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Celebrate International Organ Day with RCCO Vancouver!
Join other organists and organ enthusiasts in visiting two churches in Vancouver. Here’s the itinerary:
- 10:30 am-12:30 pm: Holy Family Parish, 4851 Beatrice St.
- 12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch break (lunch is not provided)
- 1:30-3:30 pm: St. Andrew’s-Wesley, 1022 Nelson St.
An Orgelkit and Viscount Cantorum Duo will also be shown at St. Andrew’s-Wesley. Participation is free. Join for all or part of the day, and invite your friends! There will be opportunities to try each organ, and organ technician Marianne Huestis will give tours of the organ lofts.
Friday, April 29, 7pm – 9pm, and Saturday, April 30, 11am – 1pm, come and witness a virtual midi link being created between a Vancouver organ and Perth, Australia!
In the spirit of the success and theme of last Saturday’s international Organ Day, Vancouver Centre’s vice president Michael Dirk will host a virtual organ link up to Perth, Australia, this Friday and Saturday, culminating with performing on the 109-stop organ of St Patrick Basilica at a future date. https://fremantlestpatricks.org.au/basilica-organs-specifications/
Doors will be open to the public at St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church this Friday April 29th 6-8pm, and Saturday April 30th 10am-noon (see detailed schedule below), while we link up and experiment with Australian correspondent Matt Bray’s digital studio. (The link up with St Patrick’s will be at a later date once we confirm the midi link success). SSOS technician Steve Miller of Calgary will be coordinating the Midi capability of the SJS Hallman.
This initiative is funded by a Canada Arts Council grant, and spearheaded by BC interior organist/composer Gilles Parenteau.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw7oPL0ZwBSi-uU2OMeH1nw
-controlling expression pedal or pistons from a wireless midi finger ring!
Friday, April 29, 7pm – 9pm, and Saturday, April 30, 11am – 1pm, come and witness a virtual midi link being created between a Vancouver organ and Perth, Australia!
In the spirit of the success and theme of last Saturday’s international Organ Day, Vancouver Centre’s vice president Michael Dirk will host a virtual organ link up to Perth, Australia, this Friday and Saturday, culminating with performing on the 109-stop organ of St Patrick Basilica at a future date. https://fremantlestpatricks.org.au/basilica-organs-specifications/
Doors will be open to the public at St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church this Friday April 29th 6-8pm, and Saturday April 30th 10am-noon (see detailed schedule below), while we link up and experiment with Australian correspondent Matt Bray’s digital studio. (The link up with St Patrick’s will be at a later date once we confirm the midi link success). SSOS technician Steve Miller of Calgary will be coordinating the Midi capability of the SJS Hallman.
This initiative is funded by a Canada Arts Council grant, and spearheaded by BC interior organist/composer Gilles Parenteau.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw7oPL0ZwBSi-uU2OMeH1nw
-controlling expression pedal or pistons from a wireless midi finger ring!
RCCO Vancouver Centre has arranged a masterclass with Pacific Baroque Orchestra’s Alexander Weimann, who is an accomplished organist and harpsichordist living and working in Vancouver. He has a highly regarded career as both a soloist and conductor across North America. Here in Vancouver, he is well-known as being the conductor and artistic director of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. You can read more about him on his website:https://alexanderweimann.com/.
RCCO Vancouver Centre pleased to present our first in-person recital since 2019!
Vancouver organists Rachel Alflatt, Frank Ezinga, Isaac Howie, Cindy Ma, Susan Ohannesian, and Angelique Po will be performing an assortment of works on St. Mary’s beautiful 3-manual Casavant organ (Opus 2296), including the concert première of Denis Bédard’s Deux Pièces.
Programme:
Contrapunctus 12 by Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Xiaosheng Zhao
Deux Pièces (Petite Valse and Postlude en si mineur) by Denis Bédard
Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland by Nicolaus Bruhns
Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Opus 65 by Felix Mendelssohn
Variations on Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen? by Johann Pachelbel
Suite for Organ, Opus 5 by Carol Williams
Admission is by donation, and there will be an informal reception following the recital.
OrgelKidsCAN organ build workshop, presented by RCCO Vancouver Centre
Charlie Chaplin’s silent film ‘The Cure’ (1917), accompanied on the mighty Wurlitzer by RCCO Vancouver Centre vice-president and education officer, organist Michael Dirk
Also via Zoom. RCCO members will receive more details by email at a later date.
In person at last! Our 17th annual Halloween concert.
Come in costume! Treats for kids (and the young at heart) after the concert.
Programme:
Event repeated on Saturday, October 29, also at 7:30 pm.
St. Philip’s Director of Music Michael Murray accompanies the classic 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera on St. Philip’s booming Casavant organ, in this reprise of his sold-out 2019 show. Michael has composed a tremendous score that incorporates threads of well-known tunes and motifs, interwoven with new passages created just for this show. Thrills! Chills! And Fun! Create an evening out with family and friends. Wear costumes, if you like!
Bring cash for popcorn. This is a fundraiser for our beloved Casavant organ so please buy tickets to help the cause, and come to St Philip’s to enjoy the fun!