Hello and welcome to the Windsor-Essex RCCO Centre webpage. We are so very pleased you stopped by.
We are an organization promoting the organ as a wonderful musical instrument here in Essex County and Windsor.
Please take the time and look around at the events we have coming up and some of the organs here in our area. If you would like to receive regular updates from us, be sure to register for email newsletters on this page. Enjoy your visit!
Our 2023/24 RCCO Windsor Essex Centre Annual Meeting, Service of Worship and Dinner is coming up very soon and we need to confirm your participation.
Here are the details:
Date: Friday, June 7th
Time: Service of Worship at 5:45 pm at the Harrow United Church. 45 Munger Ave E., Harrow
– officiated by Rev. Darrow Woods
Time: Depart for Oxley: 6:30 pm
Dinner: 7:00 pm at Oxley Estate Winery
533 County Road 50 E, Harrow ON N0R 1G0. https://oxleyestatewinery.com/
Menu choices:
1. perch burger with fries,
2. pulled chicken sandwich with salad
3. classic vegetable quiche.
Cost: per person will be $25 plus $3.25 tax. (i.e.$28.25)
This will be payable to our treasurer Ben in cash or cheque. OR
E-transfers can be sent to paul.wharram@gmail.com.
Other information:
– Service fees/tips will be covered by the Centre
– Wine will be billed individually.
– All members, centre friends and their guests are welcomed to join us.
– The business of the AGM will take place during dessert (Only the essential elements of the AGM will be dealt with. An Annual Report will be sent to you in advance of the meeting. There will be no formal presentations).
Please reply to this email confirming whether or not you will attending, how many will be attending with you, your choices from the menu, and how you intend to pay. Please note that once you have notified us you will be attending, you are agreeing to pay for the cost of your meals).
Looking forward to seeing you all as we begin a new Centre tradition.
Paul Wharram
Here is the link to our Spring Quarter Notes
The Church of the Epiphany in Kingsville welcomes everyone to join in Lenten Noon-hour Organ Meditations, organized by the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO). These meditations will be held every Wednesday from February 14 (Ash Wednesday) to March 20, from 12:15 to 12:45 pm.
Each meditation will feature an organist playing pieces composed for the pipe organ that evoke reflection and meditation. “The organ is a versatile and expressive instrument that can produce a wide range of sounds, from majestic and powerful,” says Paul Wharram, organist at the Church of the Epiphany and President of the Windsor Essex RCCO. “Yet the organ, with its delicate and expressive tones, can create different atmospheres and emotions, suitable for quiet meditation in our beautiful sanctuary adorned with stained-glass art.”
You are invited to come, listen, and meditate. There will be no interruptions, only music from Epiphany’s 1902 pipe organ, which was enhanced in 2012 merging modern technology and over 1,000 original vintage pipes. “We hope that the mid-week meditations will fit into your lunch hours. You are welcome to bring lunch if you like,” says Wharram.