National Organ Academy @ CollegiateThe Chapel Restoration Foundation has established the New Zealand National Academy for Organists, annually at Wanganui Collegiate School from January 2013 Wanganui Collegiate is home to the annual National Organ Academy New Zealand's residential Academy for intensive instruction across a range of disciplines relating to pipe organ music. Colin Walsh's Vision of the National Organ Academy 2013The Artistic Director in 2013 is Colin Walsh, Organist Laureate of Lincoln Cathedral, and International Concert Organist. Tutorial staff will also be drawn from Collegiate's Foundation Music School, and the Australian and New Zealand College of Organists. Performance and Improvisation Classes will take place around the city (9 available Pipe Organs), centrally based from the Collegiate Chapel. Lectures, Seminars, and Masterclasses will also feature, around Musicology, Pedagogy, Historically Aware Performance, Concert & Recital Stagecraft, Essentials for the Liturgical Organist, Programming, etc.
Students enrolled will also be given recital opportunities at numerous venues across the city as part of the Wanganui Festival of Organ Music 2013, successfully run since 2004 - Please note that places are limited. REGISTER IN ADVANCE for the NZ National Summer Training Academy for Organists at Wanganui Collegiate School, in partnership with the Australian & New Zealand College of Organists, and the NZ Opera Training School. The Tutorial Staff for the New Zealand National Organ Academy 2013 are:
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