Leeds Organists' Association
affiliated to The Incorporated Association of Organists
Events in 2021
We'll circulate details of how to join the LOA online events below a few days before each event.
1pm Thursday 9th September
IN-PERSON EVENT
Organ Recital by Gordon Stewart
Halifax Minster, Church Street, Halifax HX1 1QY
The re-opening recital on the Halifax Harrison and Harrison organ in the Thursday at One series of Lunchtime Concerts features a programme sponsored by Leeds Organists' Association and a generous private donor. Music by Hollins (Concert Overture in C Minor), Arne, Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Reginald Goss-Custard, Dan Miller and de la Tombelle.
This recital is the first of a series, taking place on the second Thursday of each month (except for January and February).
12pm Saturday 21st October
Organ Recital by Gordon Stewart
IN-PERSON EVENT
Fulneck Moravian Chapel, 38 Fulneck, Pudsey, LS28 8NT
Gordon Stewart plays a recital on the Snetzler/Binns organ in the chapel, with a programme ranging from Sweelinck and Bach to Simon Lole and Andrew Carter.
7.30pm Thursday 18th November
A New Organ Tutor with Anne Marsden Thomas
ONLINE EVENT
We are very excited and incredibly fortunate that Anne Marsden Thomas MBE, FRSCM, ARAM, FRCO, BMus, Dip RAM, ARCM, LRAM has agreed to talk to us about her new publication and take part in a question and answer session afterwards.
Anne is a world-wide acclaimed organist, organ teacher and author of 22 books for organ students and church organists. She is Director of Music at St Giles-without-Cripplegate in the City of London. In March 2017, she was the first woman to receive the RCO Medal and was awarded the MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours 2015 for 'services to organ music'.
Mondays at 1pm
Organ recitals from Leeds Town Hall
ONLINE EVENTS
Online organ recitals every Monday broadcast from Leeds Town Hall, given by Margaret Phillips, Thomas Trotter, Anna Lapwood, Alan Horsey, Gordon Stewart and Leeds City Organist, Darius Battiwalla, are available on the Leeds Town Hall YouTube channel and the Leeds Concert Season page.
Further LOA events, being finalised, will be announced shortly.