RCCORoyal Canadian College of Organists

Paid Resource Listings

Books, Music, and CDs by RCCO members


List Your Creation
RCCO members who are authors, composers and/or performers are invited to list their creations on this page for an annual fee. Listings should be 35 words or less and include composer, title(s) and/or brief descriptions. In addition to the 35 words or less, entries should include price, contact information for placing orders and web address if applicable. Indicate the category for your submission(s): Books, Music or CDs.
The annual fee for a listing in one category is $20.00 CDN. For each additional category listed, add $5.00 CDN. To submit your listing(s) contact Sharon Adamson Tel: 416-929-6400 or e-mail manager@rcco.ca.


How to Order
To order a title, check the linked website or cotact Sharon Adamson Tel: 416-929-6400 or e-mail manager@rcco.ca.


The following listing is a service offered to members. Inclusion of any item does not indicate endorsement of that item or its creator by the RCCO.




BOOKS

New editions of David Cameron’s theory texts: Expanded Introductory Harmony covers the requirements of the Royal Conservatory’s Introductory and Grade 3 examinations, or the CRCCO, with exercises in score ready to work (no copying!); also included is a CD with mp3’s of the music examples. $30 includes S & H within Canada. http://www.sarabandesite.com or cdc@post.queensu.ca New editions of Senior Harmony and Counterpoint coming this fall.



MUSIC

Organ compositions available from Fairbank Music Publishing. 
John Vandertuin: 2 Chorale Preludes ($7); Meditations on "Abide with Me" ($4) & “O Come, O come, Emmanuel” ($5); Toccatas on “Vom Himmel hoch” and “The First Nowell” ($8 each). 
Nicholas Fairbank: Kinesis ($7),Variations on "Kingsfold" ($9), Three Short Pieces ($9), Gaudeamus ($8), Song of Ruth, soprano & organ ($6), St. Paul Fanfare, trumpet & organ ($5). 
Allison Pippy: Prelude to Evensong ($3).
Jeryl Talor: Ayre on a Ground ($6), Passacaglia & Fugue in g- ($10).
William Renwick “Five Chorales” ($12) New Jan. 2007.
For a complete catalogue, audio samples and ordering information see www.fairbankmusic.ca

David Cameron’s anthems and organ music: several works can be viewed and ordered at http://www.sarabandesite.com. New music is being added regularly. Several simple choral arrangements can be downloaded free from the Choral Public Domain Library at www.cpdl.org. See also RCCO publications.

John Vandertuin: Toccata on "Veni Creator Spiritus" ($12); Children's Sacred Suite ($15); Fantasia on "O Canada" ($8.95); Variations on "AURELIA" [commissioned work] ($14); "Elegy" [commissioned work] ($14). For ordering these and other compositions, contact Opus II, Kitchener, Ontario, telephone 1-800-792-6623 or at www.opus-two.com/Vandertuin.html.

OrganMike Music: musical creations by composer and organist Michael Cutler of Winnipeg. http://organmike.ca Organ and choral music for viewing, listening and purchasing. See new compositions, and arrangements of old favourites! Commissions accepted.



CDs

Christmas in Paris/Noel a Paris Christmas music from Lebegue to Cochereau played by Jim Picken on the organs of Christ Church and the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary. $15 plus p&p from Classics Plus (403-290-1182) or Jim Picken (403-270-9661; jpicken@shaw.ca). 

Gilles Maurice Leclerc: Volume I of the organ works as performed and improvised by the composer at Eglise St-Francois d'Assise, Ottawa with Kevin James, alto/viola. $20 plus $5 shipping. Available from Gilles Leclerc.

Kaleidoscope Bach Kaleidoscope: Music by nine members of the Bach family played by Karen Holmes on organ, harpsichord and fortepiano. (Organ - Guilbault-Therien, Eglise St-Francois-d’Assise, Ottawa. Harpsichords and fortepiano - Department of Music, University of Ottawa.) $15. available from various music stores, or from Karen Holmes khre@magma.ca

Now & Then: Solo organ music by Eben, Decker, Bolcom, Krapf, Kloppers, Albright, Buxtehude, Scarlatti, others; Marnie Giesbrecht; Casavant, Convocation Hall, U of A and Letourneau, WECRC, Edmonton. Click Marnie Giesbrecht at www.majoya.com for information.

Plainchant: $15 Ensemble Tonus Peregrinus, directed by Nicholas Fairbank. Gregorian chant, medieval motets and sacred hymns by Hildegard von Bingen, Guillaume Dufay, and anonymous composers of the Middle Ages. Also organ music based on plainchant by Francois Couperin and Maurice Durufle, performed by Nicholas Fairbank. For a complete catalogue, audio samples and ordering information see www.fairbankmusic.ca

Skyscape: Duo Majoya (Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger), organ and piano music by Denis Bedard, Jeffrey McCune and Joe Utterback. Recorded in Jack Singer Hall, Calgary, AB. Information on ordering and other CDs at www.majoya.com

John W. Vandertuin Live in Concert on the Casavant organ at St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada: featuring music of Brahms, Rheinberger, Hindemith, Schmidt and Reger. Honoured by the Vatican. Reviewed by Angus Sinclair (review available from Opus II website). $19.95. Available from Opus II, Kitchener, Ontario, telephone 1-800-792-6623 or at www.opus-two.com/Vandertuin.html.