Centenary Scholarships
Friday, 1 January 2021
NDOA Centenary Organ Book.
The Centenary Organ Book will consist of a variety of suitable organ compositions by members and well-known local composers. Committee member Lee Dunleavy has kindly agreed to project-manage its production.
Banks Music has kindly agreed it would be prepared to produce and promote the book, and it is hoped that the winning entries in our Centenary Composition Competition will be included in the publication.
The Organ Book will have a projected sale price of £10-12, with a reduction for Association members.
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NDOA 100 YEARS: 1921 - 2021
CENTENARY COMPOSITION COMPETITION
We were delighted to receive a large number of entries to our Centenary Composition Competition, for a fanfare for solo organ. The standard of entries was uniformly high, and it was a very difficult decision to select the winner in each category.
However, we are delighted to announce that in the adult category the winning entry is Fand-Fare by Colin Ashworth, and Flourish for an Occasion by Michael Chamberlain is the winning entry in the student category. Colin lives here in Northamptonshire and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Organists and the London College of Music, as well as a long-standing member of NDOA.
Michael lives in neighbouring Buckinghamshire and is the Organ Scholar-elect at the University of St Andrews, where he will work under Director of Chapel Choirs, Claire Innes-Hopkins, formerly of Peterborough Cathedral.
The sheet music for the two fanfares will be included in our forthcoming Centenary Organ Collection, which we hope will be released courtesy of Banks Music Publications in the Autumn (though - like so many things - Covid-19 continues to have an impact on progress). Watch this space for details of the Collection, and of the publication of additional organ works written in honour of the Centenary which are too large to be included.
N&DOA: A Centenary History
Northampton & District Organists’ Association was founded in September 1921
To coincide with the event, NDOA has produced a centenary booklet prepared by our Past President, Richard Tapp
Northampton & District Organists’ Association - A Centenary History
The booklet draws on the Association’s original documents and records, and on the research carried out in preparing A Centenary History. This is a unique opportunity to read about the founders of the Association, NDOA’s activities over the century, its response to innovations from the gramophone to Zoom - as well as the challenges and tribulations involved over the years!
The story of NDOA’s history over the last 100 years is fascinating, and something which will interest members, friends and anyone with an eye for the musical and social history of the town and district.
NDOA is fortunate to have a virtually complete set of papers, including minutes, newsletters, programmes and press cuttings, and this short history draws on those sources and on personal recollections to illustrate the development of the association from its foundation in 1921 to the present day.
The history is in the form of a special edition of the Association’s Newsletter and is for general sale.
Copies of A Centenary History may be purchased at £5 each, plus £2 to cover postage and packing.
If you would like to purchase a copy please pay the relevant amount using the donate button on the Join the Association page , and email Helen Murphy, our Hon. Secretary on helen.e.murphy@outlook.com telling her you have done this, and giving your name and address to which the copies should be sent.
If you have any other queries, please contact Richard Tapp, author and Past President on editor@northamptonorganists.org.uk.
Three Pieces for Organ - Howard Snell. We are thrilled that the Northamptonshire composer, Howard Snell, has written Three Pieces for Organ, dedicated to NDOA on our centenary.
The three pieces are:
A Song for John Clare, the 19th-century Northamptonshire Poet;
A Lament, an arrangement of a movement from an orchestral suite by Georg Telemann, and
A Salute to Sir Malcolm, written expressly for the Association’s commission and dedicated to the memory of Sir Malcolm Arnold, one of Northamptonshire’s premier musical personalities.
The first page of each piece is displayed below by kind permission of the composer.
Copies of Three Pieces for Organ may be purchased at £8 each, plus £2 to cover postage and packing.
If you would like to purchase a copy please pay the relevant amount using the donate button on the Join the Association page , and email Helen Murphy, our Hon. Secretary on helen.e.murphy@outlook.com telling her you have done this, and giving your name and address to which the copies should be sent.
The Three Pieces represent a delightful, accessible resource for members and friends both to celebrate the Centenary and to use regularly as an addition to repertoire.
