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2011 IAO organ congress

Started by David Pinnegar, January 24, 2011, 10:46:49 PM

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David Pinnegar

Hi!

Not quite a playing course . . . but a great 5 days of touring organs which sounds brilliantly perspective-broadening.

Visiting St Columb's Cathedral, the event is dear to my heart, the Hammerwood instrument spent a dozen years serving there and is an example of an electronic keeping organ music alive and leading to the resinstatement of a pipe organ in further course.

Best wishes

David P

Organ Congress
2011
Northern Ireland and Dublin
20 – 25 July

The Organ Congress 2011 is organised by the
Incorporated Association of Organists (IAO).
Congress is open to all, whether members
of the IAO or not. The IAO is a registered
charity dedicated to the improvement
of organ playing at all levels and to the
advancement of organ and choral music. It
has nearly 90 affiliated associations in the
United Kingdom and abroad, to which new
members are always welcome.
Congress Organiser
James Little
2 Demesne Close
Holywood
Co Down BT18 9SF
t: 0*2*8*9*0* *4*2*1*3*3*2
(outside business hours)
e: c o n g r e s s @ i a o . o r g . u k 

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Venues...
The Organ Congress 2011 is organised by the
Incorporated Association of Organists (IAO).
Congress is open to all, whether members
of the IAO or not. The IAO is a registered
charity dedicated to the improvement
of organ playing at all levels and to the
advancement of organ and choral music. It
has nearly 90 affiliated associations in the
United Kingdom and abroad, to which new
members are always welcome.
Congress Organiser
James Little
2 Demesne Close
Holywood
Co Down BT18 9SF
t: 02890 421332
(outside business hours)
e: congress@iao.org.uk
Peter Barley
Colm Carey (Belfast City Organist)
Emma Gibbins
Professor Gerard Gillen
Stephen Hamill
Professor Desmond Hunter
Ian Mills
Nigel McClintock
St Peter's Schola Cantorum
Theo Saunders
Armagh: Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic
Cathedrals
Belfast: City Hall, Ulster Hall, St Anne's
Cathedral, St Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral,
St George's PC, St Thomas' PC
Dublin: Christ Church and St Patrick's Cathedrals;
St Mary's Pro Cathedral
Hillsborough: St Malachy's PC
Londonderry: St Columb's Cathedral and the
Guildhall
Also, visits to...
The Giant's Causeway
Parliament Buildings, Stormont
Disclaimer: The IAO reserves the right to substitute events and/or artists if necessary

Congress 2011 will be based in the 4 star Europa
Hotel in Belfast city centre. This will be the first
ever Congress to be held in Northern Ireland.The
itinerary will also involve a day south of the border
in the historic city of Dublin, noted for its Georgian
splendour and associations with Stanford, Swift and
Wilde.
We shall visit no fewer than eight cathedrals, three
churches and four civic buildings including the Ulster
Hall (home of the Mulholland Grand Organ featured
in Dame Gillian Weir's BBC TV series). Also, a world
heritage site – the famous Giant's Causeway, set in
the breathtaking scenery on the north coast of Co
Antrim.
The programme spread over five days will feature a
number of superb players, keeping up the standard
enjoyed in Sussex in 2010, as well as short talks at
Belfast City Hall and Parliament Buildings, Stormont,
and the Congress Dinner.
Congress is open to all who love the pipe organ and its
music: players and non-players alike. You can expect
lively conversation with friendly, like-minded people
as you journey in luxury coaches to Armagh (the
birthplace of Charles Wood and ecclesiastical capital
of Ireland), Londonderry, Hillsborough (birthplace of
former IAO President Sir Hamilton Harty), the Giant's
Causeway and Dublin.
Please do bring this exciting opportunity to the
attention of anyone you know who might be interested
to ensure they have received these details.
Tariffs
Double Room:£450
Single Room:£525
Prices include dinner, bed and breakfast as well as entry
to all events, concerts and masterclasses and your copy
of the illustrated Congress Handbook. In 2011 the cost
of three light lunches (sandwiches etc.) in hotels near
venues being visited is also included to allow people to
have something to eat in comfort within a reasonable
timescale.
Cost of travel to and from Northern Ireland is not
included. However, a leaflet is available on the IAO
website giving hints on the most efficient ways of
making the journey and how to book the best value
flights.
There are no parking facilities at the Europa but it
should be possible to arrange to leave cars (without
charge) at either of the two sister hotels on the
outskirts of Belfast for the duration of the Congress.
For those who fly and intend to extend their stay
beyond the Congress dates, most major car hire
companies are represented at both Belfast airports.