The Magazine for Organists This Issue: “At Home with Penny Weedon” by Tony Kerr Profile of Nicholas Martin Profile of Ryan Edwards Glyn Madden interviewed by Robert Mottram Carol Williams “Behind the Scenes at Blenheim Palace” “The Lady Is A Tramp” Organ Arrangement by Glyn Madden “The B3 March” Topline Music Alan Ashton’s “Organised Keyboards” PDF “Time Was” by Ivor Manual (Part Six) ORGAN1st: Issue Fourteen May to July 2002 1 Welcome to issue fourteen containing in colour. We have thought about some letters! If you have any questions profiles of Nicholas Martin, Penny changing the printed magazine to colour, or comments about organists, organs, our Weedon, Ryan Edwards, plus much more. but the web versions are the best option magazine, concerts or recordings etc., for us at the moment. please send them to us. You can post, We have a great arrangement of “The fax (or preferably email) them. We will Lady Is A Tramp” by Glyn Madden. Our New issues are available to subscribers send a £5.00 credit note for any we print thanks go to him for a super arrangement only for the first few months. As we do and £10.00 for the best one. which is exclusive to us. We also have an not have to wait for the web version to be interviewFourteen with him by Robert Mottram. printed, they are available on our website Organ Festivals by Tim Flint: in early January, April, July and October I have also included a topline version of Tim Flint has started his own Organ (a month before the printed ones are sent one of my own compositions called “The Festivals called “Superior Hotel Breaks out). They can be accessed using the B3 March”. If you have access to the with Tim Flint & Friends”. There will be password at the bottom of this page (the internet, you can download a ‘mpeg’ audio three events through the year, which will password from the previous issue also version of this piece, plus a backing track be held in high class hotels, with the gives you access). for you to play along to. The piece was emphasis being; beautiful surroundings, recorded on the new Yamaha PSR- If you want to access the website good food, good service and of course 9000pro keyboard and Roland XV-5080 magazines you will need Adobe Acrobat good music from some of the UK’s top module. You can download these free files Reader (which is available free from names from the organ world. (and many others) from my new website Adobe’s website at www.adobe.com). 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(Price includes postage) We would like to start a regular letters See you next issue. page, but for this to happen we will need UK £5.00 ...Ian King Europe £7.00 World £9.00 Contents List for Issue Fourteen The address label on this envelope shows the issues you have subscribed for (inclusive of Welcome / General Information ................................................... 2 the last issue shown). Organised Keyboards by Alan Ashton ....................................... 4 Subscriptions are also shown At Home with Penny Weedon by Tony Kerr ............................. 11 on the front of packages and on Organ Videos .............................................................................. 14 your receipts. You can extend Time Was (Part Six) by Ivor Manual .......................................... 16 your subscription at any time. Profile of Ryan Edwards ............................................................ 18 Subs pay towards printing and Profile of Nicholas Martin .......................................................... 20 postage, we do not make a “Key Expressions…” Book Sale ............................................... 22 profit on these magazines. MUSIC FEATURE: The Lady Is A Tramp ................................... 23 Website Password MUSIC FEATURE: The B3 March .............................................. 28 This issue is available in colour Carol Williams at Blenheim Palace ........................................... 30 on our website. 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