2012 Concert Diary

Concerts at 8:00pm on the third Wednesday of every month

Admission charge: £4.50 (Members £3.50) Accompanied children FREE

 

January 18th  JOHN BOWDLER

How better to open our 2012 concert season than with the return of one of the star players from the World-famous Blackpool Tower.

Born and educated in Wigan, John began playing the organ at the age of 8. On leaving school he immediately joined the team of  resident organists playing each day “The Mighty Wurlitzer” of the Tower Ballroom. On this occasion John will be playing his vast repertoire of varied music (which includes ragtime as a particular favourite) on his own Technics GA3.

 

 

 

 

 

 February 15th  DANIEL WATT

Daniel started organ lessons when he was just 8 years old and, at the age of 12, began playing in public all over Northamptonshire helping to raise money first of all for his local school and then several local charities including the "Northamptonshire Guide Dogs For The Blind", and "The Falkland War Veterans Association" for whom he helped to raise over £3000 in a series of charity concerts with other local performers. At the age of 16 Daniel left school and turned professional touring the UK playing both for dancing and in concert at clubs and festivals all over the country.

 

 

 

 

March 21st DAVID HARRILD

For the first 8 years, David slowly developed a passion for music with every open opportunity having a go on the school piano. At the age of 9, his parents bought him his first organ unfortunately his persistent practising on the Bontempi stretched his parents tolerance until they could stand no more, so he was given the option of attending lessons and a new organ. After 1 year’s tuition, he decided that he would throw away the teaching books and play by ear. Many of you who have heard David in concert will know that he never carries music with him. David’s concerts are performed by his amazing ability to play by ear. This enables him to choose his material, listen to it once or twice and then play it - Brilliantly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 30th to April 1st    The  NEDOS MUSICAL WEEKEND

at  The Savoy Hotel, Skegness.

Join us for our annual weekend of good food, good company and great music by the sea - this year featuring Andrew Nix, Matthew Bason, Chris Stanbury and Howard Beaumont.

 

                                         

 

April 18th  ROSALIE BIRCHMORE & GLYN MADDEN

At first glance this may seem an unlikely pairing but when these two great artistes got together at our 2011 Musical Weekend in Skegness, their diverse talents combined to make the evening a huge success - so much so that our members demanded we bring them to the Markham Hall stage!

Don’t miss this unique evening of music and laughter!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 16th NICHOLAS MARTIN

Nicholas is a regular visitor to NEDOS and one of  our members all-time favourites. Nick began to play the organ at the age of 11 and amazingly achieved his driving ambition to become one of the Blackpool Tower team of organists by the age of 17. He subsequently became resident organist at Turner’s Musical Merry-Go-Round in Northampton where he entertained many thousands of visitors until its closure over 21 years later.

 

 

June 20th IAN HOUSE

One of the fastest rising young stars of the organ world, Ian House is something of a dynamic fresh face on the organ and keyboard scene. At the age of only 22, he is firmly establishing himself as a consummate concert musician and is becoming a regular face on the UK concert circuit, as well as performing internationally several times in both America and Europe. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 18th KEVIN GRUNILL

Kevin Grunill has rapidly built a fine reputation as one of the UK’s finest keyboard exponents. Such is the extent of his musicianship that he is equally at home on the modern electronic instruments as well as the more traditional pipe organ and piano. Kevin was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1972 and had shown an interest in all matters of a musical nature at an early age. However, it was not until the age of twelve that he began to learn the electronic organ as his chosen instrument. At the age of sixteen, Kevin began to take an interest in the sound of the mighty theatre organ and it was a natural musical progression that he should begin to study this type of instrument, for which he developed a different playing style to that of his electronic organ performances. It was not long after this that Kevin began performing concerts throughout the country, featuring both electronic and theatre organs.

 

 

August 15 th   CHRIS POWELL

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.

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 New Zealand.

 

September 19th  EDDIE RUHIER

In this age of  digital electronics and computerised technological wizardry, Eddie Ruhier is one of the few organists whose style and sounds remain instantly recognisable.  Eddie manages to combine the nostalgic sounds of the Hammond organ with modern orchestral sounds together with his own amazing musical skill and dexterity to produce the distinct style and sound that is uniquely his own.

 

October 17th   GLYN MADDEN

Travelling just a few miles from Dronfield almost certainly makes Glyn our most local artiste. Perhaps because of that we sometimes fail to realise that we have one of the UK’s most highly talented and accomplished artistes in our midst. After a long absence from the organ circuit we were delighted to welcome Glyn to our Musical Weekend in Skegness where his performance was acclaimed by our members. We are delighted that Glyn has agreed to perform for us at The Markham Hall.

 

November 21st TIM FLINT

Tim has entertained us at NEDOS regularly for over 20 years so almost all of our members know what to expect! It’s certain to be a night of fun and laughter when the flamboyant Mr Flint once again brings his own brand of musical brilliance, showmanship and pure entertainment.

 

December 19th ELIZABETH HARRISON

 

There is never a dull moment when this friendly, bubbly, Lancashire lass entertains! Elizabeth has appeared at NEDOS many times before and never fails to delight her audiences. On this occasion her concert will have a festive flavour for our “Christmas Special”. As usual, a buffet will be served during the interval with crackers and streamers to add to the party atmosphere. Admission is restricted to NEDOS MEMBERS ONLY. There will undoubtedly be the usual huge demand for tickets which will be available well in advance so don’t be disappointed -  get yours early! And if you are not already a member, why not JOIN US!

 

Please note that this concert will begin at 7.30 p.m.