Welcome to the Ottawa Centre of the
Royal Canadian College of Organists

Welcome to the Ottawa Centre RCCO website. Please use the menu above to browse our site.

NEWS BRIEFS

GODFREY HEWITT SCHOLARSHIP WINNER 2019

The Godfrey Hewitt Memorial Scholarship for 2019, amounting to $5,000, has been awarded to STEFANI BEDIN. Read it all in the Press Release.

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PRO ORGANO OTTAWA 31^st Season

The 2019-2020 season of Pro Organo has just been announced. The concerts for next season are on the Pro Organo page and you can purchase your season ticket on line or by mail.

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The nominating committee chairman is David LaFranchise. This is your Centre. If you would like to serve on the executive, please contact David.

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NOTRE DAME FIRE

We are all saddened by the horrible fire at Notre-Dame-de-Paris. Fortunately, the damage doesn't seem as bad as it could have been, but it will still take years to repair the damage. The organ appears to have survived, but how much damage it sustained remains to be seen. Here is a short video of Olivier Latry making the last recording of the organ before the disastrous fire.

This video is a promotion for Olivier Latry's CD recording "Bach to the Future". Organroxx, an internet organ music streaming site, is selling the recording and donating all profits to the restorationof both organs in Notre Dame.

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Members! Advertise your events

The RCCO Ottawa Centre has a Facebook page where members' events/activities can be posted. Something musical happening in your life? Send your events to: publicity (at) rcco-ottawa (dot) ca and we'll share them on Facebook!

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EXAMINATION PREPARATION BURSARY

Are you thinking of doing one of the RCCO exams? The Ottawa Centre has decided to offer support for centre members who wish to pursue certification from the RCCO. The Examination Bursary of $200 is intended to be used by the examination candidate to pay for a small number of lessons from a senior organist familiar with the examination requirements and standards. The lessons may be on the topics of the candidates choice (repertoire, practical tests, written tests or ear training) and the Centre can provide recommendations on appropriate teachers with experience of the standards of performance expected for successfully completing RCCO examinations.

To be awarded an Examination Bursary please contact in confidence the Membership Convenor: Donald (dot) Russell (at) rcco-ottawa (dot) ca for the Ottawa Centre. Applications are typically made in the fall. Payment will be made to the applicant after confirmation of registration for an examination has been received.

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OrgelkidsCAN Educational Outreach Program

OrgelkidsCAN is an educational program to teach children of ALL ages the mechanics of a pipe organ. It includes a playable organ kit which will take the students approximately 45 minutes to assemble. Details are in this brochure. If you are an educator and would like to investigate using this for your class, please visit the OrgelkidsCAN website.

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STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

The Ottawa Centre is offering a complimentary membership to organ students. For full details see: http://rcco-ottawa.ca/schol.html#studentmember

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Follow us on our new FACEBOOK page

The Ottawa Centre has a Facebook page. You can follow us at RCCO/CRCO-Ottawa We invite you to 'like' our page and share it with your friends, church etc. Events, concerts, videos etc. will be posted for public consumption. Thanks to Josh Zentner-Barrett (Publicity)for creating and maintaining this page.

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CENTRE HISTORY

Please note that this timeline can be found by selecting Centre Info | Web Archive pages | Ottawa Cente History Timeline on the menu above.

The Centre History kiosk made its debut at Orgelfest 2013. This is an interractive display which places significant events on a timeline. Bill Vineer supplied muich of the content and Rick St Germain put it all together. Click on the graphic below to access this display.

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