RCCO Vancouver News
The family of Henry Hageman wishes to announce his retirement as organist after 55 years of church service. Henry took organ lessons as a young boy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was taught by the organist, Haite van der Schaaf. He became official organist of a very old, medieval church in Amsterdam-West, on May 4, … Read More “Vancouver Organist Retirement” »
Organ Music for All Hallow’s Eve Saturday 26 October 2014 @ 7:30pm St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church A 9th annual offering of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, Vancouver Centre. Praeludium in f-sharp minor, BuxWV 146 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BuxWV 183 Christina Hutten Scherzo in g minor, Op. 49/2 Marco … Read More “9th Annual RCCO Halloween Concert, October 25 2014” »
http://www.carillonmusic.com/cmsi13.html Monday through Thursday had teaching times with international concert artist Ellen Wang. Studies included organ voices and their character, pedal playing, organ accompaniment playing, hymn playing, classical playing, etc., with each topic being introduced by a lecture followed with demos by Ms. Wang. The intent was to motivate the students towards adding organ to … Read More “Church Music Summer Institute 2014!” »
The next RCCO event is our annual members’ recital, which will take place this year at Ryerson United Church, 2195 West 45th Avenue, Vancouver, at 7pm on Saturday, May 30. Mark your calendars! More details soon.
Next RCCO event is an ORGAN CRAWL on Saturday, February 8, 2014, starting at 2:30 pm, to… St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 2:30 – 3:30 pm St. Paul’s Anglican Church, (this is a change of venue) 4 – 5:45 pm Holy Rosary Cathedral. 6 – 8 pm Join us at St. Patrick’s Church, 2881 Main St, Vancouver … Read More “Organ Crawl – Vancouver” »
A successful Halloween Member’s Recital in Vancouver involves oddities and delights none can truly anticipate. It all began with Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, but with the Toccata performed by James Loeffler, a very young mad-scientist. As he was finishing, out from underneath a large white cloth beside the console emerged Michael Dirk…his … Read More “RCCO Halloween Concert, October 26 2013: review and photos” »
Mark your calendars! The annual RCCO Members’ Recital will take place at Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church (2733 W 41st Ave, Vancouver, at Yew, lots of free parking behind the church) on Saturday, May 26 at 7 pm. Performers will include Sam Balden, Michael Dirk, Frank Ezinga, Cindy Leung, Huiyan Ma, Michael Molnar, Susan and Paul Ohannesian, … Read More “RCCO Members’ Recital 2013 – Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church” »
Holy Rosary Cathedral presents: ORGANIST VALERIE HALL, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS, ORGANIST AND MUSIC DIRECTOR AT HOLY ROSARY CATHEDRAL, REGINA, SK – IN CONCERT Friday March 15, 8 PM – Holy Rosary Cathedral, Dunsmuir & Richards, Vancouver, BC Tickets: $20 / Students and Seniors $15 Available at the door, at … Read More “ORGANIST – VALERIE HALL – IN CONCERT” »
Yesterday (Tuesday Feb 5), the RCCO travelling clinician 2013, David Palmer, was in Holy Trinity Church in Vancouver, and he shared his knowledge, experience and skills with the participants. In a very pleasant manner he dealt with aspects of the perceived decline of interest in the organ as an instruments and how recitals can be … Read More “Impression RCCO Workshop with David Palmer” »
Organs in British Columbia, their builders and their history have been captured by Christopher Dalton in his 2010 publication (262 pages). He covers the years 1827 – 2009 of organ building and installations. In addition to a listing of organs and specification, some with photos, a chronological list, and an alphabetical list are included. For thos that … Read More “Organs In British Columbia” »
