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. If you are using an older browser and don't see the menu then you can use the text menu at the bottom of every page.

NEWS BRIEFS

GODFREY HEWITT PRIZE

Jason Biel was born and raised on the family farm east of Lacombe, Alberta, where he first learned the piano. He was introduced to organ by Dr. Wendy Markosky at the Canadian University College, Alberta, where he earned an undergraduate degree in organ performance. He studied for a year with Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht through The King’s University in Edmonton, during which he assisted Jeremy Spurgeon as organ scholar at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral. In September 2015 he started graduate studies with Hans-Ola Ericsson at McGill University in Montreal, and since November 2015 has also been organist at the parish of L’église du Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus. In May 2017 he obtained his Master`s degree and will continue at McGill for one more year in the Graduate Diploma Performance programme; he is currently exploring options for further studies.

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

We will be posting our program for the 2017-2018 season in early July.

PRO ORGANO

Next season's Pro Organo recital series is now available on the Pro Organo page. You may purchase your season ticket and make a donation on line at the bottom of the Pro Organo 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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