ORGANZ - The New Zealand Association of Organists, Inc

Congress 2008 - Auckland New Zealand

The Auckland Organists' Association thanks everyone who came to the 45th ORGANZ National Congress, held in Auckland at Queen's Birthday Weekend 2008. We all enjoyed it and are looking forward to being in Palmerston North 2009, and when Congress returns to Auckland in 2011

You are welcome to contact the organisers at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . (Note this email address will be handed over to the 2009 organising committee in due course).

Congress Programme

The Congress Programme describes all the weekend's events, including workshops, venues and meal/transport arrangements.

Public concerts

Congress 2008 includes three public concerts under the shared title of "Majesty and Grace" (download flyer - A4 3-fold)

• Pièces de Résistance (Fri 30 May, 7:30pm)
  French music from the court of Louis XIV and beyond, featuring early instruments, voice, harpsichord.
• The Eighteenth Century Organ Concerto (Sat 31 May, 8pm)
  Famous Handel organ concertos on historic instruments, featuring the 1779 Avery organ.
• Toccata (Sun 1 Jun, 2pm)
  An exciting programme of European organ music, performed by Hayko Siemens

Tickets are available for other Congress events such as the dinner, see the registration form. 

Congress documents

• Registration Form, including price information and additional tickets (revised April 2008)
• Congress Brochure (published June 2007)
• The Congress brochure and programme (November 2007) has been superseded, please view the new programme.

An earlybird discount applies if you register before 1 May.

NZAO Performance Organ Performance Competition

• Criteria (revised 31 March 2008)
  
• Entry form (entries close 1 May)
• Dilworth School Organ specification

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