Telephone Number : 07877 481424 or 01427 615265
Email address : christopherpowell968@gmail.com
Website : www.chrisjopowell.org
Address : 11 Pinter Lane, Gainsborough , Lincolnshire , DN21 1ZF
Chris Powell has firmly established himself as one of the UK’s premier ‘entertainment organists’ as well as a truly international ambassador in the field of electronic and theatre organ music. Born in Manchester in 1971, he emigrated to New Zealand with his parents when just 2 years old. Returning to England at the age of 5, his education and formative years while growing up in Lancashire saw him pursue his love of music with piano and organ studies culminating in a string of engagements for both local concerts and dances from the age of 14 onwards. By the time he was 18, he had successfully auditioned to join the team of organists playing for dancing at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool and began to be recognised for his musical talents leading to a succession of invitations to perform at electronic and pipe organ venues.
Following his experience at Blackpool, Chris widened his talents to include work as a demonstrator for several manufacturers including Farfisa, Orla and more recently Roland with whom he is now associated on a freelance basis and as such tours with their state of the art AT-900C Atelier instrument.
1994 saw as invitation to return to New Zealand for a month long concert tour on pipes and electronics which lead to an exciting invitation to spend all of 1996 as a Resident Organist at the ‘Baycourt Theatre’ in Tauranga. This was a unique and exciting experience; he undertook all manner of concerts, functions and dances while playing the Theatre’s 10 rank Wurlitzer as well as accompanying the Operetta – ‘The Merry Widow’ on this much loved vintage instrument to capacity crowds.
Since then, he has gone on to become one of the most popular performers in the UK and intersperses his regular annual diary of engagements in Britain with frequent overseas concert tours with have included Holland, Australia and the US as well as NZ in recent years. Chris was also interviewed and filmed in action for a documentary on cinema nostalgia which screened in NZ in 2002. 2021 sees his 17th tour of NZ and 10th of Australia. December 28th saw him marry fellow artiste Joanne Naulls and the couple are now well settled in the Lincolnshire town of Gainsborough.
He has a catalogue of acclaimed CD and DVD recordings to his credit on both pipes and electronics. He has also produced a huge array of software - with registrations available for Roland Atelier, Korg and also Yamaha.
Chris also fronts a number of high class organ and keyboard festival events (Music4you) at 4* hotels in Bournemouth, Torquay and Warwick/Stratford. Please phone 07877 481424 or 01427 615265 for more details.
Concerts in 2011 | |
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May 9th | Cinema Organ Society - Northern District (more details) 2.30pm |
Concerts in 2020 | |
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January 4th | Hellesdon Community Centre, Norwich 7.45 |
January 10th | Belgrave Sands Hotel Torquay (more details) Belgrave Sands Hotel Torquay |
January 11th | Belgrave Sands Hotel Torquay |
January 12th | Belgrave Sands Hotel, Torquay |
January 19th | Parkway Club, Peterborough |
January 22nd | Llay Organ Society |
January 30th | Stockport Organ & Keyboard Club |
January 31st | Sheppey Organ Club |
February 2nd | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) 8pm |
February 6th | Scunthorpe Organ Society |
February 8th | Cambridge Electronic Organ Society |
February 9th | Braza Club, March |
February 19th | Stockingford Pavilion (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
February 24th | Leyland In Tune (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
March 1st | Haddenham Sports And Social Club (more details) 7.30pm |
March 5th | Association of Organ Enthusiasts (AOE) (more details) Afternoon & Evening Concert, Mercure Bewdley The Heath Hotel |
March 6th | St. Margaret’s Church Hall, Colchester |
March 6th | Colchester Keyboard Concerts |
March 11th | Charnwood Music For All |
March 14th | Dunchurch Village Hall |
March 15th | Paulton Rovers Football Club nr Bath (more details) 7.30pm |
March 20th | Burgess Hill Keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
March 25th | Verwood in Tune (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
March 26th | Bournemouth Pavilion (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS |
March 27th | Savoy Hotel Skegness (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS |
March 28th | Savoy Hotel Skegness (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS |
March 29th | Savoy Hotel Skegness (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS |
March 31st | Hastings & Bexhill Organ & Keyboard Society (more details) Cancelled due to coronavirus |
April 1st | Westbury Labour Club (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 |
April 4th | Atherstone Civic Hall (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 8th | East London and Essex Electronic Keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
April 10th | Wesley Road Club, Trowbridge (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 11th | Walsoken Village Hall, Wisbech (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 12th | Cinema Organ Society - Northern District (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS |
April 19th | Gainsborough Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONA VIRUS |
April 19th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 20th | Bolton In Tune (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 22nd | Stockingford Pavilion (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 25th | Prattons, Midsomer Norton 8pm (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
April 27th | Banstead Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) Postponed |
April 28th | Launceston Electronic Organ Club (more details) Postponement due to the Coronavirus |
May 11th | Medway Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) Now cancelled |
May 13th | OKC Festival, Blackpool (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
May 14th | OKC Festival Blackpool (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
May 16th | Netherlands Organ Federation (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
May 17th | Netherlands Organ Federation (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
May 31st | Parkway Club Peterborough (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 2nd | Barnsley White Rose Organ & Keyboard Society (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 5th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) POSTPONED - COVID |
June 6th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 7th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 8th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 9th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 10th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 11th | Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 24th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
June 28th | Braza Club, March (more details) CANCELLED - COVID |
July 8th | Sutton in Ashfield Electronic Organ Society (more details) RESCHEDULED - COVID19 |
July 8th | Sutton in Ashfield Electronic Organ Society (more details) RESCHEDULED -COVID19 |
July 19th | Pavilion Stockingford, Nuneaton (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
July 25th | St. Cuthberts Church Hall, Middlesbrough (more details) CANCELLED - COVID19 |
July 29th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) 1pm |
August 2nd | Braza Club, March (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
August 3rd | Nottingham Organ Society (more details) CANCELLED CORONAVIRUS |
August 7th | Hilton Hotel Warwick (more details) POSTPONED COVID19 |
August 8th | Hilton Hotel Warwick (more details) POSTPONED COVID19 |
August 9th | Hilton Hotel Warwick (more details) POSTPONED COVID19 |
August 13th | York Electronic Organ & Keyboard Society (more details) Cancelled coronavirus |
August 15th | Aspatria Masonic Hall, Cumbria (more details) Cancelled coronavirus |
August 30th | Haddenham Sports and Social Club |
September 5th | Hellesdon Community Centre, Norwich 7,45 (more details) CANCELLED |
September 10th | Sleaford Organ Club (more details) CANCELLED CORONAVIRUS Duet show with Joanne Naulls |
September 12th | Friends Of Beer Wurlitzer (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
September 13th | Oldcotes Village Hall (more details) 8pm |
September 16th | CANCELLED COVID 19 (more details) 1pm |
September 16th | Bedworth Organ Society (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
September 20th | Parkway Club, Peterborough (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
September 21st | Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust - Stockport (more details) CHANGED TO 20/09/21 - COVID |
September 27th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
October 4th | Braza Club, March (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
October 8th | Sleaford Organ Club (more details) CANCELLED CORONAVIRUS |
October 10th | Walsoken Village Hall, Wibech (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
October 14th | Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust - Heritage Centre (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
October 30th | South Molton Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS |
October 31st | Westbury Labour Club (more details) CANCELLED COVID 19 |
November 5th | Scunthorpe Organ Society (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
November 10th | Blackpool Keyboard Club |
November 11th | Clacton Keyboard Music Club (Formerly Clacton & District Organ Society) |
November 15th | Parkway Club, Peterborough (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
November 18th | Bourne Organ and keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
November 21st | Atherstone Civic Hall (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
November 24th | New Forest Organ Society (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
November 28th | HIAM Sports & Social Club, Ely (more details) 8pm |
November 29th | Braza Club, March |
December 4th | Cookhill Keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
December 6th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) 8pm |
December 7th | Cheadle and District Organ Society |
December 9th | Lincoln Electronic Organ and Keyboard Society (more details) CANCELLED CORONAVIRUS |
December 11th | Wesley Road Club, Trowbridge (more details) 8pm |
December 12th | St Albans Organ Theatre (more details) CHANGED TO 11/12/21 DUE TO COVID |
December 15th | Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society |
December 20th | Gainsborough Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) 2.30pm |
December 21st | Hull - The Organised Music Society (TOMS) (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
December 27th | Paulton Rovers FC dance |
December 31st | St. Cuthberts Church Hall, Middlesbrough |
Concerts in 2021 | |
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January 14th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) Cancelled COVID19 |
January 23rd | Prattons Club, Midsomer Norton (more details) Cancelled Covid |
January 24th | Harworth Christie Organ Enthusiasts (more details) RESCHEDULED TO 2022 due COVID |
January 24th | Peterborough Parkway Club (more details) 7.30pm |
January 28th | Kingswinford and District Organ Society (more details) Cancelled by Club due to Coronavirus guildlines |
February 3rd | North Herts Organ Society |
February 7th | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
March 14th | Musical Museum, Brentford (more details) With Joanne Powell 3pm |
March 14th | Brentford Musical Museum (more details) Online Event YouTube MusicalMuseumLive |
April 18th | Peterborough Parkway Club (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
May 1st | HIAM Sports & Social Club, Ely (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
May 2nd | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
May 4th | Bexley Music Club (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
May 9th | Cinema Organ Society - Northern District (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
May 10th | Medway Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) CANCELLED COVID - RESCHEDULED TO 11/07/22 |
May 15th | Prattons Club, Midsomer Norton (more details) 8pm |
May 29th | Trowbridge, Wesley Road Club (more details) 7.30pm |
June 9th | Westbury Labour Club |
June 13th | Scarborough Fair Collection (more details) RESCHEDULED TO 12/06/22 DUE COVID |
June 25th | South Molton Organ and Keyboard Club |
June 26th | HIAM Sports & Social Club, Ely (more details) 8pm |
June 27th | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
July 17th | HIAM Sports & Social Club, Ely (more details) 8pm |
August 11th | Westbury Labour Club |
September 4th | Hellesdon Community Centre, Norwich (more details) CANCELLED COVID |
September 5th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) 8pm |
September 8th | Sutton in Ashfield Electronic Organ Society |
September 10th | Trowbridge, Wesley Road Club (more details) With Joanne Naulls 7.30pm |
September 12th | Paulton Rovers Football Club (more details) 7.30pm |
September 19th | Peterborough Parkway Club (more details) CANCELLED |
September 20th | Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust - Stockport (more details) Lunchtime concert |
September 25th | Harworth Christie Organ Enthusiasts |
September 28th | Norwich Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club |
October 3rd | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
October 12th | Hailsham MelodyTimes Concerts |
October 13th | Horsham MelodyTimes Concerts |
October 16th | Benn Hall, Rugby (more details) Rotary Charity Ball |
October 30th | Prattons Club, Midsomer Norton (more details) 8pm |
November 4th | Weston Organ and Keyboard Club (more details) With Joanne Powell |
November 13th | Dunchurch Village Hall (nr Rugby) (more details) 7.30 |
November 14th | Stockingford Pavilion, Nuneaton (more details) 8pm |
November 24th | Westbury Labour Club |
November 28th | Paulton Rovers Football Club (more details) 7.30pm |
December 11th | St Albans Organ Theatre (more details) 7.30pm |
December 31st | Messingham Village Hall (more details) With Joanne Powell |
Concerts in 2022 | |
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January 23rd | Harworth Christie Organ Enthusiasts (more details) 2.30pm |
February 6th | Braza Club, March |
April 24th | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
April 27th | Westbury Labour Club |
June 12th | Scarborough Electronic Organ Society |
June 12th | Scarborough Fair Collection (more details) 2pm for Scarborough Electronic Organ Society, Wurlitzer and Roland organs |
June 15th | Westbury Labour Club |
June 26th | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
July 11th | Medway Organ and Keyboard Club |
August 7th | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
September 28th | Westbury Labour Club |
October 2nd | Braza Club, March (more details) 8pm |
December 7th | Westbury Labour Club |