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VACANCY – Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh

Applications are invited for the post of Organist and Choirmaster from candidates who possess the ability to maintain and develop the strong musical tradition at this historic and prominent church situated in the centre of the city.  4 manual Walker organ rebuilt in 1998 by Walker.  Salary on SFO scale D - £4,780 to £7,140.

Further details from the Church Manager manager@st-cuthberts.net or 0131 229 1142

Closing date for applications Friday 3rd September

 

RECITAL – Daily Monday to Saturday at 1.00 p.m. & Sunday at 3.00 p.m. [Glasgow]

Organ Recitals in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Details at http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showEvent.cfm?venueid=4&itemid=773

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Wednesday 4th August 2010, 1.15 p.m. [St Andrews]

Organ recital by Nicholas Wearne (St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Salvator’s Chapel, University of St Andrews.

Admission £3

 

RECITAL – Wednesday 4th August 2010, 8.00 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Peter Backhouse on the organ of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Admission £8 (accompanied children free) at the door or from 0131 226 0763

 

ORGAN RECITAL – Thursday 5th August 2010, 8.00 p.m. [St Andrews]

Organ recital by Tom Wilkinson (University Organist) on the organ of St Salvator’s Chapel, University of St Andrews.

Admission £6 (Students £5)

 

RECITAL – Tuesday 10th August 2010, 4.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Colin Tipple on the organ of St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh.

Music by J S Bach, Mendelssohn and Stanley.

Admission £6

 

RECITAL – Tuesday 10th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by John Kitchen (University of Edinburgh and Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh) on the organ of Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

Admission Free

 

RECITAL – Wednesday 11th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Nick Wearne (Assistant, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh) on the organ of Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

Admission Free

 

CONCERT – Thursday 12th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Concert of music for violin (Lawrence Dunn) and piano (Gilmour MacLeod) in Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

Admission Free

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Saturday 14th August 2010, 12.45 to 1.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lunchtime organ recital by Colin Tipple (formerly St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free – donations welcome

 

RECITAL – Saturday 14th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Jeremy Cull on the organ of the Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free

 

RECITAL – Sunday 15th August 2010, 3.00 p.m. [Stirling]

Organ recital by Andrew Sutherland, Linlithgow, on the organ of the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling.

Admission Free – donations welcome

 

RECITAL – Sunday 15th August 2010, 6.00 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Paul Carr on the organ of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Admission Free – retiring collection

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Monday 16th August 2010, 12.45 to 1.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lunchtime organ recital by John Kitchen (University of Edinburgh & Old St Paul’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free – donations welcome

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Tuesday 17th August 2010, 12.45 to 1.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lunchtime organ recital by Stephen Doughty (Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free – donations welcome

 

RECITAL – Tuesday 17th August 2010, 4.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Brigitte Harris on the organ of St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh.

Music by J S Bach, Krebs and Liszt.

Admission £6

 

RECITAL – Tuesday 17th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Andrew Caskie on the organ of Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

Admission Free

 

RECITAL – Wednesday 18th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Piano duet recital by Andrew Caskie and Jeremy Cull in Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

Admission Free

 

RECITAL – Thursday 19th August 2010, 2.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Edward Dewhirst on the organ of St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh.

Music by J S Bach, Pachelbel, Vierne and Clérambault.

Admission £6

 

CONCERT – Thursday 19th August 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Concert by Edinburgh chamber orchestra Philomusica in Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

Admission Free

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Saturday 21st August 2010, 12.45 to 1.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lunchtime organ recital by Graham Maclagan (St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free – donations welcome

 

RECITAL – Sunday 22nd August 2010, 10.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Michael Harris, John Kitchen and Peter Backhouse on the organ of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Monday 23rd August 2010, 12.45 to 1.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lunchtime organ recital by Morley Whitehead (Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free – donations welcome

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Tuesday 24th August 2010, 12.45 to 1.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lunchtime organ recital by David Goodenough (Fettes College, Edinburgh) on the organ of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.

Admission free – donations welcome

 

RECITAL – Thursday 26th August 2010, 2.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Katharine Wade on the organ of St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh.

Music by J S Bach, Böhm and Franck.

Admission £6

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Wednesday 1st September 2010, 1.00 p.m. [Dundee]

Recital on the organ of the Caird Hall, Dundee by Rupert Jeffcoate, Brisbane

 

RECITAL – Sunday 5th September 2010, 6.00 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Michael Haynes on the organ of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Admission Free – retiring collection

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Wednesday 8th September 2010, 1.00 p.m. [Dundee]

Recital on the organ of the Caird Hall, Dundee by Tom Wilkinson, University of St Andrews

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Tuesday 14th September 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Visit to the organ of Freemasons’ Hall – short recital by Simon Nieminski followed by opportunity to play the organ.

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Wednesday 15th eptember 2010, 1.00 p.m. [Dundee]

Recital on the organ of the Caird Hall, Dundee by Christian Wilson, London

 

LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL – Wednesday 22nd September 2010, 1.00 p.m. [Dundee]

Recital on the organ of the Caird Hall, Dundee by Stuart Muir, Dundee City Organist and Pure Brass.

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Friday 24th and Saturday 25th September 2010, [Leeds]

Visit to organs in Leeds, including Leeds Parish Church.

Contact David Turner if you wish to join us.

 

RECITAL – Sunday 26th September 2010, 3.00 p.m. [Stirling]

Organ recital by Cyril Baker, Lerwick, on the organ of the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling.

Admission Free – donations welcome

 

RECITAL – Sunday 3rd October 2010, 6.00 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Organ recital by Ben Sheen on the organ of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Admission Free – retiring collection

 

RECITAL – Friday 8th October 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Stirling]

Celebrity organ recital by Ian Tracey, Liverpool, on the organ of the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling to mark the 70th anniversary of the organ

Admission £8 / £5

 

RECITAL – Saturday 9th October 2010, 2.30 p.m. [Coatbridge]

Organ recital by Andrew Caskie on the organ of St Andrew’s Church, Coatbridge

Details on http://lanarkshireorganists.org/syllabus.aspx

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Tuesday 12th October 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Lecture-recital on transcribing for the organ with Jeremy Cull in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh.

 

RECITAL – Friday 15th October 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Peebles]

Organ recital – Organ Kaleidoscope – by Kyle McCallum on the organ of Peebles Old Parish Church.

Details to follow

 

RECITAL – Wednesday 20th October 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Paisley]

Organ recital by Joseph Cullen on the newly restored organ of Paisley Abbey.

Admission £10.00

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Tuesday 16th November 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Visit to the organ of Loretto School, Musselburgh.

 

SILENT FILM WITH ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT – Friday 26th November 2010, 7.30 p.m. [Dundee]

The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ present The Phantom of the Opera – the 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney, directed by Rupert Julian.  Organ accompaniment by Nigel Ogden of BBC Radio 2’s The Organist Entertains.

Tickets £10 (Friends of the Caird Hall Organ £8; accompanied children free) on sale now from Dundee City Box Office, 01382 434940, www.cairdhall.co.uk .

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Tuesday 18th January 2011, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

‘The organs of Italy’ with Michael Harris in Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Saturday 19th February 2011, 12.30 for 1.00 p.m. [Edinburgh]

Social Luncheon and Organ Recital by Gordon Stewart in Merchiston Castle School, Colinton, Edinburgh.

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Tuesday 8th March 2011, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

‘Music of the English Reformation’ with Duncan Ferguson in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh.

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Saturday 16th April 2011, from 10.30 a.m.[Edinburgh]

Visit to the organs of St Mary’s, Haddington and the workshops of Lammermuir Pipe Organs with a pub lunch between visits.

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th May 2011, [Bristol]

Visit to the organ of Bristol.

 

EDINBURGH SOCIETY OF ORGANISTS – Tuesday 24th May 2011, 7.30 p.m. [Edinburgh]

AGM and recital by Calum Robertson, organ, and Tom Poulson, trumpet.

 

 

51st SFO Annual Conference hosted by Tayside Organists’ Society – Friday & Saturday 20th  & 21st May 2011

 

 

 

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