Cost: $38:00 (incudes tip - less than last year!)

Registration:

Please register by Sept. 12 by sending a cheque payable to RCCO, Ottawa Centre and mailing it to:

Guest speaker: Thomas Leslie, Executive Dir: CIOC and Regional Director.

Please reserve the date now, and let your clergy know about it too! See you there!

Join us on Monday January 16th at the Wellington Gastropub in Hintonberg for a listening party of significant organ performances on vinyl. Please bring any vinly organ recordings that you would like to share.

This is being co-presented by Tetra Speakers (a locally based but internationally respected speaker company) which will bring in its audiophile-quality equipment. There is a fee of $25 which covers appetizers and a beverage with proceeds going to the Parkdale Food Bank and our Kiwanis Music Festival Organ scholarships.

We are fortunate that Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm will also teach a Master Class at the same church on Saturday, February 25th, starting at 2 p.m. For this, you can sit upstairs in the organ tribune. There is no specific music for this class - students can play anything they wish - but please notify Karen Holmes e-mail to: proOrgano (at) rcco-ottawa (dot) ca if you wish to play, so that we can organize the schedule. To go up to the tribune, enter by the south door on the west façade; you will see the staircase there. This class is free for RCCO members; there is a $10 fee for non-members. Jonathan taught at the Academy at the Convention in Kingston, and is a very friendly teacher!

Come and hear our students in recital on Saturday March 11 at 1:30pm at St Luke's Anglican Church!

The purpose of this recital is to give students some valuable playing experience, so even beginning students are encouraged to play.

Free-will donations will be collected and will go towards the Scholarship for Beginning Organ Students. Come out and support our young organists!

Although this is not one of our programmes, it does involve many of our student members and we are providing $500 in scholarship money to the participants. The adjudicator is our member Kirkland Adsett. Come and support our students in recital. Further informationn can be found on the Kiwanis Music Festival website.

Young and old, players, singers and lovers of music of all kinds: You're all invited to join us at Woodroffe United Church on Saturday, April 22nd, for the Ottawa Centre's Great Music Marathon in honour of Johann Sebastian Bach. This once-in-a-lifetime event will be held from 1:30 – 6:00 pm, graciously hosted by Woodroffe's Music Director, Katarina Jovic. This celebration of the music of J.S. Bach will not only feature performances of his works on the pipe organ by our own Centre members, but also by many young students who sing, play piano and other instruments.

The full schedule with list of music, performers and time can be downloaded here.

A poster for this event is available here.

Following is a partial list of those who will be performing:

A freewill offering will be directed towards the support the scholarship funds for young organists. For any additional information or to volunteer to assist in the afternoon, please contact Sondraproctorgoldsmith (at) gmail (dot) com or mobile: 202.841.8712. Mark your calendars now and join all of us in this musical celebration of this great composer.

Come when you can; leave when you must.

Please join us for a tour of the historic organ at St. Patrick's Basilica, hosted by Jacquelin Rochette, the Artistic Director at Casavant Frères. This is a rare opportunity to see and hear this historic instrument up close, and learn about its recent restoration.

There will be a coffee and cookies reception afterwards.

This event is free for RCCO Members, non-members are asked to contribute a donation of $10.

Specifications

We will meet at the Nepean Street door with the accessiblity ramp.

RCCO member Mark Moss will host an exploration of pipe organs in Pembroke. We plan to visit the following instruments:

• Calvin United - 3 manual Casavant
• St. Columbkille - 2 manual Casavant
• Holy Trinity Anglican - 2 manual Casavant

Tables for our group will be reserved at a local restaurant recommended by Mr. Moss for lunch.

If you are interested in going, please contact Blake Hargreaves, and indicate if you would require transportation, or if you are able to offer seats in your car. We are organizing car pooling for anyone wishing to attend who needs it.

Students are encouraged to attend this event, and will be given the opportunity to play these instruments.

The default Pickup location for carpools is St. Peter's Lutheran, at 8am. If you require a ride and this is inconvenient for you, let us know.

The event begins in Pembroke at 9:45 at Calvin United, at the corner of Renfrew Street and Church Street in Pembroke.

Hope you can join us!

This is your centre. The executive values the feedback received from members. Come out and voice your opinions on what you would like to have your Centre do.

The Annual General Meeting of the Ottawa Centre is our opportunity to conduct the necessary business of the College but also to celebrate the year past and look forward to the coming year. All members are encouraged to attend and participate in decision making and to hear reports of the various convenors and national council representatives.

We are pleased to announce that Rev. Dr. Mervin Saunders, our Centre Chaplain, will be recognized as the Member of the Year. Mervin has held the position of Chaplain since 2002. After these past 15 years of dedicated service, Mervin has decided to retire as our Chaplain. We wish Mervin and Helen the very best and thank you very much.

There is plenty of parking and the room is air-conditioned.