SFO CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – Glasgow, 12 May 2012
SFO President, Kerr Jamieson looks forward to welcoming you to the annual SFO conference which is being hosted by the Glasgow Society of Organists.
The cost of the day will be £35 to include lunch and morning/afternoon refreshments.
Application forms available from Norman Girvan by email (ngirvan@aol.com) or by post at 13 Whitehill Avenue, STEPPS, Glasgow, G33 6BL. Closing date for applications is 20 April 2012. Further details of transport/parking will be made available by return.
Glasgow Evangelical Church, 20 Cathedral Square, G4 0XA
0930 Registration and coffee; the Conference is expected to finish at around 5.00 pm
Chris Bragg Educated at RSAMD, the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Conservatory of Utrecht. His programme will include works by Bach, Mozart, Bunk and Matter. The Cathedral Square organ is a very fine Forster & Andrews of 1887, in particular, that firm's Opus 1000; it is an instrument worthy of this unique distinction.
A buffet lunch will be served in the hall.
Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, G4 0RH (2 minute walk from Evangelical Church)
Simon Nieminski Organist of St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh and Director of Music of The Robin Chapel, Edinburgh. Simon’s theme is Albert Lister Peace, Master of the Music at Glasgow Cathedral from 1879 until 1897. The centenary of his death falls on 14 March 2012 and, accordingly, one of Peace’s great-grandsons will be in attendance.