Meetings and Events

2025-26

Saturday 13 September at 2.30pm, Morningside Parish Church

Young organists’ recital

Thursday 9 and Friday 10 October at 7.30pm

Palmerston Place Church: Lecture/recital on the  life and music of Eugène Gigout

St Giles’ Cathedral: Recital by Gerard Brooks of music of Eugène Gigout.

Tuesday 11 November at 7.30pm, The Music Room, Mary Erskine School, Ravelston Dykes Road

Jack Oades, Organist and Master of the Music at St Giles’ Cathedral, in conversation with John Kitchen.

Jack is an organist, conductor, singer and composer, and so this will be a fascinating discussion.

It will be accompanied by wine.

Saturday 6 December at 3.00pm

An online meeting by Zoom with John Brennan about re-homing organs.

Saturday 24 January at 2.30pm, Reid Memorial Church

President’s meeting

Friday 20 February at 6.30pm, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral

ESO Annual Dinner

Our recitalist will be Jeremiah Stephenson. The recital will be followed by dinner in the Scottish Arts Club.

Saturday 7 March at 2.30pm, St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Kilmarnock

A joint visit with the Glasgow Society of Organists to see and hear the 1903 Harrison organ which has been beautifully restored by Harrisons.  John Kitchen will perform Handel organ concertos with a small group of string players from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Saturday 18 April

Venue to be confirmed

Lecture by Simon Leach, Organist of Canongate Kirk

Friday 8 May and Saturday 9 May

Greyfriars Kirk and the Grassmarket Community Project, Candlemaker Row

Meeting of the Scottish Federation of Organists being hosted by the ESO.

Tuesday 19 May at 7.00pm (access from 6.30), Old Saint Paul’s Church

Annual General Meeting

AGM at 7.00pm followed by an organ recital given by John Kitchen at 7.30pm