27 at St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church, where our co-president Michael Dirk is principal organist and artist in residence. In a church transformed by spooky decorations and lighting, the audience of nearly 200 was treated to a varied selection of spine-chilling … Read More “18th Annual Halloween Concert” »
By Sam Balden In our Centre’s past, the predominant force for the organization and administration of our annual Members’ Recitals has been our longest-serving and indefatigable Executive Member, Susan Ohannesian. Susan’s then church, St Mary’s Anglican, Kerrisdale hosted many of these events. In this year’s case, PJ Janson, Assistant Organist at St James Anglican, agreed … Read More “2023 RCCO Vancouver Centre Members’ Recital” »
Application for this year’s Organ Study Bursary is now open until April 30, 2024. Open to all members of RCCO Vancouver Centre, this bursary is intended to help cover expenses for organ and vocal/choir directing courses, masterclasses, and other study programs, or extraordinary expenses related to such courses, such as travel, books, etc. Up to … Read More “RCCO Vancouver Centre Organ Study Bursary” »
By Rachel Alflatt The RCCO Vancouver Centre’s 17th annual Halloween Concert took place on October 28, live for the first time since 2019. St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church, where our vice-president Michael Dirk is music director, gave us a warm and much appreciated welcome. MC Heller provided a smooth transition between performers with corny jokes, … Read More “17th Annual Halloween Concert” »
By Rachel Alflatt Our annual Members’ Recital was in person for the first time since 2019, and took place at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale Anglican Church on May 28, at 7 pm. Susan Ohannesian, who was organist at St. Mary’s until her retirement in June 2021, hosted and organized the event, as she has for several … Read More “RCCO Vancouver Centre’s 2022 Members’ Recital” »
By Susan Ohannesian On Saturday, May 7 from 11am-1pm at West Vancouver United Church, the Vancouver Centre held an organ masterclass with Alexander Weimann. The organ at WVUC is a two-manual Baroque- style tracker organ built by Martin Pasi, with a straight pedalboard, and the four players chose appropriate pieces to play on the instrument … Read More “RCCO Vancouver Centre Masterclass” »
By Susan Ohannesian On Saturday, April 23, 2022 I hopped on my bicycle and cycled to Michael Dirk’s place, locked my bike safely in the garage, got in his car, and he drove me to Holy Family Parish. The Vancouver Centre of the RCCO celebrated International Organ Day, and our first in person event since … Read More “International Organ Day – RCCO Vancouver – An Organ Crawl” »
By Graeme Stager A group of members and guests under the leadership of Centre president Angelique Po enjoyed an organ crawl to 3 instruments on Saturday, 22 February 2020. First visit was to the 1950 Casavant at Knox United. Originally 10 stops, 7 more ranks were added 6 years later. Organist Madelene Klassen played 5 pieces … Read More “RCCO Vancouver Centre Organ Crawl, February 22 2020” »
“WHAT THE ORGAN CAN DO” By Sam Balden Part 1 – The Workshop Roll these qualities into one person – youthful, educated, dynamic, personable, bilingual, engaging and an exceptional musical talent – and you’ll find an organist named Jean-Willy Kunz, currently travelling the country as a RCCO clinician. The Vancouver Centre was privileged to have … Read More “What the Organ Can Do – Jean-Willy Kunz Workshop and Concert” »
