RCCO Gathering April 24, 2023, 7:30 pm Come and play your favorite organ voluntary and enjoy and evening with colleagues and fellow lovers of the organ and it’s repertoire. Queen St Baptist Church 57 Queen St, St. Catharines
Ken Stevens, who is one of the Niagara Centre’s most long-standing and stalwart members, has celebrated his 90th birthday and we extend our heartiest congratulations to him. Both Ken and Crystal enjoy good health and Ken only recently ended his editing tasks with our website and The Niagara Nazard, an activity that exemplified his valuable […]
The RCCO has partnered with Sarah Svendsen to assist her in her Doctoral research project to study the impact of organ playing on musculoskeletal health as well as the workplace characteristics experienced by organists through an occupational health lens. Please see below from a message from Sarah and a link to take the online survey. […]
Luke Tegtmeir of the Muller Pipe Organ Company provides some common sense thoughts worth sharing with leadership of organizations where a pipe organ or electronic organ is part of the scheduled property. Follow the link below to read and download this article. Pipe Organ Insurance Luke Tegtmeier, “Your Pipe Organ and Insurance.” Reprinted from In […]
Deanna Witkowski is the winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and a past guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. From New York City this pianist/composer/arranger has been heralded for her “consistently thrilling” playing and her “boundless imagination”. Deanna is a frequent presenter on jazz and spirituality and counts among her output eighty sacred […]
Luke Tegtmeir of the Muller Pipe Organ Company offers some tips to organists on how to maximize a service call beyond writing items in your service note book. Follow the link below to read and download this article. PIpe Organ Tuning – ALCM 2018 Luke Tegtmeier, “Maximizing your Pipe Organ Tuner’s Efficiency” Reprinted from In tempo, […]
Sunday, February 3, 2019 marks the 210th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. Here’s a list of known Mendelssohn organ works to consider for your February service playing and recitals. Opus 37 and 65 are available for free download from IMSLP. https://imslp.org/wiki/Organ_Works_(Mendelssohn%2C_Felix) Novello publishes the complete organ works. The six little pieces are in […]
Contrebombarde Concert Hall was a site initially created by Rob Stefanussen in 2008. If you don’t know Rob you should check out his YouTube page for some very creative arrangements of music plus performance of standard repertoire. Concert Hall is built to serve as an online space for Hauptwerk organists and enthusiasts to share and listen […]
It’s been nearly twenty years since Dr. James Jordan sat down and reflected on his own musical journey. In 1999 he took pen in hand to write The Musician’s Soul. In it he shares the vulnerability of his personal music making and spiritual core to tap into a far deeper and inspired way of making […]
RCCO Niagara Centre member Marjorie Slinn has been an outstanding musical force in the Niagara Region. She recently her announced plans to retire from Stamford United Church, Niagara Falls, ON. and was greeted with a service of celebration and gratitude this past Sunday. The congregation is now advertising for a capable replacement. Interested persons should […]
