2010 Event Calendar 2010

Theatre Organ Concerts in South Australia

Sunday 2.00 pm at the

Capri Theatre, Goodwood.

2010 Events: Concerts & events / Book concert—single artist /  Book concert—multiple artists /Nostalgia Events / Book for Nostalgia Movie Night | Book for Nostalgic Sights & Sounds

NB: Please confirm each concert date before you make travel plans etc., as concerts could be re-scheduled or cancelled, due to unforseen circumstances.

We wish to thank

HAIGH’S chocolates

for sponsoring our TOSA events.

BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

 

Bookings In person at the Capri Theatre

141 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood,

 

Postal concert booking forms

 

 Single artist (Includes March, July, September & October) CLICK HERE,

 

Multiple artists (Includes May, August & December) CLICK HERE

 

OR Phone (08) 8272 1177 and use your credit card

 

Theatre Organ Concert Admission

 

(PRICES FOR MAY 16, AUG 15 & DECEMBER 5 in BLUE)

 

Adults $30 ($35) Adult Concession $25 ($30)

 

Members: $20 ($20)

 

Groups of 10  & over  $20.00 ($25)

 

Students under 16 years free (Booking is required).

[All prices include GST]

 

(Wheelchair access to ground floor  -  special area MUST be BOOKED)

 

 

For a SEATING PLAN of the Capri Theatre CLICK HERE

CONCERT BOOKINGS

2010 NOSTALGIA EVENTS

1. Nostalgic Sights & Sounds

Musical Tribute to Benny Goodman

 

Live concert first half plus

Classic musical movie in the second half

(November 2010  Date & details to be advised)

2. Nostalgia Movie Night
Friday 31 December The Marx Bros in
At the Circus [G]
plus selected shorts etc

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2010 Events: Concerts & events / Book concert—single artist /  Book concert—multiple artists /Nostalgia Events / Book for Nostalgia Movie Night | Book for Nostalgic Sights & Sounds

OUR NEXT CONCERT  -  Sunday 19 September 2.00pm

Simon was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK and showed a keen interest in music from an early age.

 

He began learning to play the piano accordion at age six and continued with that instrument for eleven years, winning several competitions along the way. When he was ten, his parents purchased a small electronic organ. After initially teaching himself to play it, he commenced formal studies with a local teacher, Michael Woodhead, who gave him extensive tuition in classical organ and piano.

 

Simon's first experience of the theatre pipe organ was hearing the late Ernest Broadbent play the “Mighty Wurlitzer” at Blackpool's Tower Ballroom. He subsequently discovered that a local, privately-owned instrument could be hired out by the hour, and began making weekly practice visits. In 1982 he entered and won the Northern Young Theatre Organist of the Year competition. Nigel Ogden, presenter of BBC Radio 2's The Organist Entertains, was in the audience, and invited him to make some recordings for the programme on the BBC theatre organ at the Playhouse Studio in Manchester.

 

The broadcasts resulted in a flurry of concert offers, and Simon has since performed at all the major theatre organ venues in Britain, as well as touring in Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. There have been numerous appearances at Annual and Regional Conventions of the American Theatre Organ Society, and Simon was honoured to accept the ATOS Organist of the Year award at the Society’s 1997 Annual Convention.

 

He combines his concert and recording activities with work for the Cinema Organ Society and a full-time career in corporate banking, based in London.

INDIVIDUAL CONCERT DETAILS

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Simon’s music has won high praise from his peers.

 

Lyn Larsen (USA) said:

 

 ‘[He] is that rare combination of flawless technique, impeccable phrasing and an unerring sense of musical good taste.’

 

And Nigel Ogden (UK) added:

 

‘Here is someone who was born to be a theatre organist. His ability . . . has rightfully earned him the genuine admiration of both audiences and colleagues alike.’