Recital by Ben Mackey, Principal Organist and Director of Music at Hobart Cathedral.

St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church is sponsoring the Organ Scholar from Durham University, England, to visit Ottawa for ten days in September. Ben Mackey, B.Mus., M.Mus., ARCO, LCTL, has just finished his Master's degree at Durham and has been appointed Director of Music at Hobart Cathedral, Tasmania, effective October 2018. While in Ottawa, he will have organ lessons organized through the Ottawa Centre, RCCO with organists in Ottawa, Montréal, and Kingston, and then he will give a final recital at St. Bartholomew's Church on its new Létourneau organ on Sunday September 23 at 3 pm before his return to Australia.

Cost: $40:00 (incudes tip)

Registration:

Please register by October 29^th by sending a cheque payable to RCCO, Ottawa Centre and mailing it to:

Guest speaker: Giles Bryant: Talking about Healey Willan

Please reserve the date now, and let your clergy know about it too! See you there!

Join us at the Wellington Gastropub in Hintonberg for a listening party of significant organ performances on vinyl. Please bring any vinly organ recordings that you would like to share.

This is being co-presented by Tetra Speakers (a locally based but internationally respected speaker company) which will bring in its audiophile-quality equipment. There is a fee of $25 which covers appetizers and a beverage with proceeds going to the Parkdale Food Bank and our Kiwanis Music Festival Organ scholarships. You may also order a dinner if you wish.