Northamptonshire & Peterborough Organists' Association

11/06/2026

🎶 We are excited to welcome organist Shanna Hart to the Cathedral on Wednesday 17th June at 1pm.

Shanna is Director of Music at St Botolph-without-Aldgate, London. Prior to this she was Organ Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where she was involved in several CD recordings, and has also played for the choirs of Robinson and Homerton Colleges, and St John’s Voices (the mixed choir of St John’s College, Cambridge). Not to be missed!

23/05/2026

NPOA is delighted to support the Peterborough Cathedral Summer Organ Recital series. Edmund Aldhouse’s performance on Wednesday was stunning. Do come along and hear Ben Bloor in the next recital at 1pm on 3 June - and put the remaining dates in your diary now.

23/05/2026

20/05/2026

We’re delighted to support the Summer Recitals beginning today - do come along!

The first of our Summer Organ Recitals is today. Please do join us for 1pm when Edmund Aldhouse plays some his favourite pieces.

What a way to spend your lunchtime.

Entry to the recital is by donation.



Peterborough Cathedral Northamptonshire & Peterborough Organists' Association

15/05/2026

Daniel Moult will perform a concert on the restored 1884 Nicholson Organ of the Great Hall at Castle Ashby House on Saturday, 6th June at 7 pm.

Daniel is an acclaimed international concert organist, Head of Organ Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and architect and presenter of the iconic series The English Organ (Fugue State Films). His concerts are enjoyable and entertaining, and the programme is scheduled to include well-known pieces - Bach’s iconic Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV565), Mozart’s London Suite (extracts) and Fantasia in F, Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No.5, and Lemare’s arrangement of Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ Fantasy.

Tickets are held at the 2022 prices of £25 (plus booking fee), including interval refreshments, and can be obtained from www.ticketsource.com/castle-ashby-parochial-church-council. The capacity of the Great Hall is strictly limited - book now to secure your tickets!

All tickets must be booked in advance, please, and will not be sold at the door. Please note that Castle Ashby House is an historic private home which is not normally open to the public. The House has very limited access for guests with mobility difficulties. Access to the Great Hall and to the washrooms is only available via flights of stairs.

22/04/2026

01/02/2026

February Newsletter Extra Published! Spring is (almost) in the air, and our latest monthly Newsletter Extra is winging its way to members. You can find details of our forthcoming events, including our Members' CD and Video afternoon on 14th February, and our exciting visit to Eton and Windsor in May - if you'd like to join us then, early booking would be very much appreciated.

You can also find information about other organ and choral events in and around Northamptonshire and Peterborough, including our President-elect Chris Strange's,(DoM at Peterborough Cathedral Choir) forthcoming performance of his transcription of Holst's The Planets suite in February as part of the Peterborough Cathedral Luke Jerome installation - not to be missed.

If you play or are interested in organs in and around Northamptonshire and Peterborough, why not join us now? Membership is only £10, or £15 for family or corporate membership, and entirely free for students at www.northamptonorganists.org.uk/join

16/01/2026

☀️Holst: The Planets - 28th February, 7.30pm☀️

Cathedral Director of Music Chris Strange performs Gustav Holst’s monumental Planets suite on the organ, taking you on a musical journey from Mars to Neptune. Not to be missed.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/peterborough-cathedral-events/holst-the-planets/p-lowxd