Recent Events
15th March 2025
Visit to Cambridge Colleges
Selwyn College
Corpus Christie
Trinity Hall
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1st February 2025
AGM with Guest Speaker Martin Barnes
St John’s Church, Hartley Wintney
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9th November 2024
John Mansfield Composers’ Anniversary Afternoon
St John’s Church, Hook
5th October 2024
Joint Visit with ESOA and SOA to London
Church of the Most Precious Blood, Southwark
Central Hall, Westminster
21st September 2024
Joint Visit with ESOA to Croydon and Shirley
Emmanual Church, Normanton Road
St Matthew’s, Chichester Road
9th to 13th September 2024
Visit to the West Country
Including Wells Cathedral
Downside Abbey, Sherborne Minster
Wimborne Minster
20th July 2024
Joint Visit with ESOA to Horsham
Horsham URC
Christ’s Hospital, Horsham
15th June 2024
Joint Visit with ESOA to Hertfordshire
St Paul’s, Chipperfield
St Mary the Virgin, Rickmansworth
Christ Church, Chorleywood
18th May 2024
Joint Visit with ESOA to Oxford
Magdalen College
Harris Manchester College (Arlosh Hall)
6th April 2024
Joint Visit with ESOA to Arundel
Arundel Cathedral
St Mary, Slindon
St Mary Magdalene, Madehurst
20th March 2024
POSTPONED
Visit to Westminster, London (joint with East Surrey O.A)
POSTPONED
Recital by James Gough (Southwark Cathedral) at Central Welsh Church, 30 Eastcastle St W1W 8DJ
Fyvie Hall, Westminster University, Regent Street W18 2HR
24th February 2024
Visit to Pimlico
St Gabriel, Warwick Square
St Saviour’s, St George’s Square
St Barnabas, St Barnabas Street
27th January 2024
AGM with Guest Speaker Mike Keays of Mander Organs
St John the Evangelist Church, Hook
18th November 2023
Composer Anniversaries
St John’s Church, Hartley Wintney
9th November 2023
Invitation from East Surrey O.A.
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
21st October 2023
Improvisation Workshop with Malcolm Archer FRCO
St Andrew’s Church, Farnham
Click HERE for Improvisation examples
9th September 2023
Joint Visit with ESOA to Northampton
St Matthew & All Saints
14th to 28th August 2023
Visit to Vienna and Graz, Austria
Playing organs ancient and modern, baroque and classical
1st July 2023
At the Home of Paul Griffiths & Joanna Marsh
Fairwarp, East Sussex
Joint Outing with East Surrey and Surrey OA’s
17th June 2023
Boxmoor
St John Evangelist
Carey Baptist Church
St Mary and St Joseph
19th May 2023
Portsmouth
Holy Spirit, Southsea; St Mark, North End
St Mary, Portsea; St Thomas, Portsmouth
15th April 2023
Radley College & Dorchester-on-Thames
Radley College
St Birinus
Dorchester Abbey
18th March 2023
Uxbridge & Hayes
St Andrew’s, Uxbridge
St Mary the Virgin, Hayes
25 February 2023
London Visit
Our Lady of Victories and Christ Church, Kensington. St Augustine, Queen’s Gate
4th February 2023
AGM with Guest Speaker Michael Brough
St Mark’s Church, Upper Hale, Farnham GU9 0LT
12th November 2022
Visit to St John’s Hartley Wintney
Composers’ Anniversaries. Celebrating Franck and Vaughan Williams
15th October 2022
Visit to Crowthorne
Philip Wharton’s Residence, St John the Baptist and Methodist Church, Crowthorne
1st – 8th September 2022
East Yorkshire Tour
Included visits to Hull City Hall, Howden Minster, Selby Abbey and York Minster
13th August 2022
Visit to South Downs
St John’s, Churt
St Bartholomew, Rogate, Petersfield
St Peter, East Marsden, Chichester
St Mary, Stoughton, Chichester
23rd July 2022
Visit to London
Holy Trinity, Sloane Square
Second Church of Christ Scientist
Royal College of Music
10th June 2022
Visit to Culham and Maidenhead
Culham Chapel, Henley-on-Thames
St. Andrew and St. Mary Magdalene, Maidenhead
St. Joseph, Maidenhead
21st May 2022
Visit to St Mary’s, Frensham and Tilford Rural Life Museum
25th April 2022
Zoom Video Webinar with Ad Wammes (NHOA invited by Winchester and District O.A)
Dutch composer Ad Wammes is one of the most distinctive and successful composer for organ in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works for the organ include Miroir, Toccata Chromatica and Ride on a High Speed Train. Ad talked about his career, his compositional language and his technique in writing for the organ.
The Organ at Home in April 2022
“Organ and… Hymns Undercover”
To see and hear a variety of organs and hymns under cover, click on the icon.
16th April 2022
Crowthorne visit (postponed)
Philip Wharton’s residence
St John the Baptist, Crowthorne
Methodist Church, Crowthorne
2nd April 2022
Young people’s event at St John’s, Hartley Wintne, joint with RSCM (postponed)
Demo and coaching with Claudia Grinnell (Winchester Cathedral)
19th March 2022
Woodford visit
St. Mary, Woodford
Woodford Green URC, Woodford Green
Holy Trinity, South Woodford
9th March 2022
An Evening with Gert van Hoef
Charismatic young Dutch organist Gert van Hoef talked to us about how he came to play the organ and his life as an organist.
23rd July 2022
London visit
St James’s, Paddington
St John the Evangelist, Hyde Park
Christ Church, Spitalfields
7th February 2022
Zoom Video Webinar with David Briggs (NHOA invited by Winchester and District O.A)
David Briggs is one of the world’s best organists and improvisers. He is Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York. He is renowned for his extraordinary transcriptions of large-scale orchestral works such as the Mahler symphonies
22nd January 2022
AGM at St John’s, Hartley Wintney
Followed by lunch and a talk and demonstration by Geoff Willis, Rob Goldfinch and Martin Barnes on our Schools Organ.
20th November 2021
Composers’ Anniversaries at St John’s, Hartley Wintney
Members will play music that included composers Saint Saens and Demessieux,
30th October 2021
Maidenhead area visit
All Saints, Binfield
St. Anthony’s RC Church, Slough
Caldicott School Chapel, Farnham Royal
30th October 2021
Eastbourne visit
Eastbourne College
Christ Church, Eastbourne
St. Mary, Willingdon
August 2021
Kent Tour
Tour included Canterbury Cathedral, Mander organ works in Stourmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Kent and East Sussex Steam Railway, Winchelsea, Pluckley, Aylesford amongst others. READ ABOUT THE FUN WE HAD – Click here and go to page 18
28th June 2021
Online presentation about our Schools Project
Rob Goldfinch, Martin Barnes and Geoff Willis explain what it’s all about and introduce the Head of Music at our first school and the rest of our team.
18th May 2021
Online presentation by Geoffrey Coffin
Geoffrey Coffin (Principal Pipe Organs) gave a talk about his work as an organ-builder (and distinguished organist).
The Organ at Home in May 2021
“Organ and… homemade and unusual instruments”
To see and hear a variety of organs and homemade and unusual instruments, click on the icon to download the flier.
The Organ at Home in April 2021
“Organ and… great improvisations”
To see and hear a variety of organs and great improvisations, click on the icon to download the flier.
11th March 2021
Online presentation by Mike Keays
Presentation by Michael Keays (Mander Organs) on the company’s work and future intentions.
16th February 2021
Online Quiz
Hosted by John Riley
30th January 2021
Online AGM
AGM followed by a presentation from our President, Malcolm Archer, who will take us on a virtual tour of his new home.
The Organ at Home in November 2020
“Organ and… great performances at the Town Hall”
To see and hear organs and great performances at the Town Hall, click on the icon to download the flier.
19th September 2020
Online talk by Dr Barry Rose
Dr. Barry Rose entertained us with an account of his life as organist and choirmaster. Held on Zoom for approximately 45 minutes with a 15 minute Q&A.
30th October 2020
Visit to Froxfield, Froxfield Green and Steep
St Peter’s, Froxfield
St. Peter-on-the-Green, Froxfield Green
Lunch at Seven Stars
All Saints’, Steep
The Organ at Home in August 2020
“Organ and … the Fabulous, Famous French!”
To see and hear a variety of organs and the Fabulous, Famous French, click on the icon to download the flier.
The Organ at Home in July 2020
“Organ and … Twenty Digits! Music for four hands and more…”
To see and hear organs and Twenty Digits, click on the icon to download the flier.
The Organ at Home in June 2020
This month we feature “Organ and … wonderful instruments!”
To see and hear a variety of organs and wonderful instruments, click on the icon to download the flier.
The Organ at Home in May 2020
This month we feature “Organ and … Trumpet!”
To see and hear a variety of organs and trumpet music played by different performers, click on the icon to download the flier.
The Organ at Home in April 2020
Virtual visit to the Royal College of Music
To see the virtual visit to the Flentrop organ at the Royal College of Music, please click on the icon to download the flier.
15th February 2020
London visit
St Andrew’s, Holborn
St Boniface, Whitechapel
St Alban the Martyr, Holborn
25th January 2020
Annual General Meeting at St Mark’s, Farnham
Followed by buffet lunch and an illustrated talk by Frances Whewell and Geoff Willis on ‘Emily, the Edwardian Organ’.
16th November 2019
Gloucester Retrospective
A look back at our visit to Gloucester in August 2018, including refreshments.
19th October 2019
Bach and Bite
Members playing organ (or other) pieces by the Bach family, the reward being tea and chat afterwards.
§4th September 2019
Visit to Wokingham
St. Paul, Wokingham
Bearwood College (Reddam House)
St. Peter, Earley
19th – 31st August 2019
Norway Tour
including Stavanger, Oslo and Trondheim.
20th July 2019
Visit to Newbury
Pamber Priory
St. George, Wash Common
St. Matthew, Midgham
15th June 2019
BBQ with Rob and Jane
18th May 2019
Visit to Windsor
URC, Windsor
Memorial Hall, Old Windsor
Holy Trinity, Windsor
13th April 2019
Visit to Berkshire
St. Anne, Bagshot
St. Peter, Cranbourne
St. Mary, Winkfield
9th March 2019
Demonstration of the theremin
Demonstration of the ondes martenot (ref. Messiaen’s ‘Turangalila’ Symphony) and theremin at Guildford URC by Charlie Draper (www.charliedraper.co.uk).
Posted with parental permission.
23rd February 2019
London Visit
All Saints, Margaret Street
Swiss Church, Covent Garden
Welsh Baptist Church
26th January 2019
Annual General Meeting at St. Andrew’s, Farnham
Followed by lunch and a talk by Andrew Benson-Wilson on ‘Early organs and their repertoire – an informal talk and demonstration’.
17th November 2018
Berlin Retrospective
A video look back at our visit to Berlin in August 2017, including refreshments.
13th October 2018
Improvisation Workshop
At St. Thomas-on-the-Bourne with member John Riley. Followed by a Soirée at the home of Rob and Jane.
15th September 2018
Barbecue
27th – 31st August 2018
Gloucester area Tour
Including Gloucester and Worcester Cathedral, Belmont Abbey and Cheltenham Boys College Chapel
11th August 2018
‘Crotchets and Croquet’
St. Cross, Winchester
Winchester Croquet Club
A social day in Winchester with some gentle Croquet.
21st July 2018
Isle of Wight visit
Quarr Abbey
Andrew Cooper’s workshop
St. Mildred’s, East Cowes
St. Helen’s, Seaview
23rd June 2018
Harrow visit (joint visit with East Surrey OA)
Harrow School
St. Mary, Harrow
12th May 2018
‘Small Organ Day’
Pamber Priory
All Saints, Monk Sherborne
St. James, Bramley
14th April 2018
Visit to Berkshire
Newbury Methodist Church
St. Mary, Shaw-cum-Donnington
St. Mary, Thatcham
10th March 2018
Visit to Hampshire
Romsey Abbey
All Saints, Eastleigh
St. Matthew’s, Otterbourne
24th February 2018
Visit to Dulwich
St. Stephen, South Dulwich
St. John, East Dulwich
Dulwich College Chapel (Christ’s Chapel)
27th January 2018
Annual General Meeting at St. Andrew’s, Farnham
AGM with soup lunch at 12.45pm and a talk by organ-builder James Richardson-Jones, with the additional opportunity to visit Michael Lloyd’s house-organ.
16th December 2017
There was a rare performance from two Organ-Playing Elves at the Carol Extravaganza at St. John’s, Hartley Wintney. Resident Elf, Martin Barnes, had the audience singing heartily with a verse or two of the many excellent carols at this jolly event. He sprinkled the proceedings with a few ex-cracker jokes and some tinselly stories about how carols have developed over the years. When he described the various stories associated with “I Saw Three Ships”, Geoff Willis and Rob Goldfinch, appropriately dressed in Elf hats and Christmas jumpers, dashed to the console to play that carol in a duet rearrangement of the already spectacular solo version by Richard Elliott.
18th November 2017
Yorkshire Retrospective and Golden Anniversary Review
At Farnham URC. A look back at our visit to Yorkshire in August 2016 and events of our 50th Birthday year
14th October 2017
Visit to Silchester and Tadley
St. Mary the Virgin, Silchester
St. Mary, Tadley
St. Paul, Tadley
16th September 2017
Improvisation Workshop
Workshop at Winchester College Chapel on organ improvisation with Malcolm Archer
14th-26th August 2017
Berlin Tour
Including Leipzig and environs
22nd July 2017
Eastbourne Visit
St. John’s Church, Eastbourne
All Saints’ Church, Eastbourne
St. Saviour’s Church, Eastbourne
17th June 2017
Barbecue
13th May 2017
New Compositions at St. Andrew’s, Farnham
Presentation of new organ and choral compositions by NHOA members.
22nd April 2017
Maidenhead Visit
Holy Trinity, Cookham
Methodist Church, Maidenhead
St. Michael, Bray
11th March 2017
Visit to Leatherhead and Epsom
St. John’s School, Leatherhead
St. Barnabas, Epsom
Epsom URC
25th February 2017
London Visit
St. Michael and All Angels, Barnes
St. Peter, Hammersmith
St. Michael and All Angels, Chiswick
28th January 2017
Annual General Meeting at St. Andrew’s, Farnham
AGM with buffet lunch at 12.45pm. Paul Provost spoke on ‘The Life of a Sub-Organist’.