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Journal 126 reports the activities of the Association during the period of 2020 to 2022. At this time Nicholas Jardine was our President and he produced this Journal. As we all remember Covid was rife in the first year of Nicholas's presidency so all the planned activities that he had carefully arranged were to be cancelled.

A a result of this, the Council invited Nicholas to continue as President and he was able to resume some of his earlier plans and presented us with new ones. So thanks to his enthusiasm, good humour and meticulous organisation SOA was back on its feet and organists resumed the freedom of the organ stool.

William Baldry took over the reins as President in 2022 and very soon Journal No.127 will be published with the events that William prepared for us during his presidential year 2022 to May 2023.

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After the success of the Masterclass last year at St. Mary the Elms with Colin Walsh, Organist Emeritus of Lincoln Cathedral, another opportunity will take place at St. Matthew's Church, Ipswich with Daniel Moult on Saturday, 7 October 2023. He is one of the UK’s finest organists, with a passion for inspiring future generations of players with his tremendous enthusiasm for the instrument. For Application Form please click MASTERCLASS

Journal 122 published

We are most grateful to James Crowe for his production of this Journal which should now be in your hands. It records the life of the Association in the year 2016 when Andrew Garfath-Cox handed the baton on to Ann Little on 21 May 2016. You will enjoy reading this most comprehensive and well researched volume!

Journal 126 published

We are most grateful to Nicholas Jardine, President of SOA for producing this Journal which records this rather problematic period where all the events of 2020/2021 in his year of office had to be cancelled but fortunately Nicholas revived many of his planned activities and organised still more in his second year of tenure. We are most grateful to him for this valuable record.

Journal 127 published

Another excellent resumé of the last year's events has been prepared by immediate Past-President William Baldry. We thank him and his contributors for news of the vibrant life of the Association.