Bexley District
Organists’ & Choirmasters’
Association
Patron:
David Sanger
The
drawing, by Bob Farley, on the left is of the George England organ at Hall Place, Bexley. It is reproduced here by courtesy of
Bexley
Council, Libraries & Museums department.
The
Association seeks to encourage and promote interest in all branches of
church
music. It organises an active programme of meetings including concerts,
recitals, competitions, visits and social events.
The
object of the Association, which has been existence for over forty
years, is
"to advance the education of the public in the study of the art of
music
with special reference to liturgical and organ music."
The
Association has been working within this formal aim but in a more
relaxed way
than the constitution might suggest.
Information
is exchanged regularly through a news-sheet which is mailed to all
members. The
Association and its members are
affiliated to
the Incorporated Association of Organists,
and its excellent quarterly journal Organists'
Review, can be obtained at a reduced rate.
The
Incorporated Association of Organists is a national federation of
similar
societies. The IAO organises an Organ Congress on one week each year
consisting
of concerts, workshops and visits. The event is often held in a
university or
cathedral city; in 2002 it was held in Paris. In 2004 Portsmouth; 2005 in Nottingham and
2006 Cologne. It also organises the London Organ Day. There are over 90
affiliated associations
including a
number overseas.
You do not
have to be an organist or choirmaster to join the Association.
Other benefits
include a reduced subscription to the
Organists’ Review magazine and automatic membership of the Incorporated
Association of Organists.
Click on the Image for link to the
IAO. Secretary:-
Margaret Bearfoot Tel: 01322 523505 This site best viewed with Firefox 
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