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Gloucester Cathedral Organ Festival
There is to be a fabulous weekend of music in June at the Gloucester Cathedral Organ Festival, from 13th to 15th June 2026.
This landmark weekend marks a nationally significant cultural moment, celebrating the unveiling of Gloucester Cathedral’s magnificent new organ and the soft launch of the Organ Academy - a vibrant centre for organ learning, community engagement and musical excellence for all ages.
Festival highlights include:
• Gala Concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and internationally renowned organist Thomas Trotter, recorded by BBC Radio 3.
• A Gloucestershire Cantata: Celebrating Young Voices — a newly commissioned work bringing together hundreds of children from local schools through our Singing Academy.
• Organ Recital and Masterclass with Wayne Marshall, showcasing the brilliance and versatility of the new instrument while inspiring the next generation of musicians.
With a 350-year organ tradition - including the only complete 17th-century double organ case surviving in the country - this new instrument represents both the conservation of our precious heritage and a bold investment in the future.
For more details visit https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/organ-festival (opens in new window)
Exciting News from Rod Pooley MusicRod Pooley Music have sent this press release:-
EXCITING MUCH LARGER SHOWROOM COMING SOON!
Our 1st Anniversary from opening trading at 14 Westgate, Grantham, NG31 6LT will be this March. A massive thank you from Rhohima and Rod goes to everyone who has supported us in our first successful year of trading.
Our musical journey together began, as you know, in our small shop in Westgate, Grantham, where we have slowly but surely curated the most desirable brands available to us in this initial trading period.
We will be continuing normal business hours at our current location at 14 Westgate, Grantham, NG31 6LT, until Thursday 26th April 2026 where normal hours 9.30am to 4.30pm shall operate on that last day.
We will then be closed for a week from Friday 27th April to Friday 1st of May 2026 to allow us enough time to get the Exciting NEW much improved showroom ready at Unit 9, The George Shopping Centre, High Street, Grantham, NG31 6LH. Our online store will remain open during this week of closure.
Please visit www.RodPooleyMusic.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Our New Showroom's Grand Opening Day will be on Saturday 2nd May 2026 from 9am till 5pm.
We invite all of our lovely customers, family and friends to join us for our very special new and exciting venture where we will be announcing many new products and features.
In Memoriam - Nigel Ogden We are deeply saddened to report that Nigel Ogden, renowned organist and presenter of BBC Radio 2's popular series 'The Organist Entertains' for over 38 years, passed away suddenly on the morning of Tuesday 27th January 2026, aged 71.
Aside of keeping the flag flying for 'our kind of music' for so many years on the BBC, Nigel was probably best known for his superb concert performances on both theatre and classical organs, though it should also be remembered what a fine player he was on electronic organs, with time spent working in retail and wholesale.
Nigel's ever supportive presence and expertise will be much missed. We send our sincere condolences to his partner, family and friends.
Following a period since the old operators had allowed the 'maps' facility to disappear, we are delighted our IT team have managed to bring it back, so if you now go to the Clubs, Dealer of Service Engineer pages, you have the option to see them all on a map, to quickly know which are near you, or perhaps where there may be a concert taking place when you are on holiday.
Do bear in mind that some of the Service Engineers cover a big area, and some cover the whole country, Allen Organs for example.
Young Players Needed
Royalty Bowness Wurlitzer EventsThe Wurlitzer organ at the Royalty Cinema in Bowness-On-Windermere is to be featured in a series of concerts and tea dances this year, as well as for other special events.
Concerts planned so far take place at 12.30pm and are normally on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Upcoming concerts include
February 17th Elizabeth Harrison
March 17th Cameron Lloyd
April 21st David Ivory
May 19th Andrew Nix
16th June Mark Speight
July 21st Paul Gregson & Mark Latimer
Tea Dances are normally on the second Sunday of the month at 2.00pm and include a cream tea at the interval.
For more information visit their website (opens in new window).
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