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Sixteen organ virtuosi perform for a jury of nine internationally renowned specialists and compete for major awards. In addition to the prize money ($30,000 for the winner, $70,000 total [1]) the top prizewinner receives a three-year representation agreement for USA and Canada, a CD recording, recitals and career coaching.
Royal Canadian College of Organists Coat of Arms. The Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO), founded in 1909, is a national association of organists and church musicians in Canada, with 28 centres from Victoria, British Columbia to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The National Office is in Toronto.
An organ recital is a concert at which music specially written for the organ is played. The music played at such recitals is typically written for pipe organ , which includes church organs, theatre organs and symphonic organs (also known as concert organs).
An organ recital will be a failure if the audience is not age appropriate. When you think about it, this is not an unusual way to delve into a deep conversation with your peers at any age.
Benoît Fidèle Poirier (17 October 1882 – 7 October 1965) was a Canadian organist, [1] composer, and music educator. He was a church organist and taught at several educational and religious institutions in Montreal, Quebec. He created a number of compositions for organ and piano.
[1] Togni was married in 1958 to Margaret. Their son Peter-Anthony Togni is also an organist. [1] Togni won first prize at the American Guild of Organists' Improvisation Competition on June 26, 1964. He won by improvising a prelude and fugue on themes by the American composer Vincent Persichetti. The prize was sponsored by Casavant Frères. [1]
From a very young age, he became fascinated while watching his mother play piano and decided to learn music. [1] His father, who was a minister at St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, bought an organ for a new house the family moved to in 1898. The house had an adjoined drawing room and study room, with enough space for both an organ and piano.
Between 1877 and 1879, Eddy gave over 100 recitals, all with different programs [4] on Sunday afternoons at the Hershey Music Hall. Each recital featured a piece by Bach and a variety of contemporary organ works, including transcriptions. Each recital also had two pieces of non-organ music, typically a vocalist, or chamber music. [5]