Membership application
Please provide the following details in BLOCK CAPITALS and return the form to us at the address on the back page.
If you are a UK taxpayer, please consider enhancing your donation by completing the Gift Aid declaration overleaf.
W
hen I first played the organ, in a
schools’ music festival, it was the
sounds of the full Swell, the pedal Open
Woods and the Tuba which thrilled me.
And they still do!
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I wish to become an Ordinary member (£12 per year)
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I enclose a cheque for £________ payable to The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ
I would like to set up a standing order as follows:
Banker’s Order The outstanding 3-manual and pedal organ in the Caird Hall, Dundee was installed by Harrison
Daniel Moult and Thomas Trotter, silent film nights with Nigel Ogden and Donald MacKenzie,
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& Harrison of Durham in 1923 to the design of Alfred Hollins, the famous blind organist of St
and sponsored Organathons featuring a number of local players. We have initiated two strands of
George’s Church in Edinburgh.
education work: large scale performances for primary school children and more specialised workshops
Branch
The instrument has been acclaimed as one of the world’s outstanding concert hall organs. It fits
perfectly with the scale of the hall itself, designed by the city architect James Thomson and
renowned for its marvellous acoustics. The organ was restored by its original builders in
1991–2. It is one of the city’s cultural jewels, but many have never heard its magnificent
towards the cost of new humidification equipment.
to a much wider audience. You will also receive
financial support that will secure its long-term future.
discounts on concert tickets and a regular newsletter.
international players such as Carlo Curley,
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Our work can only be possible with the support of people like you. As a Friend
to increase the instrument’s profile and to provide
the instrument, including recitals by high-profile
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We also raise funds to pay for necessary work on the organ, and we have donated over £10,000
you will be able to help us to bring the instrument
promoted a number of events to raise the profile of
To become a Friend of the Caird Hall Organ, to help
us to achieve our aims and to contribute to the longterm future of this great instrument, fill in the form on
Entertainment
Please pay to:
Clydesdale Bank plc, 7/8 High Street, DUNDEE DD1 1SS Sort code 82-44-04
For the account of The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ Account Number 40013455
quoting my name and initials as the reference
The sum of £
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commencing immediately and annually thereafter until further notice
the right and return it to us. Please sign up today!
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Education explaining the organ
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for secondary pupils. Several thousand local children have been introduced to the instrument so far.
sound. The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ aim
Since our launch early in 2010 we have already
Please provide the following details in BLOCK CAPITALS:
Performance City Organist, Stuart Muir
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Please return this form to FOCHO, Caird Hall, City Square, DUNDEE DD1 3BB, and not to your bank.
Our aims are:
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the advancement of education in the field of organ music and
GIFT AID DECLARATION (UK Taxpayers only)
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I would like The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ to treat all subscription and donation payments I have made in this
current tax year, and all donations I make from today, as Gift Aid payments, until I notify you otherwise. I confirm that
I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is
at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I donate
to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I
understand the charity will reclaim 28p of tax on every £1 that I gave up to 5 April 2008 and will reclaim 25p of tax on
every £1 that I give on or after 6 April 2008.
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By signing this Declaration you can increase your donation to the Friends by 25% at no extra cost to you.
Please notify us if you want to cancel this declaration, if you change your name or home address, or if you no longer pay sufficient
tax on your income and/ or capital gains. If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additonal
tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return or ask HMRC to adjust your
tax code.
The contact details on the reverse of this form are part of this Gift Aid declaration.
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the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture through the preservation
and promotion of the Caird Hall Organ by:
fostering contact among all those interested in the Caird Hall Organ
promoting the use of the Caird Hall Organ in recitals, concerts and other
musical and educational activities
increasing financial security for the future
The Friends of the Caird Hall Organ:
a charity registered in Scotland no. sc041021
Contact address
Caird Hall, City Square, dundee dd1 3bb
Help us to support
‘the finest concert
organ in Scotland’
in the heart
of Dundee
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Supporters
Leach Family Trust · Tay Charitable Trust · Alexander Moncur Trust
DC Thomson Charitable Fund · R J Larg Family Trust · Leng Charitable Trust
Cookie Matheson Charitable Trust · Dundee Festival Trust · Gannochy Trust
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4th edition; revised November 2014
Leaflet design by Andrew Macintosh ([email protected])
Organ pipe photographs © Colin Lowson (www.lowsononline.co.uk)
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