International
Organ Festival
2010
Festival
International
d'Orgue
2010
Public Events Schedule
Sunday, July 18, 2010
- 16:30 — College Service, at Christ Church Cathedral (Public worship)
- 20:00 Concert — David Palmer, University of Windsor; Alan Matheson, jazz composer and trumpeter, Vancouver BC; Cathedral Strings under Michael Gormley. Music from China, commissioned jazz, Poulenc concerto (Tickets $30/$25)
- Monday, July 19, 2010
- 13:30 Concert — Dan Miller, Recitalist (Tickets $25/$20)
- 20:00 Concert — Paul Jacobs, Chairman of the Organ Department, The Juilliard School, New York (Tickets $25/$20)
- Tuesday July 20, 2010
- 11:30 Celebration — Centennial of the Casavant organ at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, now playable after 13 years disconnected. (Free admission)
- 13:00 Concert — The Linden Singers of Victoria, sing Canadian choral works, with a commissioned piece on poetry of Chief Dan George. (Tickets $25/$20)
- 17:00 — Prayer and Music in the Style of Taizé, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. (Sung public worship) (Sample of the monthly service sponsored by the Victoria Downtown Churches Association on third Fridays, except in July, August and December).
- 19:00 Bells — The Guild of Change Ringers ring the ten bells of Christ Church Cathedral. (Outdoor)
- 20:00 Concert — Tong-Soon Kwak, Chairman of the Church Music Department, Yonsei University, Korea, plays the four-manual Wolff organ of Christ Church Cathedral. (Tickets $25/$20)
(Performances take place at Christ Church Cathedral,
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, the Victoria Conservatory of Music,
Church of St. John the Divine and First Metropolitan United Church.
See concert details)
RCCO 2010 National Convention
The above public events are part of the annual convention of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Organists from across Canada and beyond are gathering in Victoria for the College's annual Convocation and Annual General Meeting. Along with the inspirational performances by top players are workshops on a dozen topics and visits to Victoria's historic organs.
Non-members who are interested in attending workshops or organ visits are welcome to register for a day or for the whole conference. The registration desk will be open on July 18 and 19 at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson St. The public is also welcome to visit the vendors' display area in Wood Hall. (See the convention program for hours)
P O W !
Keyboard students got a taste of organ playing at the Pipe Organ Workshop on July 17. Neil Cockburn, founder of Calgary's Summer Organ Academy, came to instruct.