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Highbury Festival is an initiative by Christ Church Jazz Vespers Music Director, Rachel Maby, to raise funds for the refurbishment work for the church organ.

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http://www.highburyfestival.co.uk/

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Highbury Festival history

Highbury Festival is an initiative by Christ Church Music Director, Rachel Maby and was founded in 2019 to kick-start fundraising for the refurbishment work needed for the Christ Church piano and organ. After a year of successful events, Christ Church raised the funds to refurbish the 1893 Rosewood Steinway grand piano! This year, all ticket money from the festival will be going towards the organ refurbishment costs, which amount to £255,000.

Highbury Festival features concerts by music groups which rehearse and perform at Christ Church. This year's festival is co-produced by 60 minute concerts Artistic Director, Heather Tuach and features performances by High Holborn Chamber Choir, Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Young Musicians from Cello Studio and North London Festival previous winners and a recital by festival producers, Rachel Maby (mezzo-soprano), Heather Tuach (cello) and Yoko Misumi (piano).

Last year's programme included High Holborn Chamber Choir, Christ Church Jazz Choir, young cellists from Cello Corner and vocal recital by Rachel Maby and former Christ Church organist, Hamish Brown.

About the organ

Christ Church organ was built in 1903 by Norman & Beard. It boasts four separate chambers – the Great, Choir, Pedal and Swell – which means there is a great variety of colours of sound and dynamic contrasts.

However, our keyboards need replacing as they are wearing away, our dented pipes need re-shaping, our swell-box needs repairing and we have a leak in our wind trunking which feeds our organ the air it needs to function!

We are hoping to raise £50,000 this year for the first stage of repairs to improve the tonal quality of the organ. The full extent of the work will cost a further £200,000, which we hope to continue to raise over the next ten years. Highbury Festival is just the beginning of our fundraising activities and whilst ticket sales from festival may not cover the costs of this repair work, you could help us achieve our goal by making a donation to Christ Church organ fund.

About the piano

Christ Church own an 1893 Steinway Rosewood grand piano, which is used every Sunday during Christ Church services and for the many concerts held at Christ Church, with notable groups including Bach to Baby, Eclectic Voices, 60 minute concerts and Highbury Youth Choir.

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