Forthcoming BIOS conferences and events

For the latest position, and details as they become available,
please contact the Meetings Officer.

 BIOS Residential Conference 2009 . . . . . London Organ Concerts Guide

Day events

News and details of further possible future events to be posted as available.

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For further information about any meeting please contact 
the Meetings Officer on 01737 241355 or e-mail: biosmeetings@hotmail.co.uk
Further details of events will appear here and in the BIOS Reporter in due course. 


 
  The residential conferences in 2007 and 2008 were held in Oxford,
   in a 4 year sequence [2007 to 2010], titled 

THE ORGAN IN ENGLAND: ITS MUSIC, CONSTRUCTION, 
& ROLE IN HISTORY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM 
  arranged in association with 
the Betts Fund of the Music Faculty, University of Oxford
 [see website]

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 Residential Conference 2009

"HOPE AND GLORY: THE BRITISH ORGAN IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE (1785 -1901)"

Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 April 2009
(Residential, based at Wadham College, Oxford)

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
(Use hotlink for further details)
 
 BOOKING FORM
(now available)

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The first Conference in this series was titled:
"THE ORGAN IN ENGLAND TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH I" 
Music, Technology, and the Wider Role
and was centred around the two Early English Organs
constructed from fragments found in Suffolk  [EEOP]

Proceedings :  Performances :  Handouts

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The second in the series was titled:
"THE ORGAN IN STUART AND GEORGIAN ENGLAND (1605-1784)"

Conference Report by David Shuker

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For information about this and future years please contact BIOS Meetings Officer
or 
Dr.Katharine Pardee, Betts Scholar in Organ Studies 
University of Oxford 


Stalwarts rarely miss BIOS residential conferences, which are friendly and worthwhile occasions.
A varied programme usually features relevant talks, a recital and other music-making, and visits
for appraisal of organs, often by local builders, with the normal opportunities for discussion and
relaxation - a thoroughly pleasant, interesting, yet casually educative experience. We feel sure
more should come and enjoy these occasions, and would very much like to welcome many newcomers -
members, spouses and friends.
 
Ideas for future Conferences are always welcome

For Conference ideas, bookings and for further information please contact the Meetings Officer:
Melvin Hughes, Ashcroft, 10 Ridgegate Close, REIGATE, Surrey, RH2 0HT
Tel No: 01737 241355:  E-mail


 

For the record

Access details of Terry Charlston's presentation: "A Restoration Organist and his music"
given on Saturday 24 November 2007 at the
Study Day and AGM at St Botolph, Aldgate,  London EC3
The organ was built by Renatus Harris, 1704, reconstructed and the historic parts restored by Goetze & Gwynn in 2006.

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2005 Residential Conference

The Programme for the residential conference in Cardiff, Mon.22nd to Thurs.25th August 2005 [where we were joined by the Diocesan Organs Advisers' Conference], is still available as a pdf file. 

Please direct enquiries about offers of potential future Residential Conference venues to Melvin Hughes

For the record, fully residential conferences in 2003 and 2004 were not possible. Previously, however, in 2002 the residential conference was held at Sarum College, Salisbury, mid August, and included talks on matters with local interest - Alcock, historical recordings of the Willis organ, the 17thC Harris organ case, music in a "rotten borough", the Cathedral building, together with a recitals at the Cathedral and at Milton Abbey, and a visit to the English Organ School, with its many historic instruments, at Milbourne Port. 

The 2001 residential conference was based at the University of Loughborough, Leics., in late August 2001. The programme focused on country house organs (Staunton Harold, Calke Abbey, Kedlestone, Belton, Wollaton), Handel's organ (Great Packington), and Music Festivals. The reconstructed Tudor organ based on the Suffolk fragment was available, explained and discussed. 

The previous year's residential conference was based at Howell's School, Denbigh, in North Wales, in late August 2000, and was organised by Paul Joslin. The conference visited and heard about some of the area's interesting organs, and their builders - Hill, Willis, Bellamy, Whiteley; and included a lecture about Casson of Denbigh. 

The 1999 residential conference held in Liverpool late in August, was organised on behalf of BIOS, the Institute of British Organ-building, and Diocesan Organs' Advisers, by the Council for the Care of Churches, on the theme Ethics and Conservation of the Organ. Speakers from the world of organ-building and organ studies provided delegates with new thoughts and challenges; time spent at the Conservation Centre in Liverpool gave insights from other conservation disciplines to widen our understanding of materials and issues concerned with organs. Case studies were reported, and we enjoyed recitals at St.George's Hall, and the Metropolitan and Anglican Cathedrals. The Conference Proceedings are now published and circulated, or available from Church House Bookshop , providing an essential resource for organ consultants, builders and owners considering organ conservation for years to come. 

Conferences were held in Bath (1998) and Aberdeen (1997).

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The BRITISH INSTITUTE of ORGAN STUDIES
& The BETTS FUND of the MUSIC FACULTY
of the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD

OXFORD ORGAN CONFERENCE 2009
WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD
Thursday 16 April to Sunday 19 April 2009

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'HOPE AND GLORY: THE BRITISH ORGAN IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE’ (1785-1901)

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME  (Use hotlink for further details)

The Betts Fund of the University of Oxford, and the British Institute of Organ Studies jointly are pleased to announce the third Conference of a four-year sequence entitled "The Organ in England: Its Music, Technology, and Role through the Second Millennium".  This will be the third of a four-year sequence of conferences on The Organ in England: Its Music, Construction, and Role in the Second Millennium.

Papers are anticipated on subjects relating to English organs (including in foreign territories), organ literature, construction, related technology and performance practice up to the end of the nineteenth century.  Evening concerts/recitals will be included and there will be a Conference dinner.

The Programme is being finalised but a preliminary Programme is available through the hotlink above.

This Conference will be residential at Wadham College, although some accommodation may be in other Oxford Colleges.  The rate for the entire Conference, including dinners, concerts and B&B accommodation is likely to be about £390 (en-suite) and £340 (shared facilities).  Day rates (accommodation not included) will also be available. 

More information is posted at:  www.music.ox.ac.uk/organconference

Contacts for details:

Dr Katharine Pardee, Betts Scholar in Organ Studies, University of Oxford
kfpardee@yahoo.com
or
Melvin Hughes, BIOS Meetings Officer
biosmeetings@hotmail.com.uk     (Tel No:  01737 241355)

The BOOKING FORM  should be returned to:

Melvin Hughes (BIOS Oxford Organ Conference 2009),
Ashcroft, 10 Ridgegate Close, REIGATE, Surrey, RH2 0HT

Note:

London Organ Tour: There will be an associated event on Wednesday 15 April 2009, visiting a number of important rebuilt and/or restored 19th century instruments in London.  Details will be available from the end of January 2009 at:  www.music.ox.ac.uk/organconference , or the 'Forthcoming Conferences and Events' page on the BIOS Website: www.bios.org.uk.

Please note: Registration and payment for this optionl extra will be separate from the main Conference. Bookings and enquiries should be made direct to:

John Brennan (London Organ Tour - 15/4/2009),
130 Southfield Road, OXFORD, OX4 1PA
 
JB@positifpress.co.uk
(Tel No:  01865 243220)

The charge for this event will include coach travel to and from Oxford, refreshments and lunch.

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300-word proposals for 20-minute papers and lecture-recitals have been sought on any and all topics relating to the British organ in the late 18th and 19th centuries.  Possible areas of enquiry are suggested as organ building, organ music, the role of the organ in church and secular locations, organs and theology, the public role of the organ, the organ as a domestic instrument, organs and voices, organ cases, music and the technology of the period, economics and organ building and/or playing and any other relevant topics.  The conference organisers are not intending to be rigid in applying the specific dates indicated and are more interested in philosophies of organ building, music, performance etc in the general period.

Abstracts were due by 15 Dec.2008, with responses from the panel of assessors by mid-to-late January.