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With an enthusiastic audience of 270 people!  Many thanks to all the participants and volunteers who made this possible, and to St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church and the Church’s Sacred Music Series.  

It’s that time of year again!  After a very successful Halloween concert last year, with an audience of well over 300 people, we are planning our 12th annual event for Friday October 27 at 7:30 pm, at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church (Burrard and Nelson, Vancouver), in collaboration with the St. Andrew’s-Wesley Sacred Music Series. And … Read More “2017 Halloween Concert!” »

To all RCCO Members, it is almost time to have our next Annual General Meeting. This year, we will be having it at St. John’s Shaughnessy, located on Granville at Nanton (near King Edward) on June 10th, at 3:00p.m. We also have console time and sailing opportunities to look forward to before and after the … Read More “RCCO Vancouver – Annual General Meeting 2017” »

  RCCO Student Recital performers and their teachers The biennial RCCO Student Recital took place very successfully on May 7 at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale. Performers Haruyo Abramson, Michael Blais, Joan Chard, Cindy Ma, Gail Ovington, and Alex and Max Schmidt impressed and moved the audience with works ranging from Buxtehude to Bédard and including Gigout, … Read More “RCCO 2017 Student Recital” »

By Michael Molnar and Rachel Alflatt Once again, St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church (the largest Gothic-style church in Vancouver) was filled with skulls, skeletons, and spiders, a giant inflatable ghost, lights and a projector, and performers in costume started double-checking their registrations (the pistons were slightly haunted). In the half hour leading up to the concert, … Read More “2016 RCCO Halloween Concert, a huge success!” »

Is This You? Inspiring Organist/Pianist /Part-time Choir Director West Vancouver Presbyterian Church is seeking an enthusiastic Music Director who is comfortable with both traditional and more contemporary hymns and choral music to inspire inter-generational worship. Location: West Vancouver Presbyterian Church (WVPC) – 2893 Marine Drive, West Vancouver BC. Starting Date: November 1, 2016 Details:  Website: … Read More “Open Position – West Vancouver Presbyterian Church” »

Once again, it is time for the Vancouver Centre to gather for our Annual General Meeting. This is where you, our membership, get to help decide what we will do in the coming year. Following the successful pattern we adopted last year, we will meet at a church, this time St. Mary’s Kerrisdale (2490 W 37th Ave) on Sunday, … Read More “RCCO Vancouver – Annual General Meeting 2016” »

  Robert Gordon Batt   By Roy Campbell, with contributions from Marie Cahill, Elizabeth Cahill, and Gerald Batt I first met Robert when we were both living in Montréal in the late 1970’s. I remember the choir I was singing with at the time, St Mathias’ Westmount, visited St. John the Divine Church in Verdun … Read More “RELFECTIONS: Robert Gordon Batt (1952-2016)” »

Pictures from our pre and post AGM boat rides, many thanks to executive member Michael Dirk!

We started in White Rock at the Good Shepherd Church (2250 150 St, Surrey, BC V4A 9J3). During the parish’s 1995 construction, a single donor offered a half-million for the commission of the magnum opus (no 20) of BC’s largest organ builder, Adrian Koppejan of Chilliwack. The three manual, 35-stop electric-slider action of neo-classic disposition … Read More “Organ Crawl 2015 – Fraser Valley” »