 |
RCCO Ottawa Centre
|
 |
- You are here:
- Home
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
PRO ORGANO OTTAWA 31st 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.
The first concert of the season is for organ and flute with Rachel laurin and Claire Marchand. The setails are on the Pro Organo page.
CARLETON DOMINION-CHALMERS CENTRE RECTIAL
Sunday September 22, 3 pm: A recital event, sponsored by Carleton University at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, will feature the newly-rebuilt Casavant console and introduce the new concert facility.
There will be a pre-concert talk at 3 pm by Frances Macdonnell, followed by a recital at 4 pm given by Thomas Annand, Ian Bevell, James Calkin, and Jennifer Loveless. Admission free, refreshments following the recital. The event will conclude with an opportunity to tour Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre at 5pm.
This event will also mark the establishment of the Friends of the Pipe Organ Fund
as we welcome this beloved instrument back to the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
after a recent restoration made possible through donor support.
Through the ongoing generosity of donors, Carleton is committed to preserving this
instrument and ensuring that new generations enjoy its sounds filling the sanctuary for
years to come.
Further details about repertoire will be announced shortly.
Screening of Pipe Dreams Documentary
Monday Sept 30, 7pm at South Keys CinemaPipe Dreams follows five young organists as they compete in Canada’s prestigious International Organ Competition (CIOC). Who will master the king of instruments and come out victorious in Montreal? Pipe Dreams gives you an inside look into the wonderful world of competitive organ playing. From the quietest tinkling of a bell to the rumble of a locomotive… this is organ playing like you have never heard it before!
To obtain your ticket ($16.00) please visit https://ca.demand.film/pipe-dreams/
More details are in the pdf brochure.
Please note that this is NOT an RCCO event, but is of interest to our members. For this screening to happen, they must sell a minimum of 50 tickets by September 19. They will not charge your credit card until the event threshold of 50 is met.
CLERGY ORGANIST DINNER ON LINE PAYMENT
You may register and pay on line, for the Clergy Organist dinner on October 28, 2019. Registration must be made before October 21, 2019. Details of the dinner are on the Events page
RCCO NATIONAL ORGAN-PLAYING COMPETITION 2019
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The RCCO’s National Competition in Organ-Playing for 2019 was held in Halifax from July 5-7, 2019, as part of the Halifax Organ Festival.
FIRST PRIZE
THE GODFREY HEWITT PRIZE - $5000
DAVID SIMON
The Godfrey Hewitt Prize, amounting to $5,000, has been awarded to DAVID SIMON. Read it all in the Prize Winners page.
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.
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!
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.
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.
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
The Ottawa Centre is offering a complimentary membership to organ students. For full details see: http://rcco-ottawa.ca/schol.html#studentmember
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.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.
The RCCO is a Registered Canadian Charity.
For contact information, see our Executive List or press the button below.
RCCO-Ottawa Centre is a Registered Charity: 11912 6498 RR0001
