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September / October 2020Number 80
Derby & District Organists' AssociationRegistered Charity
No. 510567
Newsletter
and change the stops. It has been aninvaluable tool for helping
childrenappreciate the main elements of amechanical pipe organ and
tounderstand how they function andrelate to each other:
�� Hand-operated bellows forcreating wind pressure
�� A weighted storage chest forstablising the pressure
�� The chamber containing palletsthat control entry of air
toindividual pipes
�� An eight-note keyboardconnected to individual pallets
bypulldown wires
�� Removable sliders interposedbetween the pallet channels
andthe board supporting pipes
�� Three ranks of pipes simulating 8foot, 4 foot and 2 foot
pitches
One of the many deprivationssuffered by our members duringthe
present health emergency hasbeen the complete suspension ofour
Children and the Organ (CATO)programme for primary schools.After
presenting workshopscontinuously for twelve years, thiswill be the
first in which we havebeen unable to stage a single one.
In the absence of any DDOAevents to report upon, I take
thisopportunity of highlighting a keyfeature in our workshops which
hasenjoyed enduring popularity withattending children. This is
theportable “mini-organ”, designedand built by the late Ed Stow.
Itsphoto takes pride of place here.The mini-organ is a fully
workingmodel; you can play tunes on it
DDOA Events 2020Monday 28th September: Seminar:‘Practice Makes
Perfect?’ led by Dr TomCorfield. St Matthew’s, Darley Abbey.(See
page 8)
Saturday 17th October: AssociationLunch, Horsley Lodge. (See
pages 7 & 8)
Monday 16th November: AGM andChairman’s Evening.
IAO Midlands Organ Day planned forSeptember has been postponed
to 2021.
Organ Education - The Mini-Organ
Concerts & RecitalsWednesday Lunchtime Recitals12.30 -
1.10pmat St Modwen’s, Burton-upon-Trent2nd Sept. Tom Corfield
(Derby)9th Sept. Cathy Lamb (Lichfield)16th Sept. Ben Mills (Keble
College, Oxford)23rd Sept Liam Condon (Lichfield)
In your NewsletterChairman’s Letter……………………..3Bach on
YouTube............................4Scotchbrook’s 1930s’
Notebook…..5Members’ News………………….…….5Your
Newsletter………….……………6Beyond Derbyshire………..………….6Annual
Lunch………………….……….7Forthcoming meetings……………….8
A Derbyshire Beauty
Above: Tideswell Parish ChurchPhoto from the collection of
Rodney Tomkins
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A typical workshop session in achurch begins with a
demonstrationof the resident organ to the wholeclass. Children
listen to the varietyof tones in the organ and watch howthe player
controls all the stops,manuals and pedals. This is soonfollowed by
a rotation of fiveactivities in which children work insmall groups
of no more than six.This ensures that everyone has ahands-on (and
feet-on!) experienceof organ design and control. Themini-organ is
the subject of one ofthe activities. They see thatconstruction uses
four mainmaterials; wood, metal, leather andfelt. Considering the
mechanics,plenty of levers are in evidence; thehand pump, the keys,
the pallets.Then of course the pneumaticcomponents; the bellows,
windreservoir and pallet chamber, allrequiring air-tight seals to
minimiseleakage.
Wind pressure is created by thetime-honoured method of
handpumping. Operating the handleinflates two sets of pump
bellowsworking alternately and eachpushing air past a leather flap
actingas a non-return valve into the windreservoir above. It is
essentialthat the air pressure remains steadyand, as in a real
organ, this isachieved with heavy iron weightssitting on the top of
the reservoir.
Next on its journey, air enters thechamber below the
assembledpipes. The Perspex cover on thischamber allows observation
of theindividual pallets, one for each note,and their connecting
wires to thekeys below. The quality of thepallets, lever-type
valves, is crucialto the integrity of any organmechanism and we see
here thetraditional use of sheepskin leatherto secure air tightness
when closed.Each pallet allows air into a channelthat supplies a
given note for thethree ranks of pipes. These airchannels are
enclosed and notvisible, but they run parallel to thekeys.
Immediately above them,and at right angles to the airchannels, are
the sliders thatfacilitate the stop selection, one foreach rank.
Each slider may becompletely removed so that childrencan see the
holes which have to bealigned with the pipe positions toallow the
air through.
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Teaching point: The volume ofair required in an organcontaining
hundreds orthousands of pipes is substantialand the historical
method ofhand pumping is onerous andbears a cost. Large organsmight
employ two or more menoperating a foot version of thissystem, but
as we all know inthe 20th century, electric blowerscame to the
rescue, and notablymany were made in Derby.
Teaching point: The palletson our mini-organ arecontrolled by
the keys in arudimentary manner, but forlarge organs, builders
havedevised numerous technicallycomplex methods of openingand
closing the pallets thatensures promptness of speechas efficiently
as possible. Anever important factor is to limitthe force required
of the fingerson the keys to a manageablelevel.
Teaching point: The mini-organ clearly doesn’t have anystop
knobs which are adistinctive feature of organconsoles. In a
mechanicalorgan the stops would beconnected to the sliders by
asystem of levers. In largerorgans the connections arelikely to be
made usingelectrical devices.
Finally, attention can be given tothe pipes. The three ranks
emulate aFlute, Principal and Fifteenth. Thedifferent tone and
pitches can beconsidered and children canexperiment with
differentcombinations. The steadiness orotherwise of the wind
pressure isreadily demonstrated and theprocess of tuning the
pipes,individually and together can beexplained. (In transit the
pipes arestored in boxes and have to bereassembled and tuned when
settingup for a workshop.)
In practice a mentor demonstratesthe mini-organ and asks
questionswhich relate it to the previouswhole-class demonstration
of theorgan in the church. As assistants,children can operate the
organ,three at a time; one pumping, oneplaying and one changing the
stops.
The mini-organ features as one offive small-group activities in
aworkshop. The others are:
● Playing the organ at the console● Working on a solo
pedalboard● Designing an organ case● Learning some organ words
Visit our website for full details,
Laurence Rogers
http://derbyorganists.co.uk/community-projects
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Dear Member,
There has been much work taking place behind locked doors during
the period of lockdownwith electronic communications humming back
and forth between Committee members andothers. When we were
released back into the wild we were able to hold an open-air
gardenmeeting - possibly the first outdoor Committee meeting in the
history of the Association - todiscuss a number of matters, but
most particularly matters relating to the legacy from theestate of
the late Edmund Stow.
We now know that Ed's sisters, Helen and Ros, have approved the
list of suggestionssubmitted to them; They have also added an extra
sum for the restoration of organs of thesort with which Ed would
have been involved. The criteria to be applied to the distribution
ofthis sum have yet to be decided.
There have been a number of matters that have required thought
and clarification in orderthat we do not compromise our
constitution or our charitable status when allocating thefunds. I
have been particularly concerned that future members of the
Committee do not findthemselves responsible for actions taken by
current members of the Committee and to thatend legal advice has
been sought and is now being acted upon in order that we can begin
todistribute the funds in accordance with the wishes of Helen and
Ros.
The purchase of a box organ to kept in Derby cathedral, but to
remain the property of theAssociation, has been approved by the
Committee after accepting legal advice; the order willbe placed as
soon as the funds are cleared and the colour of the casework has
been approvedby the Cathedral Fabric Committee. This is a worthy
project through which we can provide apractical, lasting and very
public tribute to the excellent work carried out by Ed in
Derbyshireover so many years.
Other aspects of the distribution of moneys will require some
minor amendments to theConstitution at the AGM in November; advance
notice of the proposed changes will becirculated to members.
Essentially, we need to make provision for the payment of
committeemembers for teaching under the proposed
Pianist-to-Organist scheme, and secondly we needto make provision
for the payment of the Bursary to a second year organ student.
The legacy will provide for:
�� Four stop box organ - to be built by Robin Jennings
�� Pianist-to-Organist scheme
�� Bursary for a second year organ student
�� Organ recital fund
�� Lectures by international organ builders
�� Restoration of organs in Derbyshire
I should perhaps make it clear that with the exception of the
purchase of the box organ theremaining funds will be distributed
over a number of years, hence the need for us to becertain that our
plans are both legal and constitutional.
On a final note, we should congratulate our Hon. Treasurer,
Gillian Chatto, who has added tothe Association funds the sum of
£1,250 by moving the Association account from the RBS tothe Coop
Bank. Committee members were not entirely able to understand why
RBS werewilling to pay us to bank elsewhere. However, we were
delighted that Gillian managed thisfor us so successfully.
As we slowly find our way out of lockdown and into a different
world, I hope that you andyour families remain safe and secure and
are finally able to enjoy public music making oncemore.
With every good wish,
Tony Westerman
Message from the DDOA Chairman
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In my previous article I expressedadmiration for the Netherlands
BachSociety performance of Bach’s St.Matthew Passion. If you
watched thisyou may have noticed the organcontinuo player for Coro
I, one LeoVan Doeselaar. Despite hisdisturbing mannerisms he is
anexceptionally fine solo player,particularly of Bach. His
performanceof BWV 768, the partita Seigegrṻsset, reveals the
tremendousvariety to be found on the organ ofthe Martinikerk in
Groningen, whilsthe really captures the stylusphantasticus nature
of the Fantasia ing, BWV 542. Note how he plays theFugue that
follows.
People sometimes remark that Bachsurely had pupils and
associates withhim in the organ loft to pull out thestops. Of
course he did, when hecould afford to pay for organ blowers,but
that is not the point. Stopchanges, or rather changes ofmanual,
should be governed by theinternal architecture of the music.An
early fugue, such as BWV 542, orthose of 532 or BWV 564, do
offeropportunities for changes of manualsimilar to the compositions
of theearlier North German style, but thelater ricercare fugues
such as theDorian, BWV 538, do not. See theperformances by Vincent
Boucher orMarie-Claire Alain.
Back to Leo Van Doeselaar. Hisrendering of BWV 596,
Bach’stranscription of Vivaldi’s Concerto ind, Op. 3 No. 11, also
has plenty ofjoie de vivre particularly the shortGrave section
before that marvellousfugue with its circle of fifths. Detailsof
the organ in the Martinikerk can befound here.
To see exemplary Baroque pedallingwatch the young American,
MonicaCzausz, playing BWV 532, thePrelude and Fugue in D. Yes,
sheuses heels in the double pedal sectionat the end of the Prelude
but watchthe rest!
Thinking about Baroque notation,notice how she plays
thedemisemiquaver scales in thePrelude; not strictly in time but as
afast tirata. Another young star is thePolish organist
Maria-MagdelenaKaczor. Watch her toes fly over thepedalboard in
Bach’s Toccata Adagioand Fugue, BWV 564. Her handshapes and the
angle of her feet –heels up, toes down, are an objectlesson for
this music.
For a different interpretation,played on an organ almost
certainlyknown by Bach, there is Hans-AndréStamm on the 1730 Trost
organ inthe City Church at Waltershausen.Herr Stamm has two DVDs of
Bachorgan works on YouTube. BWV 564is at the beginning of DVD2.
Hisplaying is admirable, as are hiscufflinks! It looks as if
theinstrument has quite a heavy action.Details of this important
instrument,which is set very high in the church,are here.
I had intended to write about somenotable French organs and
organistsincluding Jean-Baptiste Dupont at St.Sernin, Toulouse, and
PierrePincemaille at the Basilica of St.Denis, just outside Paris.
However,this article is already too long, and Ihave not even been
able to includethe wonderful pianism of Yuja Wangor Yeol Eum
Son.
Peter Williams
To return to Holy Week; manyorganists would have wanted toplay
BWV 622, O mensch beweindein Sṻnder groẞ, as part of theirpersonal
devotions. No doubt mostwould have played the 3 notegruppetto at
the beginning of bar 1slowly and reverently as befits theaffekt of
the piece.
This is how Olivier Latry plays it.There might be another
way.These three notes do not fit intothis beat so perhaps it should
be‘over dotted’ in accordance withBaroque practice. Moreover, if
oneexamines the MS facsimile (IMSLP,Orgelbṻchlein p.30) the 3
notegruppetto is squeezed in as tinynotes – almost like an
ornament.See, for example, the performancesof BWV 622 by Ton
Koopman andJacques van Oortmerssen.
The latter wrote an interestingbook on Organ Technique,
ISBN91-973916-7-0, in which heexplored many aspects ofperformance
including pedalling.On page 37, talking about 19-Century Pedal
Playing, he remarks:“alternating the toes of both feetappears to
remain the point ofdeparture, even in extremely highor low
positions on thepedalboard.” He then compares apassage from the
first edition ofReubke’s Sonate, Der 94ste Psalm,bars 112-121,
which uses alternatetoes throughout, with a similarextract from the
1960 OUP edition,bars 110-123, where heelsproliferate.
Some Further Musings on YouTube Offerings - Peter Williams
Arp Schnitger organ at Martinikerk, Groningen Tobias Trost organ
at Waltershausen, Thuringia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seFBz-Cxkxwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDE3klkmtQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrgnSF-4C6Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUthAmv0m4&https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2upDLfG2Oshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_in_the_Martinikerk_at_Groningenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YC4oV-lamkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YC4oV-lamkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FilzIfTf8O4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FilzIfTf8O4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0sjODtRdg&https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0sjODtRdg&https://www.organartmedia.com/en/heinrich-gottfried-trosthttps://www.organartmedia.com/en/heinrich-gottfried-trosthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pClKYAArUFAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrWzhfvIGk0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho3kHhWByAg
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Some more tasty morsels from the notebook ofan organ tuner who
worked for J H Adkins beforesetting up on his own. Certain of
theseinstruments will still be remembered by a few ofour senior
members.
St Werburgh, Derby
Derby’s largest organ until the advent of theCathedral’s Compton
in 1939 and the first to havefour manuals. Rather than fill this
page with avery large specification, I will give the
briefestoutline of its development. It started life in themediaeval
church as a 2-manual (prepared 3) byWalker in 1872; the third
manual was added in1876. When the church was magnificently
rebuiltin 1892/4 the instrument was re-installed byWalker. With
talk of the church possibly becomingthe new diocesan cathedral, the
organ wasappropriately enlarged to four manuals in 1902 bythe firm
of Ingram, but the pneumatic actionfailed; Willis was consequently
engaged to rebuildit in 1905 with new pneumatic action. Suffice
tosay that the specification now had all theattributes of a
smaller, cathedral-type instrumentof the period, with 48 stops
including, of course,the inevitable Tuba on the Solo Organ.
Ourmember David Johnson was organist in the early1970s, which is
when I first got to know both himand this impressive organ.
Unfortunately a totalchange of direction at the church quite
soonterminated any interest in both organs andorganists and, after
eventual church closure, theorgan was rather disastrously disposed
of in the1980s.
King Street Wesleyan Chapel, Derby
This impressive, late Georgian style galleried chapel datedfrom
1805; at first it contained an 1850s organ by H Booth,whose
casework (possibly enlarged) remained until thechapel’s closure in
1961 (to make way for the Chapel Streetmulti-storey car park).
Conacher rebuilt the organ as a 3-manual in 1895 within the old
case and, in 1936, the samefirm enlarged it to four manuals.
Following closure thisorgan was sold to Queen’s Hall Methodist in
Wigan. I do nothave the final stop list (maybe one of our more
seniormembers may remember it), but Scotchbrook gives us
thepre-1936 specification, which is clearly still very
Classical(Booth?) in appearance.
Rodney Tomkins
Members’ NewsWe have great pleasure in
welcoming two new studentmembers, both of whom arestudying organ
with Alex Binnsat Derby Cathedral:
Fin Patton from Littleover
Alexander Johnston from Mickleover
We look forward to welcomingthem and their parents to
ourmeetings, when they resume.
More from Scotchbrook’s 1930s’ Notebook - Rodney Tomkins
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GreatDouble OpenOpen DiapasonStop
DiapasonPrincipalTwelfthFifteenthMixture (3 rks)Trumpet
(treble)Trumpet (bass)
7 couplers
SwellDouble OpenOpen DiapasonStop DiapasonViol d’OrchestreVox
CelestesPrincipalHarmonic FluteMixture (3 rks)CornopeanOboeVox
Humana
PedalOpen Diap.BourdonQuintPrincipalFlute BassTrombone
ChoirViolaDulcianaStop DiapasonPrincipalFluteClarionet
(treble)Bassoon (bass)
St Werburgh, Derby
Member’s LetterFrom Richard Wood:
An addendum to the ‘BarkawayLegacy’ (July Newsletter):
One of the first proposals that JohnBarkaway made after he was
electedChairman in 1966 was that theAssociation should become a
member ofthe Incorporated Association ofOrganists (IAO). From his
previousexperience in Essex he thought that itwould be beneficial
for the Derby
Association. At that time the Hon.Secretary was Laurence Turner
whowas dead against the proposal, as inhis opinion the IAO had
started to actlike a Trade Union many yearspreviously. He said that
he wouldresign as Secretary if the Associationwere to rejoin the
IAO. However theChairman argued that the IAO was nowa completely
different organisation.After much discussion the Chairman'proposal
was accepted and I waselected to the post of HonorarySecretary.
Many happy years ensuedwith the Barkaway Family.
Jack Scotchbrook’s hand-written notebooks record
specificationsof all the organs he visited in his tuning round and
provide afascinating snapshot of organs of the period in the Derby
area.The notebooks were held by the late Ed Stow and are scheduled
tobe deposited in the archive of the Association.
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Your NewsletterAs Editor, I can hardly believe that
it is now ten years since I took overthe editorial baton from
TonyWesterman in June 2010. Initially Iagreed with then Chairman,
PeterWilliams, to do it until Christmas,but clearly that passed and
I am stillholding the baton! From thebeginning I didn’t want the
role ofeditor to subsume printing anddistribution so I am grateful
that thecommittee agreed to subcontractthese functions. I also
proposedthat a bi-monthly rather thanmonthly edition would suffice
to fulfilthe needs of the Association.
It will perhaps interest members toknow a little more about
theproduction process which Iestablished at the outset and whichhas
prevailed up to the present. Toobtain ‘copy’ I have often
cajoledmembers to submit reports ofAssociation meetings and
havesuggested articles that mightinterest members. These
andvoluntary contributions have alwaysbeen gratefully received and
I thinkit vital that the strength gained froma variety of authors
is maintained.As Editor I have been happy to doadditional picture
research and toflesh out ideas that deserveelaboration. Normally I
assemblethe material and devise a layoutduring the week before the
copydate, then send the draft to mystalwart proof readers,
TonyWesterman, James Muckle and PeterWilliams. Their eagle eyes
andcomments are an enormous help.The corrected version, as a pdf
file,becomes final and is emailed to
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members and to Melbourne Print(MP) who produce the paper
copies.It is notable over the years that thequality of print has
increased whilstthe cost per copy has reduced,much as a result of
MP’s investmentin the latest printing technology.Finally, copies
are collected, packedand posted by Mrs KateLandenberger, Parish
Secretary atMelbourne PC. With the onset of‘lockdown’ we arranged
for MP topost copies directly. Unfortunatelyin April, Kate
underwent anoperation for cancer and has beenvery poorly. Her
treatmentcontinues up to the present and Iam sure members will join
me inwishing her well for a successfulrecovery.
As a ‘news’ letter, I think eachissue has succeeded to inform
andreport on Association events, but ingeneral news of the wider
organscene in the Derby area has been aweaker aspect. In this
respect I amtotally dependent on memberssending me information on
localnewsworthy items, so again I mustplead for members to write to
oremail the Editor. However, I think it
fair to say that the range and qualityof reports and articles
has beenimpressive and comprises a richresource. All back issues
during mytenure are available for downloadfrom the DDOA website,
but up tonow access is rudimentary, by dateonly. As a lockdown
project I havecompiled an index which allows youto search for
items. The samplebelow shows the format.
There are two versions which willshortly appear at the head of
theNewsletter archive page on ourwebsite. One version lists items
indate order; the second version liststhem in category order
alphabetically.In both cases the first column showsthe issue and
page number of anitem; clicking on this entryautomatically
retrieves the relevantissue. If your web browser has a‘Find’
option, you can search for anyword in the whole list. In
compilingthis index I have rediscovered awealth of ideas
contributed bymembers in recent years. I hope youwill also find
some entertaining andinformative reading during this drearyperiod
of lockdown.
Laurence Rogers
Beyond DerbyshireFor me, pictures of the fire
emerging from the west window atNantes Cathedral,
immediatelyprompted fearful thoughts about theorgan. True enough,
the full scale of
the tragedy later became evident asthis picture dramatically
shows.According to Terry Bennett, theinstrument, although altered
manytimes in its 400 year history,contained much historic
material.Tragically a fine organ has been lost.A taste of its
former quality can beappreciated here.
Jane Parker-Smith (1950-2020)
I recall that Jane Parker-Smithgave an impressive recital at
DerbyCathedral many years ago. In viewof her recent sudden death, I
amgrateful to James Muckle for postingthe Guardian tribute to her
career asa concert organist. “Virtuosoorganist admired for the
lyricalsplendour of her playing.” Herbrilliant debut was made at
theRoyal Festival Hall in 1975,
deputising at five days’ notice forthe indisposed Fernando
Germani.From then on she enjoyed a stellarinternational career as
soloist,recording artist and broadcaster.The full obituary is
available here.
Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2435oAvV6shttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/30/jane-parker-smith-obituary
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Derby & District Organists’ Association Annual Lunchat
Horsley Lodge, Smalley Mill Rd, DE 21 5BL Tel 01332 780838
Saturday 17th October 2020 at 12.00 for 12.30pmMENU CHOICES
Starters:A. Pate with Homemade Fruit Chutney & Toasted
CiabattaB. Sweet Cured Onion & Goats Cheese Tart with a Baby
Herb Salad (V)C. Caesar Salad with Crisp Romaine Lettuce, Italian
Gran Padano, Olive oil, Croutons
& AnchoviesD. Fruit juice (V)
Main Course:E. Roast Loin of Pork with Honey Roast Carrots in a
Cider SauceF. Herb Roasted Salmon Fillet with Asparagus in a
Chardonnay SauceG. Slow Roast Fillet Blade Steak with Parsnips in a
Peppercorn SauceH. Homemade lentil & nut roast, Roast cherry
tomato sauce. [V]
Desserts:I. Raspberry Delcie Shortbread with a Raspberry GelJ.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Vanilla Ice CreamK. Chocolate Tart with
Chantilly Cream & StrawberriesL. Fresh fruit salad.
Tea, Coffee & MintsPrice £26 [excluding drinks]Places are
limited so please book early, by Saturday 26 September at the
latest, returningthe slip to: John Maxwell-Jones, 7 Lime Grove,
Chaddesden, Derby DE21 [email protected] Do not include
payment.Applications will be acknowledged. Please inform John of
any dietary requirements well
inadvance...............................................................................................................................................................................
I would like to reserve ______ place(s) at the Annual Lunch on
17th October 2020Please indicate the number(s) required for each
option. (For a couple using one form please putnames beside the
choices.)
Starters: A_____ B_____ C_____ D_____
Main Course: E_____ F_____ G_____ H_____
Desserts: I_____ J_____ K_____ L_____
Gluten free: Yes / No
Other dietary
requirements:____________________________________________
Name and contact
details;______________________________________________
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www.derbyorganists.co.uk
Items of news or articles for the November / December edition of
the should reach the Editor byMonday 19th October, either via
e-mail: [email protected] or by post: Dr Laurence Rogers, 24
St.David’sCrescent, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 4SS. The
Secretary, Andy Storer, may be reached
[email protected] visit the DDOA Website
www.derbyorganists.co.uk for information about Association
activities, past editionsof the newsletter, photo gallery and many
special features of local interest.
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Forthcoming DDOA Meetings
Monday 28th September at 7.30 pm in St Matthew’s Church, Darley
Abbey
‘Practice makes perfect’ – Seminar led by Dr Tom Corfield
Tom writes:Yes, practice makes perfect, but how do we practise?
How can we
use what time and opportunities we have to maximum
advantage?These are vital questions for all of us who are players,
butunfortunately there are no easy answers. There are no methods
thatcan be universally applied; there are no routines that will fit
everysituation. Practice is essentially problem-solving and that
will varyfrom one piece to the next, from one occasion to the next,
and ofcourse from one person to another. Perhaps though there are
someunderlying principles which can help us and perhaps there are
certainspecific techniques that people might find useful. The
meeting offersa chance to explore the topic together and to pool
ideas. I hopethat we will all come away with some thoughts about
how we canpractise more effectively.
We are grateful to St Matthew’s for allowing us to host this
event inthe church. As members will expect during the present
healthemergency, we must respect the protocol for personal
safety:
● Social distancing
● Face masks (wearing in church is mandatory)
● Hand sanitiser will be available
● Contact details (name and telephone number)
Stewards will request contact details on arrival and will
indicateseating arrangements. Refreshments will not be provided,
so, ifnecessary, please bring a flask with your favourite
tipple.
Annual Lunch Saturday 17th October 2020Horsley Lodge, Smalley
Mill Rd, DE 21 5BL
12.00 for 12.30pm
Please note that this annual event will be held at lunchtime
this year. It is hoped that many members will findfavour and
convenience with this different time.
Our Guest of Honour will be Alexander Binns, Director of Music
at DerbyCathedral. Since his arrival in Derby last year Alex has
injected energy andenthusiasm into organising and performing in
musical events at the Cathedraland beyond. We are particularly
pleased that he promptly volunteered to jointhe DDOA and to become
a committee member. He has rapidly gainedrespect as a fine player
and inspiring teacher. During ‘lockdown’ his energieshave been
unabated; amongst many activities he has exploited onlinetechnology
to the full, engaging with singers and creating videos (See
themhere). In parallel with his Cathedral duties he has earned
distinction as aperformer in numerous venues in Britain and
Europe.
Booking: A booking form accompanies this newsletter on page 7.
Pleasemake your booking by Saturday 26th September at the
latest.
Horsley Lodge may be reached from the Coxbench and Kilburn exit
of the A38 north of Derby.
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