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Otago & Southland Organ Association Inc. & N.Z. ORGAN FESTIVAL 2024 Thursday 27th June to Sunday 30th June (Matariki Weekend) DUNEDIN TOWN HALL ORGAN CONCERT, Sunday, 8th October 2023 – 3pm FANTASTIC NORMA Our Guest Recitalist will be David Burchell David Burchell, Dunedin City Organist Featuring works by Bach, Franck, Guilmant, Parry, Saint-Saëns, S.S. Wesley…

In this blog we are happy to Spread the Word!!! – as we are just as passionate about pipe organs as these beautiful people are: Saturday, 30 October at 2:00 p.m. – St Peter’s Anglican Church, Hillside Road, Dunedin – ORGAN RECITAL Dianne Halliday, from Wellington, will give a recital on the Johannus digital organ.  …

St Andrew’s on-the -Terrace, Wellington This major organ restoration project for SIOC has drawn to a close now, and was celebrated with a great ‘Welcome Home to the Croft Organ’ fun variety concert on 2 May 2021.  John and Val Hargraves were there, along with SIOC staff members Paul Rosoman and Bryan Jones.  John and…

It’s been a busy year so far with most of our staff working away from Timaru for some time.  First up was the installation of the Rieger organ in its new position in the sympathetically upgraded interior of the restored iconic building at Church Corner, Christchurch.  For the organ builders, this organ has been a…

In this blog we are happy to Spread the Word!!! – as we are just as passionate about pipe organs as these beautiful people are: Otago & Southland Organ Association Inc. would like us to share their May 2021 edition of Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust are welcoming 4 Rising Stars for some very special…

The Otago & Southland Organists Association extends their warm invitation to all music lovers, supporters of young talent and the ones who would like to discover a fascinating music medium which until now might have skipped their attention. The Concert is featuring Organ Students, and Dunedin City organist and tutor David Burchell is helping the…

In celebration of the 111th anniversary of their 1909 George Croft 2/12 pneumatic “Steve”, St Stephen’s Presbyterian Parish is throwing a PARTY! Birthdays are there for us to celebrate, but this is not the only reason.There is every chance this very rare in New Zealand and very significant instrument soon will be honored with a…

Corona virus issue is the one not to be neglected, and with the World Health Organization and our own Government’s wide spread advice for cleanliness and hygiene it is important we stay calm, do what we have to and follow centuries old Hippocrates’s “DO NOT HARM”. We have received a very prudent query from one…

29 February 2020 has marked the opening of Aldersgate Centre on Durham Street, Christchurch. 9 years on, we are still hurting. Yet memories and events like this help us to go on and enjoy life. Thank you The Press for the beautiful tribute.