Eastern Massachusetts' Premier Group
for people who love the
Hammond
Organ and
Other Electronic Keyboards
Their Performance and Music
The North suburban Organ Society was originally formed
as the "North Suburban Chapter of the Hammond Organ Society,"
to promote and encourage enjoyment and performance of popular music
played on the Hammond Organ.
The first meeting of the NSHOS was held on Monday evening, October 25, 1965 at the Reading, MA showrooms of the Hammond Organ Studios of Boston, sponsored by Tom Meade, Mase Harvey and Mary O'Harra who presided as the board of directors. The following interim officers were appointed until such time as an official election should take place:
The first meeting of the NSHOS was held on Monday evening, October 25, 1965 at the Reading, MA showrooms of the Hammond Organ Studios of Boston, sponsored by Tom Meade, Mase Harvey and Mary O'Harra who presided as the board of directors. The following interim officers were appointed until such time as an official election should take place:
-
George Levesque - President
- Steven McConnell - Vice Pres.
- Ruth Morash - Secretary
- Edna Kramer - Treasurer
An official election took place on April
24, 1967 at which the following officers were installed:
- Ruth Morash - President
- Charles Bean - Vice Pres.
- Audrey Winkler - Secretary
- Lily Alden - Treasurer
Those of us who now share in the
fine musical meetings and the resulting pleasant friendships of the society
owe a debt of gratitude to the pioneering efforts of the original organizers.
In addition to the above named officers, our sincere thanks go to the
founding members:
Gil and Lillian Cook, Ralph and Sylvia MacCaulay, Herb and Marge Marshall, Dingley Cummings, Charles and Ruth Bean, Rosemary Dexter, Al and Betty Hamilton.
In 1973 an increasing number of instrument manufacturers entered the home electronic organ market and Hammond withdrew sponsorship of the society. Because the distributors of several of these new organs were furnishing instruments for our regular meetings, it became clear that the organization should not bear the name of any particular manufacturer or brand, so the North Suburban Hammond Organ Society was subsequently renamed the North Suburban Home Organ Society. Members who play currently own representative examples of most of the commercially available electronic organs.
More recently, in keeping up with modern trends in musical instrumentation, we have now included an interest in the modern digital keyboard as well. Some of our concerts are now based wholly or in part on the use of this newer technology. Several of our artists have also recorded CDs incorporating state-of-the-art MIDI and digital signal processing along with more traditional electronic organs.
The group continues with monthly meetings throughout the year. Formerly, we shut down for the summer, having no meetings in July or August, but we have recently started having meetings in the summer as well, a practice which is meeting with considerable success. Meetings are generally held on the fourth Sunday of every month in the auditorium of the Woburn, MA Senior Center on School Street in Woburn. Click on the "our meetings" link below for driving directions. Occasionally, we will schedule a meeting for the third Sunday if our regular meeting date is close to a major holiday such as Christmas.
Gil and Lillian Cook, Ralph and Sylvia MacCaulay, Herb and Marge Marshall, Dingley Cummings, Charles and Ruth Bean, Rosemary Dexter, Al and Betty Hamilton.
In 1973 an increasing number of instrument manufacturers entered the home electronic organ market and Hammond withdrew sponsorship of the society. Because the distributors of several of these new organs were furnishing instruments for our regular meetings, it became clear that the organization should not bear the name of any particular manufacturer or brand, so the North Suburban Hammond Organ Society was subsequently renamed the North Suburban Home Organ Society. Members who play currently own representative examples of most of the commercially available electronic organs.
More recently, in keeping up with modern trends in musical instrumentation, we have now included an interest in the modern digital keyboard as well. Some of our concerts are now based wholly or in part on the use of this newer technology. Several of our artists have also recorded CDs incorporating state-of-the-art MIDI and digital signal processing along with more traditional electronic organs.
The group continues with monthly meetings throughout the year. Formerly, we shut down for the summer, having no meetings in July or August, but we have recently started having meetings in the summer as well, a practice which is meeting with considerable success. Meetings are generally held on the fourth Sunday of every month in the auditorium of the Woburn, MA Senior Center on School Street in Woburn. Click on the "our meetings" link below for driving directions. Occasionally, we will schedule a meeting for the third Sunday if our regular meeting date is close to a major holiday such as Christmas.
