The second in this year's series of four city organ recitals, given by Frikki Walker, Director of Music at St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow.

The annual conference of the Scottish Federation of Organists concludes with a recital by international organ virtuoso Thomas Trotter, promoted in conjunction with FOCHO.

Tickets from Dundee City Box Office,
telephone 01382 434940,

www.cairdhall.co.uk

Come and hear ‘the finest concert organ in Scotland’ played ALL DAY by nineteen organists including Gordon Stewart (focho Honorary President) and Stuart Muir (Dundee City Organist) to raise funds to conserve and develop the organ in the Caird Hall.

You can sponsor a player, or make a donation on the day. Come and go as you please! The hall will be open between 10am and 4pm, and refreshments are available all day.

There will be stalls from Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, RNIB and Dundee Blind & Partially Sighted Society.

FOCHO is delighted to offer Dundonians the chance to step back in time with a silent film screening in the Caird Hall on Friday 26 November.

We'll be screening the 1925 film of The Phantom of the Opera with a live improvised organ accompaniment by Nigel Ogden, star of BBC Radio 2's The Organist Entertains. Acknowledged as one of the great cinematic masterpieces, The Phantom of the Opera weaves passion, drama and horror in the story of the mysterious masked Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, in his deranged efforts to force out the leading singer and make the woman he loves a star.

Providing the live musical accompaniment on the magnificent organ in the hall is Nigel Ogden, one of the finest exponents of the art of silent film accompaniment. A versatile player, he is equally at home playing a cathedral organ or the mighty Wurlitzer at Blackpool Tower, where he first fell in love with the instrument.

The Caird Hall was built with a projection room but has rarely been used for film screenings. This is an evening not to be missed!

Tickets are available from Dundee City Box Office at £10 (Friends £8). Schoolchildren free if accompanied by an adult.

Come and hear American organ virtuoso Carlo Curley, 'the Pavarotti of the organ', play the organ in the Caird Hall on Tuesday 1 June.

Carlo last played in Dundee in 1992, the first person to play the instrument in the Caird Hall after its extensive restoration. This is sure to be a night to remember: buy your tickets now!

Admission is £10, with discounts for members of FOCHO (tickets £8). Student standby tickets are £3, and accompanied schoolchildren get in free.

Tickets from Dundee City box office, telephone 01382 434940, website www.cairdhall.co.uk

We are delighted to announce that we have attracted 128 members so far, following our successful launch in the Caird Hall on 2 March. We'd like to welcome you all and thank you for your generosity and support.

Our first general meeting will be held in the Ashton Hall (part of the Caird Hall complex) on Wednesday 28 April at 7.30pm. See the event post for more information. We'd love to see as many of you as possible there!