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Sunday April 15th at 3pm at St Martin’s Stamford
Nigel Stark, Managing Director of Hauptwerk Systems UK presents an opportunity to hear and play a Hauptwerk organ in a church setting, and learn about the 'virtual pipe organ' which allows the player to play organs from around the world.
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Friday 5th October at 6:45pm
Members’ Reception, prior to the recital by Richard Brasier on the Frobenius organ in Oundle School Chapel (concert start time is 7:30). Read more. Given as part of the 8th Warmington Organ Weekend, Friday 5th – Sunday 7th October. (NPOR D04670). Scroll down for more info about the weekend.
The dates and events in the annual programme can be downloaded here.
More detailed information can be downloaded here.
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Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th Mar 2018
David Briggs is giving a concert at Worksop College (Phantom of the Opera!), and a RCO Masterclass at Newark, just up the A1. David Briggs is an organist universally acclaimed for his exceptional talent. The masterclasses provide a special opportunity to see him close to the console: I hope you will be able to come along.
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Sunday 29th July – Thursday 2nd August
The Incorporated Association of Organists (IAO), to which PDOA is affiliated, is holding its 2018 Music Festival in Peterborough, where its President, Steven Grahl, is Cathedral Organist (for a little longer). Tickets and booking are now available. Further information. The IAO has asked for our help in stewarding some events - more details nearer the time.
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Friday 5th – Sunday 7th October
The 8th Warmington Organ Weekend
A weekend in the lovely countryside beside the River Nene, for a maximum of sixteen students of all ages, with practice and progress under three distinguished tutors. Limited to sixteen students: James Parsons, Anne Marsden-Thomas, and Richard Brasier. Further information and booking details.
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Young people at Peterborough Cathedral with the Organist David Humphries in Feb 2018. Photo by SemjonsZaicevs@semkaphotos
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Oundle School Chapel, with the Frobenius organ, where Richard Brasier will give the opening recital of the 8th Warmington Organ Weekend on Friday 5th October.
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Stan Hansell, who organised a young people's organ day in February reports back: "The Peterborough cathedral event on Friday afternoon of 16th February went very well and all 8 places were filled. Students were mostly from secondary schools in the city although one was home tutored and was only 10 yrs old. Almost all had never touched a pipe organ before and their piano grades varied from grade 4 to 8.
David Humphries, Cathedral Organist, provided a brilliant introduction and had taken the time to set up a large screen so that we could not only watch him play, but we could also see the students. Our pianists were very nervous before they mounted the stairs,mostly two at a time, to the organ loft. Each pair of students received help from David for twenty five minutes.
There were other activities,too,for students who were either waiting to ascend or had already been: Stephen Hession took sessions on the cathedral chamber organ demonstrating how necessary it is to develop a good legato touch,while Stan took a session on simple organ improvisation, but using a number of electronic keyboards.
We are very grateful for the funding provided by the Peterborough Music Hub to make this possible,and its director,Michael Cross; we are also grateful to the cathedral dean and chapter and director of music who allowed us to host this event."
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The dates and events in the annual programme can be 
