The Royal Canadian College of Organists, Victoria Centre
College Events
2004/2005 College Year
- Saturday September 18, 2004, 17:00
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Visit to the installation of Wolff opus 47 in progress, and to the Bevington and Harrison & Harrison organs, followed by dinner with the Chairman of the organ committee, at a nearby restaurant.
- Sunday October 3, 2004, 14:30
- Pemberton Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Hiromi Bradshaw, organ
- Hornpipe from Water Music, Handel
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Handel
- Fugue in g (BWV 578), Bach
- Toccata and Fugue in d (BWV 565), Bach
- Master Tallis's Testament, Howells
- Fifteen Pieces Founded on Antiphons, Dupré
- Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Franck
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Saturday October 30, 2004, 19:00
- Church of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra Street
- The Phantom of the Organ
- Victoria Centre and St. John's present a Hallowe'en Extravaganza! The organ as it has never before been heard in Victoria...
- Music from "Phantom of the Opera" with Stephanie Greaves, soprano, and spooky selections by Moussorgsky, Vierne, Sibelius, Bach, Boellmann, Bolcom and others.
- Performers included: Rosemary Laing, Hiromi Bradshaw, Nicholas Fairbank, Geoffrey Thornburn, Hilary Punnett.
- Sunday November 21, 2004, 16:00
- St. Paul's Anglican Church, Esquimalt
- College Service
- We celebrated St. Cecilia's day and Canada Music Week!
- Pickup choir directed by Fran Pollet; Geoff Thornburn, David Berry, Nicholas Fairbank, Jean Pearce and Hiromi Bradshaw took turns at the organ; our Chaplain, the Rev. Canon Andrew Gates, Rector of St. Paul's, led the service.
- Sunday December 5, 2004
- Pemberton Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Sing Noel, Christmas at Pemberton
- Co-sponsored with the RJH Nursing Alumnae Association
- Refreshments were served.
- Sunday February 20, 2005, 14:30
- Pemberton Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Six Sing on Sunday
- Hexaphone Vocal Sextet; Nicholas Fairbank, organist Co-sponsored with the RJH Nursing Alumnae Association
- Friday, March 18, 2005, 16:00
- A second visit to the new 4m organ at Christ Church Cathedral, now in voicing. Organbuilder Hellmuth Wolff was on hand.
- Saturday April 16, 2005
- Organ crawl:
- 14:00 Shawnigan Lake School Chapel
- 16:00 St. John the Baptist Church, Duncan
- Sunday May 1, 2005
- Pemberton Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital
- The Pollet Musical Family
- Co-sponsored with the RJH Nursing Alumnae Association
- Saturday May 14, 2005, 14:30
- St. Matthias Anglican Church
- Contemporary Worship Styles for Organists
- Roger Jones of Christian Music Ministries, Birmingham, England
- May 14, 15, 2005, 19:00
- St. Matthias Anglican Church
- Wildfire
- Sacred musical by Roger Jones, on the story of Pentecost and Stephen
- Saturday May 28, 2005, 15:00
- First Metropolitan United Church, Social Suite (Room 200)
- Victoria Centre Annual General Meeting
- 15:00 - tea
- 15:30 - film
- 16:00 - meeting
