Meetings and Events

2026-27
 

Saturday 12 September 2026 at 2.30pm, Reid Memorial Church
Young Organists’ Recital
Contact John Kitchen: j.p.kitchen@btinternet.com

October 2026 meeting tbc

Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 7.30pm, The Song School, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
Max Carsley in conversation with John Kitchen.

Max, Assistant Organist at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral,  will talk about his studies at the University of Arts, Berlin, and play on the Father Willis organ in the Song School. Wine will be served.
Contact John Kitchen: j.p.kitchen@btinternet.com

Saturday 9 January 2027 at 2.30pm, Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh
Recital by Chris Bragg, University of St Andrews, Sowne of Organe.
An afternoon with Johann Sebastian Bach and some of his North German contemporaries
Contact Peter Burman: peterburman@btinternet.com

Friday 19 February 2027 (venue tbc)
Annual Dinner of the Society and Recital
Recital by Jamie Rogers, Assistant Director of Music, Canterbury Cathedral

Monday 15 March 2027 at 7.30pm in Morningside Parish Church
Lecture recital on The English Organ Sonata.

Organist, composer and cultural historian Dr Iain Quinn has published widely and his book The Genesis and Development of an English Organ Sonata has attracted critical acclaim.
Contact John Kitchen: j.p.kitchen@btinternet.com

Saturday 20 March 2027
Visit to Dundee 

Joint meeting with Tayside Society of Organists
i) Demonstrtion and opportunity to play the 1923 Harrison and Harrison organ of the Caird Hall.
ii) St Salvador’s Episcopal Church, Dundee, outstanding ecclesiological church by George Frederick Bodley, organist Chris Bragg
Contact Russell Duncan: SecretaryESO@outlook.com

Saturday 17 April 2027, 2pm
Visits to three organs in Colinton

Merchiston Castle School (III/39), Colinton Parish Church (II/26) and St Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church (Allen digital, 2024)
Contact David Turner: dm.turner270@gmail.com

Tuesday 18 May 2027 at 7.00pm
AGM of ESO at Gorgie & Palmerston Place Church followed by a recital by Tiffany Vong
Contact Russell Duncan: SecretaryESO@outlook.com