Chatham Centre, Royal Canadian College of Organists

02/26/2026

Chatham Centre, RCCO, in collaboration with Grace Christian Reformed Church, 255 Tweedsmuir Avenue West, Chatham, presents a fun concert --

Pipe Organ Plus -- pipe organ + other instruments, everything from a French horn to a triangle, handbells, harmonica, guitar . . .

Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Church.

Cost: Free-will donation

Proceeds to support Neighbourlink, Chatham-Kent.

08/31/2024

Pipes & Praise Around Town - Psalms & 19th Century Hymns, accompanied by Chatham pipe organs

When: Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Where:
Holy Trinity-St. Paul's Anglican Church, 81 Selkirk St., at Victoria Ave.
&
First Presbyterian Church, 60 5th St., Chatham

Schedule:

2:00 to 2:45 Holy Trinity-St. Paul's, concert

Featuring Chatham-Kent tenor, Andrew Derynck, who will be singing at Holy Trinity-St. Paul's.

2:45 to 3:15 light refreshments at Holy Trinity-St. Paul's

3:30 to 4:30 First Presbyterian

- concluding with a hymn sing of audience choices

Free admission. Free-will donations are gratefully received.

Informal. Come and go at any time from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Hosted by Chatham Centre, Royal Canadian College of Organists

08/31/2024

Change in venue and time for the hymn & organ crawl on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

See next post for details.

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06/12/2024

Chatham Centre is planning their Fall 2024 schedule.
Some events to add to your calendar:

Saturday, September 14 1:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Pipe organ crawl to 3 Chatham churches

1:00 - 1:45 Living Hope Free Reformed, with the congregation's organist, Willem Ligthart

2:00 - 2:45 to be confirmed

3:00 - 3:30 refreshments at Holy Trinity-St. Paul's Anglican

3:30 - 4:15 Holy Trinity-St. Paul's Anglican, with tenor soloist, Andrew Derynck, and Brian Sweetman, the parish's organist

November event - stay tuned!

Advent Pipe Organ Series
Holy Trinity-St. Paul's Anglican Church
Thursdays from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
December 5; December 12; December 19

11/27/2023

The 1881 Dominion reed organ in action at the hands and feet of its restorer, Rodney Jantzi. Rodney Jantzi of Baden, ON and Jeff Searson of Plympton-Wyoming, ON presented a Christmas concert at Trinity-St. Clair Chapel of Moore Museum, Mooretown, ON on Friday evening, November 24, 2023.

10/24/2023

Nosferatu (a.k.a. Dracula) - Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 7 PM
St. Andrew's United Church, 85 William St. South, Chatham.

Our Fall event will be the showing of the 1922 classic film masterpiece Nosferatu (a.k.a. Dracula). It will be accompanied by Detroit theatre organist, John Lauter.

St. Andrew's Church is home to one of the largest pipe organs in Chatham-Kent, Essex County and Lambton County. Its Casavant organ is celebrating its centennial this year.

Tickets are $22 ($25 at the door). Students (of any age): $10
Come dressed as Dracula, or in your best Roaring 20s costume, and get a ticket for the chance to win a free door prize.

Tickets are available at Chatham Cultural Centre, 75 William St. North.

(Last Fall, we had a full house for the 1925 film, Phantom of the Opera!)

You can purchase tickets now: https://shorturl.at/kLSY2