EDOA Events
We usually have one event every month except August (when many people are away) and December (when most organists are occupied with extra services).
Future Events for 2023
Saturday 28 October - Thomas Trotter at Buckfast Abbey
Thomas Trotter will play the work commissioned by EDOA for the 2020 Centenary, composed by Thomas Hewitt-Jones.
Thursday 16 November - Annual Dinner 19:30 at The Swan's Nest Exminster EX6 8DZ
In a typical year . . .
. . . we organise:
~ A visit to Exeter Cathedral for members to play the cathedral organ (usually January)
~ A quiz night with bring-and-share supper in a local pub (usually February)
~ Two or three organ crawls, usually in the south west
~ The AGM followed by a pub lunch (usually May)
~ The President's Evening (usually June) - this might, for instance, be a concert by a visiting organist or choir and usually involves refreshments.
~ A talk or lecture, illustrated at the organ (Andrew Millington, The organ music of Edward Elgar (2018); Andrew Millington, The organ music of Herbert Howells (2019); Peter King, English organ music 1920-2020 to mark the association's centenary in 2020
~ In some years there is a residential trip
~ Annual Dinner with guest speaker (usually November) - recent speakers have included David Halls, Timothy Noon, Peter King, Canon Christopher Palmer, David Owen Norris
~ The President's Evening (usually June) - this might, for instance, be a concert by a visiting organist or choir and usually involves refreshments.
~ A talk or lecture, illustrated at the organ (Andrew Millington, The organ music of Edward Elgar (2018); Andrew Millington, The organ music of Herbert Howells (2019); Peter King, English organ music 1920-2020 to mark the association's centenary in 2020
~ In some years there is a residential trip
~ Annual Dinner with guest speaker (usually November) - recent speakers have included David Halls, Timothy Noon, Peter King, Canon Christopher Palmer, David Owen Norris
Annual dinner at The Ruffwell Inn
In the last few years . . .
. . . we have organised organ crawls to:
~ Taunton (St John the Evangelist - Fr Willis; Holy Trinity - Hill; St James - Hill/Minns)
~ Buckfast Abbey - Fratelli Ruffatti, and Totnes St Mary - Fr Willis
~ Bath (St John's - Bryceson/Hope-Jones; St Mary's - Fr Willis, altered; Bath Abbey - Klais)
~ Buckfastleigh (William Drake Organ Works; Totnes St John's - William Drake organ; Ashburton - Fr Willis, altered)
~ Torbay (St John, the Apostle - Hill/Walker; St John the Baptist Paignton - Speechly & others; St John Marldon - organs by Goetze & Gwynn and by Hawkins)
~ Taunton (St John the Evangelist - Fr Willis; Holy Trinity - Hill; St James - Hill/Minns)
~ Buckfast Abbey - Fratelli Ruffatti, and Totnes St Mary - Fr Willis
~ Bath (St John's - Bryceson/Hope-Jones; St Mary's - Fr Willis, altered; Bath Abbey - Klais)
~ Buckfastleigh (William Drake Organ Works; Totnes St John's - William Drake organ; Ashburton - Fr Willis, altered)
~ Torbay (St John, the Apostle - Hill/Walker; St John the Baptist Paignton - Speechly & others; St John Marldon - organs by Goetze & Gwynn and by Hawkins)
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Buckfast Abbey
Recent residential trips . . .
These have included:~ Oxford (2017) (Keble - Tickell; Exeter - Walker; Christchurch Cathedral - Rieger; Merton - Dobson; The Queen's College - Frobenius; Blenheim - Fr Willis)~ Truro (2018) (Launceston St Mary - Hele/Walker; Launceston Methodist - Compton; Newquay St Michael - Griffin & Stroud/Hele/Lance Foy; Cubert - Fr Willis; Truro Methodist - Brindley & Foster/Lance Foy; Truro School - Mander; Truro Cathedral - Fr Willis)
A trip to the West Midlands was planned for 2020 but was cancelled due to the corona virus crisis (Tamworth St Editha - Harrison & Harrison; Lichfield Cathedral - Hill/Harrison; Walsall St Matthew - Walker; Darlaston Town Hall - Binns; Wolverhampton St John - Walker; St Peter - Willis/Michael Farley; Birmingham Cathedral of St Philip - Nicholson; Birmingham Cathedral of St Chad - Walker)