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14/08/2025 in Notice

IN MEMORY OF GORDON CURTIS

Recital at St Barnabas, Horton-cum-Studley, 26 October 2025
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16/06/2025 in Notice

Lunchtimes at Christ Church City

The lunchtime concerts at Christ Church Broad Street take place on Wednesdays in June, August and September. Individual concerts are shown under Public Recitals in the Events Calendar, and you…
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B&DOA & Related Events

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All Saints Clifton Lunchtime Organ Recitals
William Forrest (Bristol Cathedral)
Annual General Meeting 2024
Sat 1 Jun 2024    
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Annual General Meeting 2024. Elections, reports, and agenda details will be sent to members in advance of the meeting.  Please contact the secretary if you have...
Edgar Joyce Memorial Concert 2024
Edgar Joyce memorial concert given by association student members follows the AGM in St Pauls Church, Southville. Programme details and performers will be available here...
Christ Church City: HENRY METCALFE
Lunchtime Concert series organised by B&DOA member Jonathan Price HENRY METCALFE, organ (St Michael’s, Camden Town) Franz Schmidt: Prelude and Fugue in D, and Brewer:...
Fri 7 Jun 2024    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Peter King is giving a gala recital at St Mary’s, Bathwick celebrating the recent restoration of the 1878 Father Willis instrument. Members may remember the...
Christ Church City: CARLETON ETHERINGTON
Lunchtime Concert series organised by B&DOA member Jonathan Price CARLETON ETHERINGTON, organ (Tewkesbury Abbey) Music by Stanford and Friends Admission is free, with a Retiring...
Organ Elevenses - Richard Pilliner
Monthly Saturday morning recitals at Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church, Church Road, BS9 3EQ. This month's recital is given by Richard Pilliner. Hot drinks and cake are...
Christ Church City: WILLIAM WALSHE-GREY
Lunchtime Concert series organised by B&DOA member Jonathan Price WILLIAM WALSHE-GREY, organ (Organ Scholar, St Mary Redcliffe) Music by Franck, Reger, and Kenneth Leighton Admission...
Organ Music, Coffee and Cake in Redland - CLAIRE HOBBS
The last in this series of Saturday morning concerts at Redland Park United Reformed Church. Coffee and cake from 1030am followed by music for organ at 11am for 45 mins. The organist is Claire Hobbs.
Christ Church City: JONATHAN PRICE
Lunchtime Concert series organised by B&DOA member Jonathan Price JONATHAN PRICE, organ (Christ Church, Bristol City) A programme of music by JS Bach, including some...
Events on Wed 29 May 2024
Events on Sat 1 Jun 2024
Annual General Meeting 2024
1 Jun 24
Southville
Edgar Joyce Memorial Concert 2024
1 Jun 24
Southville
Events on Wed 5 Jun 2024
Events on Fri 7 Jun 2024
07 Jun
Events on Wed 12 Jun 2024
Events on Sat 15 Jun 2024
Organ Elevenses - Richard Pilliner
15 Jun 24
Westbury-on-Trym
Events on Wed 19 Jun 2024
Events on Sat 22 Jun 2024
Events on Wed 26 Jun 2024

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We are a group of about 150 people from the Bristol area who like to share our enjoyment of the organ and its music.

There are no restrictions on membership: it is not necessary to be an organist, as we welcome all who are interested in the organ and its music, whether as players (all levels) or as listeners.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Affiliated to the Incorporated Association of Organists, We aim to promote the organ as an instrument of practical and versatile music making in church, chapel or concert hall.

Featured Video

A recital given by Eric Tyson on the organ at St James’s Cathedral, Toronto on 20 Feb 2024. Here is his programme:

  • England’s Glory -​ Nigel Ogden (b1954
  • Spring Song – ​Alfred Hollins (1865 – 1942)
  • Romanza and Allegretto​ – William Wolstenholme(1865 – 1931)
  • Claire de Lune – Louis Vierne (1870 – 1931)
  • Suite for Eric – ​Paul Ayres (b1970) Duo – Tierce en Taille – Aria – Intermezzo
  • Fanfare ​- Percy Whitlock (1903 – 1946)