Rieger Pipe Organ in the Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand
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We have our winners of the 2026 Butz organ calendar. Congratulations to Alan Alty and Mishka Smorfitt (both of Christchurch) who will receive their calendars shortly.
We had a record number of entries into the giveaway so it seems we need to run some more giveaways. Sign up for our newsletter and then you'll be sure to know when the next one rolls around. |
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The latest newsletter (and another giveaway!!) is now out, August 19, 2025. Read it here
Thanks to Terry Thompson (Sea-am Thompson's proud father), we have videos of Monday's King's Birthday concert in Christchurch Town Hall. They are divided into 3 sections, so if you listen one after the other in order, you will get more or less the whole concert.
And by way of explanation, the gallery is not allowed to be used for our concerts, so if you were wondering where the audience was, they filled the downstairs stalls to capacity.
1st section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qQ_qBpWQik
2nd: Sea-am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr3RNu15qgI
3rd section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ47OkgFwgc
And by way of explanation, the gallery is not allowed to be used for our concerts, so if you were wondering where the audience was, they filled the downstairs stalls to capacity.
1st section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qQ_qBpWQik
2nd: Sea-am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr3RNu15qgI
3rd section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ47OkgFwgc
June 2nd, 2025 King's Birthday concert - see you again next year!
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Well over 1000 music lovers forsook the gorgeous sunlit winter's day in Christchurch to come to the annual curator's concert on Monday. It was quite a buzz. If you missed out this time, there will be another. Just a matter of waiting until the next King's Birthday!
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Rehearsal time!
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Enter the competition to win one of 2 organ calendars! Details can be found in our latest newsletter here
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Mayor Lianne Dalziel officially re-opens the Christchurch Town Hall Rieger organ
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Our Rieger organ is a front cover star for "Organs and Organists: Their Inside Stories":
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