An Ottawa organ crawl that will feature four churches situated on Elgin Street will begin at First Baptist at 1 p.m., move to Saint John the Evangelist Anglican at 2:00 p.m. Then we will visit Knox Presbyterian at 3:00 p.m. The crawl will end at Saint Marc United at 4:00 p.m. We will conclude the crawl with dinner, possibly at the Elgin Street Diner. All churches are at a walking distance from one another. Please note that Elgin Street is still heavily under construction. You may want to consider parking nearer to Gladstone Avenue near Elgin or near Saint Marc United. Also there is free parking on weekends at City Hall. For more information, please contact Gilles Leclerc.

Cost: $41:00 (includes tip)

Registration:

Please register by October 21^st by sending a cheque payable to RCCO, Ottawa Centre and mailing it to:

Guest speaker: Rev. Victoria Scott (St. Luke's Anglican Church)

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

Seven members of the Ottawa Centre are going to play in this year’s Members’ Recital. The performers will include Elaine Graham, Catherine Helferty, Karen Holmes, Robert Jones, Matthew Larkin, Donald Marjerrison, and Donald Russell, and the repertoire to be played will vary widely! Please come and enjoy this year’s performers, and see all your old friends.

Admission is by a freewill offering which will go to support Pro Organo.

Please print and display this poster.

Come and hear our students in recital. The purpose of this recital is to give students some valuable playing experience, so even beginning students are encouraged to play.

Free-will donations will be collected and will go towards the Scholarship for Beginning Organ Students. Come out and support our young organists!

Join Jan Kraybill for a workshop exploring Bach's music, especially his use of musical symbolism to express theological concepts. You can expect to hear a lot of Bach in Jan's Pro Organo recital on the following Monday — it's the 270^th anniversary year of his death, after all! Come for an sneak peek and unpack some of the music you will hear.

For the Love of Organ Music!

Our featured recitalists are Matthew Larkin and Rachel Laurin. We are grateful for these superb organists for donating their talents in support our organ recital series. Pro Organo is the longest running organ recital series in Canada.

For many years, the City of Ottawa supported this activity by an Arts Grant, but this grant has been discontinued, and the Pro Organo Recital Series now needs substantial financial help in order to survive. Will you help us?

There are many ways in which you can help:
• Become a subscriber to our Pro Organo Concert series next season and attend the remaining concerts this season
• Attend this Benefit Gala given by two great Canadian concert organists, Matthew Larkin and Rachel Laurin.


• Become a donor by visiting our donations page to donate to the Pro Organo Recital Series.

Donation Levels:

   Benefactor:  $5,000 and over
   Patron:      $2,500 - $4,999
   Sponsor:     $1,000 - $2,499
   Donor:         $500 -   $999
   Supporter:     $100 -   $499
   Contributor:    $50 -    $99


• Please consider making a donation to the RCCO of appreciated stock; you will receive a tax receipt for the full value of your stock on the day of donation. Download the stock donation form here.

  For further information about making stock donations, please contact Frances Macdonnell or 613-726-7984

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Come and encourage two of our young organists who will be participating! The adjudicator is Jonathan Oldengarm from Montreal.

The Fourth Great Bach Marathon will begin at 1:00 pm with the young people participating in an OrgelKidsCan event. They will have the opportunity to construct a small organ and to play their pieces on the organ. We will invite a couple of experienced organists to play compositions written especially for the small organ. Joshua Zentner-Barrett will be the workshop leader for these two sessions. At approximately 2:15 pm the young piano students will be invited to play their prepared pieces on the lovely grand piano.

At the conclusion of the children's program, more experienced organists will be invited to present a selection from The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651-668, Schubler Chorale Preludes, BWV 6445-650, or from the Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644.

As we gather at Woodroffe United Church, let us all thank the church staff and choir, Katarina Jovic, director, for hosting us so graciously throughout the rehearsals the days before the marathon and during the marathon. And, thank you to all of you who volunteer your time to help behind the scenes and support the performers. Each of you makes the difference in the success of the Great Bach Marathon 4.

Come when you can; leave when you must.

For additional information, email Sondra Goldsmith Proctor or phone (202)841-8712.

For performers, the following works are taken for the Great Bach Marathon 4: BWV 633, 643, 646, 651, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 664.

This is your centre. The executive values the feedback received from members. Come out and voice your opinions on what you would like to have your Centre do.

The Annual General Meeting of the Ottawa Centre is our opportunity to conduct the necessary business of the College but also to celebrate the year past and look forward to the coming year. All members are encouraged to attend and participate in decision making and to hear reports of the various convenors and national council representatives.

All members are encouraged to attend and participate in decision-making of your Centre and to hear reports of the various convenors and National Council representatives. There is plenty of parking and the room is air-conditioned.