SOUNDBOARD January 2003

January 2003

Editorial Comment

It was encouraging in November — when SOUNDBOARD should have been published but wasn’t — that there were a number of enquiries as to why not! So here it is, admittedly two months later thai-i was intended. A new item of content in this issue is a list of suggested anthems for Lent and Easter. While these few offerings have come from just a handful of organists, there must be many others who use, and can recommend, other suitable good music. So, for the May issue, we intend running an article “Some Suggestions for Harvest, Advent and Christmas Music” We hope that many of you will let us know of your favourites.

Website

Have you yet had a look at the CMC Website — launched last year: www.churchmusicdublin.org. We would welcome suggestions for items that might be put on the site.

New Organ Society

An inaugural meeting of a number of persons interested in setting up an Organ Society met in Dublin on Friday 31 January. The convener was Dr Norbert Kelvin, who professionally is an engineer but as well, an organist of no mean ability. Dr Kelvin is Australian but his work and his home are in Ireland. It was agreed that there was a need for such a society and the name chosen was the Pipe Organ Society of Ireland. An interim committee was decided on, to take the project a stage further. This committee comprises: Norbert Kelvin, Gerard Gifien, Stephen Adams, Alister McCartney and Gerard Murphy.

Next Issue

The next issue is scheduled for early June, and the deadline for material is 20 May. As before, comments about, and suggestions for articles for SOUNDBOARD will be welcome. And if you want to air your views on other matters, the Letters to the Editor page will never be full!

1. Editorial Comment
2. The Organ at St Thomas, Mount Merrion Adrian Somerfield describes this instrument and some of its history
3. What’s Inside a Pipe Organ - Stephen Adams writes about something all organists should know
4. An Organist’s Crossword
5. The RSCM Summer School - Raymond Russell describes his week there last August
6. Some Suggested Music for Lent and Easter - from a selection of organists
7. Hymns Not Listed in Sing to the Word -Adrian Somerfield provides a very useful list