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The College is delighted to support the Annual Festival of New Organ Music which runs from Friday evening, 31 July 2009 to Sunday evening, 2 August 2009.
AFNOM is a ‘shop-window’ for new music; a multi-faceted, international festival whose aim is to attract composers of any age, nationality and stylistic background to submit their compositions to be played, heard, discussed and sold. It is a forum in which composers, performers and listeners can interact. The RCO library is about to become the main UK repository for AFNOM scores.
With the Royal Canadian College of Organists celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the educational theme of this year's events will be that of Canadian organ music. The programme for this year is as given below. Admission is free to all events.
Friday 31 July, 19:30, St Dominic’s Priory
Evening concert by Ilya Kudryavtsev (Russia) followed by dinner.
Saturday 1 August, Marylebone Parish Church
From 09:30
Welcome and introductions
10:00
Lecture on Canadian organ music from 1950 to today given by Dr. Maxine Thévenot.
11:30
Coffee
12:00
Exhibition-concert
13:00
Lunch
14:30
Martin Stacey and Paul Patterson discuss the importance of score-presentation and offer guidelines for composers using notation software.
15:00
Peter Dickinson discusses his music with examples performed by Jennifer Bate
16:00
Public debate on issues relating to contemporary organ composition.
17:30
Break for dinner
19:30
Exhibition-concert
Sunday 2 August
Marlebone Parish Church, 11:00
Choral Eucharist to include contemporary Canadian choral music
Westminster Cathedral, 15:45
Recital given by Andrew Ager (St James’ Cathedral, Toronto)
Westminster Abbey, 17:45
Recital given by Maxine Thévenot (international concert organist, Canada)
programme to include the winning work of the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ composition competition
18:30
Drinks in ‘The Sanctuary’ pub near the Abbey
For further information email Martin Stacey, AFNOM Director, or visit Annual Festival of New Organ Music.