RCCO Ottawa Centre

P.O Box 2270 Station D
Ottawa ON
K1P 5W4

CRCO Section d'Ottawa

C.P. 2270 Succ D
Ottawa ON
K1P 5W4






RCCO OTTAWA CENTRE INFORMATION

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The Ottawa Centre of the RCCO is the second largest centre in the College. The Centre sponsors a variety of programs throughout the year, such as organ crawls, workshops, masterclasses, discussions, and dinners. The Centre also runs an organ concert series Pro Organo.

NEWS BRIEFS

Announcing the winner of the
GODFREY HEWITT ANNUAL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION, 2009
The winner of the 2009 Godfrey Hewitt Memorial Scholarship is Matthieu Latreille.
Details here.

ANNOUNCING the 2009-2010 PRO ORGANO SEASON here.


Are you frustrated at organ recitals because you can't see the organist? With so many organs in balconies, the organist is invisible to the audience. You can now watch our recitalists play at all our concerts! We have a video camera and projection screen set up at our concerts so that you can watch the organist playing.

The next concert in the series will take place on Friday, February 5th at 8 p.m. at the First Church of Christ, Scientist on Metcalfe at Gilmour. The three-manual Casavant organ dating from 1913 is unusual, in that some of the pipework is actually in the ceiling. This will be the first time this organ has been used in the Pro Organo series, although historically, it used to be presented frequently in recitals. One of the early organists, Myron McTavish, played many recitals in the 30's and 40's, and the church was also used as a concert venue for early conventions.

The artists for the February 5th event will be well-known local musicians Teresa van den Boogaard, organist at Dominion-Chalmers Church, and harpist Lucile Brais-Hildesheim. Teresa is a graduate of Calvin College and an Associate of the RCCO, and is well-known as a piano and organ performer with various soloists and ensembles. Lucile Brais Hildesheim grew up in Montreal where she began playing the harp at the age of 8. She is a graduate of McGill University with a Bachelor’s degree in Performance. She was a finalist in the CBC National Competition in 1981. Lucile now focuses her career as a harp soloist on both classical and Celtic harp.

The programme on February 5th will include Daniel Pinkham, Pastorale for Harp & Organ; Charles Callahan, Legend for Harp & Organ; CPE Bach, Three Duets for Harp & Organ; Paul Halley, Pianosong; and also some organ solos.

View programme of the concert
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