June 2013

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1 Sat

2 Sun

3pm - 5pm St Stephen's, Willoughby

David Kinsela
$5 and $2

Afternoon tea

4pm - Sacred Heart, Mosman

Sacred Treasures

Soprano: Sylvie-Renaud Calmel, Mezzo Soprano: Flore Seydoux, Organ: Clarisse Ambroselli

Suggested donation: $5

3 Mon

4 Tue

5 Wed

6 Thu

1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral

Jennifer Chou (Toorak Uniting Church, Melbourne)

$5 entry

7 Fri

8 Sat - June

5.00pm - 6.00pm Fine Music FM Organ Music Society Radio Program 102.5MHz Program details

Queen's Birthday Ramble

South Coast and Southern Highlands

ORGAN ADVENTURE

Queen's Birthday Holiday Weekend - Saturday 8 to Monday 10 June 2013

The Organ Music Society of Sydney Inc is arranging an organ adventure that promises excitement and fulfilment for all.

We are pleased to invite the Hunter District Organ Music Society to join us for this weekend.

Saturday 8 June

The adventure begins amid the Norfolk Island pines in the stunning coastal town of Kiama, 120 km (2 hrs) from Sydney where we'll hear and play Australia's only Ladegast pipe organ in Christ Church Anglican, Kiama (1914).

After open console we drive to the famous Blow Hole for a picnic or pub lunch.

Pushing further south, we reach the quaint seaside town of Milton and the Church of Saints Peter & Paul, Milton, to hear and play the 1908 organ by Charles Richardson, restored last year by the Jewkes firm.

After open console we drive to Batemans Bay where we spend the night after a seafood dinner. Arrangements have been made for dinner (at own cost) which promises to be a good opportunity for socialising.

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A modest charge of $15 a day will be made to cover the Society's costs, which include donations to the churches. It is intended to arrange for members to be able book and pay electronically through TryBooking.

Details are substantially correct but are subject to adjustment as final planning proceeds.

Please register your interest NOW with contact person, Peter Meyer, on 0406 186 933 or email:editor@omss.org.au. We will then notify you by e- mail when arrangements are finalised. For catering purposes, especially in Goulburn, bookings for the meals (at your expense) must be made by 1 June.

It is recommended that you book your accommodation in Batemans Bay and Goulburn as soon as possible. URGENT: To be sure of accommodation, BOOK YOUR MOTEL ROOMS NOW!!

Members willing to provide transport for members without their own are kindly invited to notify Peter Meyer.

9 Sun

Queen's Birthday Ramble

Sunday 9 June

Today we leave Batemans Bay for Bodalla, 50 km (40 mins) away. This small town, famous for its cheese, was once the estate of the tycoon, Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, who built the Church of All Saints, Bodalla, and installed a pipe organ of superb quality by Henry Willis & Sons in 1882. After a demonstration and playing time those who wish may join the parishioners for a service of Holy Communion. Arrangements have been made for lunch here (at own cost) and there may be time for a visit to the cheese factory.

After lunch we drive up the escarpment to the historic gold-mining town of Braidwood, 110 km (90 mins) away. Here, in St Andrew's Church, Braidwood, we hear and play an organ originally by Rendall (1908).

Then it's 85 km (90 mins) west to Goulburn, Australia's first inland city. After checking-in to the motel of your choice we assemble at St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, at 6.00 pm where we will be welcomed by cathedral organist, Robert Smith. The large Forster & Andrews organ of 1884 is one of two magnificent organs in the city.

After open console we take a short stroll down the hill to the renowned, historic, four-star Paragon Café for dinner (at own cost) from the á la carte menu. We are booked in for 7.30 pm.

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A modest charge of $15 a day will be made to cover the Society's costs, which include donations to the churches. It is intended to arrange for members to be able book and pay electronically through TryBooking.

Details are substantially correct but are subject to adjustment as final planning proceeds.

Please register your interest NOW with contact person, Peter Meyer, on 0406 186 933 or email:editor@omss.org.au. We will then notify you by e- mail when arrangements are finalised. For catering purposes, especially in Goulburn, bookings for the meals (at your expense) must be made by 1 June.

It is recommended that you book your accommodation in Batemans Bay and Goulburn as soon as possible. URGENT: To be sure of accommodation, BOOK YOUR MOTEL ROOMS NOW!!

Members willing to provide transport for members without their own are kindly invited to notify Peter Meyer.

3.30pm Great Hall, University of Sydney

Fun for Eight Limbs - Organ Duets

The Town and Gown Duo

Amy Johansen with Robert Ampt, Sydney City Organist

Free entry

3.00pm - St Finbar's Catholic Church, 46 Levy St, Glenbrook

Music for Voice and Organ.

Joshua Rogers - baritone

Michael Taylor - organ

3pm. Donation $15 and $10 (concession)

Enquiries: Michael Taylor (0411 021 071)

10 Mon

Queen's Birthday Ramble

Monday 10 June

The final day of our adventure begins at 9.30 am in the superb acoustic of the Old Cathedral Church of Saints Peter & Paul, Goulburn, where Pastor de Lasala will demonstrate the large, Hill & Son organ of 1890. Playing this instrument, which can still be blown by hand, will give you some of the powerful thrill that comes from playing the Hill of similar vintage in the Sydney Town Hall. Then we drive 80 km into the Southern Highlands town of Bowral to the Church of St Simon & St Jude, Bowral, to hear and play the fine, enlarged Richardson organ of 1920, demonstrated by Brian Petchell.

After lunch in Bowral we head for home ahead of holiday traffic from the snowfields though, if you dare, you can explore the historic town of Berrima on the way back to Sydney.

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A modest charge of $15 a day will be made to cover the Society's costs, which include donations to the churches. It is intended to arrange for members to be able book and pay electronically through TryBooking.

Details are substantially correct but are subject to adjustment as final planning proceeds.

Please register your interest NOW with contact person, Peter Meyer, on 0406 186 933 or email:editor@omss.org.au. We will then notify you by e- mail when arrangements are finalised. For catering purposes, especially in Goulburn, bookings for the meals (at your expense) must be made by 1 June.

It is recommended that you book your accommodation in Batemans Bay and Goulburn as soon as possible. URGENT: To be sure of accommodation, BOOK YOUR MOTEL ROOMS NOW!!

Members willing to provide transport for members without their own are kindly invited to notify Peter Meyer.

11 Tue

12.30pm - Sydney Town Hall

Christopher Wrench (Brisbane)

Free Entry

12 Wed

13 Thu

1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral

Andrej Kousnetsov

$5 entry

14 Fri

15 Sat

16 Sun

2 - 3pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney

Organ Recital Series on 3rd Sundays

Stacey Yang (Organist, St Peter's Cremorne)

Entry by note donation

17 Mon

18 Tue

19 Wed

12.45pm - 1.30pm The King's School Parramatta announces the launch of its new Organ Recital Series.

There will be one recital each term played on the Pogson organ in the school's Futter Hall.

The inaugural recital will be presented by Kurt Ison, the school's organ teacher.

Admission is free.

Everyone is most welcome and there is plenty of parking in the grounds.

Further enquiries may be made to the Music Department on 02 9683 8424.

20 Thu

1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral

21 Fri

22 Sat

23 Sun

4pm - St Mary's Cathedral

Mark Quarmby (St Stephen's, Macquarie St)

Retiring collection

24 Mon

25 Tue

26 Wed

27 Thu

1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral

Young Suzuki students of David Clark (Rising Stars Series)

$5 entry

28 Fri

1.10pm St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.

Martin Rein

Program details

Donation welcome

Enquiries: 0413 166 803 (or email Mark Quarmby)

29 Sat

30 Sun