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DARLINGTON & DISTRICT ORGANISTS' & CHOIRMASTERS' ASSOCIATION

[DDOCA]

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Affiliated to the
Incorporated Association of Organists [IAO]


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2009/2010

President: Dorothy Creek 

Vice-President: Dr.Ian Brunt . . . . . Immediate Past President:  Philip Hall

Secretary: Brian Varley
11, Dene Hall Drive, Bishop Auckland, Co.Durham DL14 6UF
Tel. 01388-606075
E-mail

Treasurer: Paul Tate
30 Acacia Street, Darlington DL3 6QD
Tel: 01325-488037
Subscriptions are to be paid to the Treasurer, being due on the 1st June each year.
Minimum payment is currently £30.00 for standard membership (£15 without "Organists Review")
£35.00 for Family membership; or £20.00 concessionary rate, in particular for students.
(NB. Of necessity, to offset costs, there is a separate admission charge to some recitals/concerts).

Magazine Secretary: Frances Kelly     Press Officer: Caroline Hodgson

Committee:
  Keith Brown, John Hart, Cathy Harvey, John Harvey, 1 vacancy
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Prospectus

The Association, founded in 1955, primarily exists to enable members to share their common interest in the organ and its music, together with the associated choral tradition. 

The Association is affiliated to the Incorporated Association of Organists, a national federation of similar societies, which publishes an excellent quarterly magazine - The Organists' Review - which our members receive within the amount of their subscription. Also the IAO promotes and organises an annual Conference and training activities, usually in a university and/or cathedral town or city, in Manchester in 2000, and supports regional events. 

DDOCA membership is open to all who are interested, on payment of the appropriate annual subscription. We include among our members professional and amateur musicians of a wide range of interest in and expertise at the organ, students, and non-instrumentalists - as individuals or as a family. New members are always very welcome. 

An elected committee and officers arranges a varied programme of meetings meetings, recitals, concerts, talks, visits and/or social occasions held monthly September to June in the Darlington and south Durham area and sometimes beyond, normally on a Sat.evening. All, including non-members, are most welcome at these events. 

For further details of membership, or about the Programme that follows, or indeed for any other information, please contact the Secretary (address above).



 


Provisional Programme for the 2009/10 SEASON

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NB. 4th July: Harrison & Harrison Open Day

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[Meetings start at 7.30pm unless indicated]

[contact for details]

19th September (afternoon): Carillon at Newcastle Civic Centre

17th October: Mendelssohn event at St Mark, North Road, Darlington [contact for details]
 
21st November:
President's Evening (details tba)

9th January 2010: 7pm for 7.30pm:
Dinner at Bishop Auckland Golf Club

6th February: Armstrong Gibbs evening at St.John, Darlington (details tba)
 

13th March: Organ & Strings, St.James, Darlington
[contact for details]

  24th April: Celebrity Recital at Barnard Castle School Chapel
(recitalist tbc)

 
15th May: Day outing to Huddersfield [contact for details]

26th June:
AGM (venue tba)
 

 



 Training Opportunities    Notice of forthcoming events will be posted here.
Occasional workshops are arranged by the Newcastle & District Society of Organists and other organisations, as part of a drive to promote and further excellence, awareness and enjoyment in organ playing throughout the region.
"Making Music on the Organ" - 4 workshops completed for 2006
For details of future performance Workshops or other forthcoming NDSO events why not contact:
Peter Chatfield (0191) 2857303;  pvc1@btinternet.com
or Mark Colley 07961 189 530; mcarltoncolley@btopenworld

Dan     

Explore DanMagic, the online home of "Dan and the Magic Musician", the animated story of the greatest musical instrument of all. This is a great opportunity for children and families to meet the pipe organ. Teachers and parents will find free follow-up resources. Dan at home, whether for use with pre-schools at playgroup or nursery, in primary/infants/junior school music lessons, or at children's events.             

   HAVE FUN!


The Durham chapter of the Royal School of Church Music organises musical training and participatory events geared to church musicians' needs, as well as more socially orientated meetings. Details of forthcoming events are generally available online.

There is a new RSCM Northumbria website - keep up-to-date at www.rscmnorthumbria.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk





ORGAN RECITALS in the North East area
** Organisers of organ recitals in the North East and north North Yorkshire might like to publicise your event here ** 

The author uses information provided, but can take no responsibility for the accuracy of the details given.

    Series at:                                                                                                                               [To chronological list]

  Summer 2009 recitals series:  7.30pm  - Admission £7 (concessions £5) 

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The two Early English Organ Project organs, based on the Wetheringsett and Wingfield fragments,
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      Monday lunchtimes at 1pm, except Bank Holiday recitals* which start at 11am
  • July 6: Simon Earl [Newcastle]
Summer Recital series 2009
Tuesdays at 7.30pm: Admission £7.50 (£40 for the series), incl. glass of wine
  • July 21: Edmund Aldhouse [Ripon]
  • July 28: Tim Semken [Ripon]
  • Aug.4: Robert Sharpe [York]
  • Aug.11: Andrew Bryden [Ripon]
  • Aug.18: D'Arcy Trinkwon [Concert organist]
  • Aug.25: Simon Lindley [Leeds]

    • Carlisle Cathedral [E-mail for information]
Lunchtime recitals Saturdays at 12.30pm.   
    • 11 July: William Saunders [Ipswich]
    • 18 July: Young Organists
    • 25 July: Alex Woodrow [St.Albans]
    • 1 Aug: Tom Winpenny [St.Albans]
    • 15 Aug: Paul Ritchie [Newcastle]
    • 22 Aug: Michael Harris [Edinburgh]
    • 29 Aug: Daniel Clark [Berlin]            
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2010
  • 19th Mar: Robert Quinney [Westminster Abbey]

  • 25 July: 7.30pm: Stephanie Bec [Birmingham]
  • 29 Aug: 7.30pm: Peter Locke [Newcastle]
 
  • St.Paul, Whitley Bay [E-mail for information]  at 7.30 pm.  Admission £6 (£5
  • Friday, 17 July     Michael and Jean Grave  St Mary's, Whickham
  • Friday, 14 August Shaun Turnbull   St George's, Cullercoats

  • Morpeth Methodist Church, Howard Terrace [E-mail or ring 01670 511078 for information] 
The 2nd Friday lunchtime series (12.30pm] on the new 3m Allen organ. Admission £6/£5 concessions.  Light lunch included at around 1.30pm
  • 3 July: Brian Varley   [Bishop Auckland]
  • 31 July: Sarah Boutwood [Monkseaton]
  • 28 Aug: Simon Earl  [Newcastle Cathedral]]
  • 25 Sept: Shaun Turnbull   [Cullercoats]

  • Barnard Castle School Chapel (to celebrate the refurbishment of the Organ by Principal Pipe Organs of York)
           Recitals Saturdays at 7.30m - free admission.  [E-mail for information]  
  • Grand Celebrity Recital: 3rd Oct.: 7.30pm:
Prof.Dr.Ian Tracey [Liverpool] -  Admission £10 by ticket only, to include refreshments and wine.


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Ad hoc recital venues (north to south) 



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    Nothing further announced at :

    All Saints, Gosforth [E-mail for information]
    St.Nicholas, Gosforth  [E-mail for information]
    St.Dominic's Priory, Newcastle [E-mail for information]
    St.Hilda, South Shields (Market Place) [E-mail for information]
    St.Paul, Jarrow 
    St.Barnabas, Burnmoor, nr. Chester le Street
    Whitburn Parish Church
    St.Andrew, Roker, Sunderland
    Houghton le Spring Parish Church [E-mail for information]
    St. Oswald, Durham  [E-mail for information]
    St.Margaret, Durham
    Lanchester Early Music Festival at All Saints, Lanchester Parish Church [E-mail for information]
    Rowley Baptist Chapel [Bevington Chamber organ c. 1820] [E-mail for information]
    St.Ives, Leadgate  [E-mail for information] Admission £5
    Ushaw College Chapel [E-mail for information]  College bi-centenary in 2008
    St.Brandon, Brancepeth: Willis organ transferred from Winterton [Tel 0191 3867403 for information]
    St.Andrew, South Church, Bishop Auckland [E-mail for information]  - Organ webpage
    New Victoria Centre, High Street, Howden-le-Wear, Co.Durham [E-mail for information] 
    St.Mary, Barnard Castle [E-mail for information] .  New Copeman_Hart digital organ .
    St.Romald, Romaldkirk, Teesdale  [E-mail for information]
    Holy Cross, Haltwhistle
    St.Hilda, Hartlepool [E-mail for information
    St.George URC, Hartlepool  [E-mail for information]
    All Saints, Stranton, Hartlepool  [E-mail for information]
    Stockton URC [E-mail for information]
    St.Mary's Cathedral, Dalby Way, Middlesbrough  [E-mail for information]
    St.Cuthbert, Kirkleatham, Redcar [E-mail for information]
    Saltburn Methodist Church [E-mail for information]
    St.Mark's, Marske-by-the-Sea
    St.Hilda, West Cliff, Whitby
    [E-mail for information]

    St.Peter, Osmotherley [E-mail for information]
    St.Mary, Studley Royal [Fountains Abbey]     

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Listed chronologically [or back to series list]                                                                                         
2009

  • 3 July: 12.30pm: Brian Varley   [Bishop Auckland] @ Morpeth Methodist Church, Howard Terrace [E-mail or ring 01670 511078 for information] Admission £6/£5 concessions.  Light lunch included at around 1.30pm
  • 4 July: 10am -2.30pm - Harrison & Harrison Open Day
  • 6 July: 1pm: Simon Earl [Newcastle] @ Newcastle Cathedral    [E-mail for information]
  • 8 July: 7.30pm: Joseph Causby (Durham Cathedral) @ Durham Cathedral [Cathedral Recitals page] [E-mail for information] Admission £7 /£5)
  • 11 July: 12.30pm: William Saunders [Ipswich] @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 15 July: 7.30pm: Keith Wright [Durham] @ Durham Cathedral [see also Cathedral Recitals page] [E-mail for information] Admission £7/£5
  • 17 July: 7.30pm: Michael & Jean Grave [Whickham] @ St.Paul, Whitley Bay  [E-mail for information]
  • 18 July: 12.30pm: Young Organists @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 21 July: 7.30pm: Edmund Aldhouse [Ripon] @ Ripon Cathedral   [E-mail for information]  Admission £7.50 (£40 for the series), incl. glass of wine
  • 22 July: 7.30pm: Oliver Brett [Durham] @ Durham Cathedral [see also Cathedral Recitals page] [E-mail for information] Admission £7/£5
  • 25 July: 12.30pm: Alex Woodrow [St.Albans] @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 25 July: 7.30pm: Stephanie Bec [Birmingham] @ St.George, Cullercoats  [E-mail for information]
  • 24 July: 7.30pm: James Lancelot [Durham] @ St.George, Gateshead [E-mail for information]  - canapes from 7pm. Admission £7
  • 28 July: 7.30pm: Tim Semken [Ripon] @ Ripon Cathedral   [E-mail for information]  Admission £7.50, incl. glass of wine
  • 29 July: 7.30pm: James Lancelot [Durham] @ Durham Cathedral [see also Cathedral Recitals page] [E-mail for information] Admission £7/£5
  • 31 July: 12.30pm: Sarah Boutwood [Monkseaton] @ Morpeth Methodist Church, Howard Terrace [E-mail or ring 01670 511078 for information]  on the new 3m Allen organ. Admission £6/£5 concessions.  Light lunch included at around 1.30pm
  • 1 Aug: 12.30pm: Tom Winpenny [St.Albans] @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 4 Aug: 7.30pm: Robert Sharpe [York] @ Ripon Cathedral   [E-mail for information]  Admission £7.50, incl. glass of wine
  • 5 Aug: 7.30pm: Josef Miltschitzky [Ottobeuren] @ Durham Cathedral [see also Cathedral Recitals page] [E-mail for information] Admission £7/£5
  • 11 Aug: 7.30pm: Andrew Bryden [Ripon] @ Ripon Cathedral   [E-mail for information]  Admission £7.50, incl. glass of wine
  • 12 Aug: 7.30pm: Michael Haynes [Hexham] @ Durham Cathedral [see also Cathedral Recitals page] [E-mail for information] Admission £7/£5
  • 14 Aug: 7.30pm: Shaun Turnbull [Cullercoats] @ St.Paul, Whitley Bay  [E-mail for information]
  • 15 Aug: 12.30pm: Paul Ritchie [Newcastle] @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 18 Aug.: 7.30pm: D'Arcy Trinkwon [Concert organist] @ Ripon Cathedral   [E-mail for information]  Admission £7.50, incl. glass of wine
  • 22 Aug: 12.30pm: Michael Harris [Edinburgh] @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 25 Aug.: 7.30pm: Simon Lindley [Leeds] @ Ripon Cathedral   [E-mail for information]  Admission £7.50, incl. glass of wine
  • 28 Aug: 12.30pm: Simon Earl  [Newcastle] @ Morpeth Methodist Church, Howard Terrace [E-mail or ring 01670 511078 for information] , on the new 3m Allen organ. Admission £6/£5 concessions.  Light lunch included at around 1.30pm
  • 29 Aug: Daniel Clark [Berlin] @ Hexham Abbey  [Sample[E-mail for information]  Admission Free - Retiring Collection
  • 29 Aug: 7.30pm: Peter Locke [Newcastle] @ St.George, Cullercoats  [E-mail for information]
  • 4 Sept: 7.30pm: Michael Haynes [Hexham] @ St.George, Gateshead [E-mail for information],  - canapes from 7pm. Admission £7
  • 25 Sept.: 12.30pm: Shaun Turnbull   [Cullercoats]@ Morpeth Methodist Church, Howard Terrace [E-mail or ring 01670 511078 for information] Admission £6/£5 concessions.  Light lunch included at around 1.30pm
  • 3rd Oct.: 7.30pm: Grand Celebrity Recital by Prof.Dr.Ian Tracey [Liverpool] @ Barnard Castle School Chapel - Admission £10 by ticket only, to include refreshments and wine. [E-mail for information]
2010
  • 19th Mar: 7.30pm: Robert Quinney [Westminster Abbey] @ St.George, Gateshead [E-mail for information] - canapes from 7pm. Admission £7


Organ Recitals nationally (by place and recitalist)

including Yorkshire:  on   Music-Room || York  ||  Armley  etc


* Newcastle Cathedral   * Ripon Cathedral    * York Minster   * Edinburgh, St.Giles

Other northern Organists' Association pages to explore:
* Newcastle    * Cleveland  * Cumbria  * Bradford   * Huddersfield  * Halifax
* Chester & NEWales  *Manchester  * Liverpool   * Nottingham 
* Scottish Federation  * Edinburgh  * Glasgow
(for a full listing of web addresses of Organists Associations see the IAO website)  
Why not see if an organ you know is in the National Pipe Organ Register.

Incorporated Association of Organists

Click on title to check out the IAO's new website
[with excellent Links page]
Webmaster: Anthony Cairns
Web Editor: Peter Yardley-Jones

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Contacts:
David Hill : President
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Peter Chatfield : IAO General Secretary
19 The Poplars, Gosforth, Newcastle u Tyne NE3 4AE.  Tel 0191 285 7303
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Barry Davis: IAO General Treasurer
31 Mirfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands B9 1JH. Tel: 0121 705 4937
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Fiona Chryssides: Managing Editor of Organists' Review
  "Firbush", Winslow, Bromyard, Herefordshire HR7 4SG.
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Sarah Beedle: Editor of Organists' Review [from June 2005]
Ian Carson: Deputy Editor of Organists' Review
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Other North East Association contacts:
(for programme and membership details)
Newcastle : Webpage || Cleveland : Webpage
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Organ webpage links



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