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CONCERT VIDEO PRESENTATIONS was the brain child of Keith Hearnshaw in 2001.
It was following his Inaugural Concert of the rebuilt organ at St Michael's PC Sandhurst, Berkshire in 2000.
Provision had been made for a screen, camera and projector, allowing the audience views of him playing at the organ console. Comments from the audience during the interval such as "I didn't realise you used your feet to play" made me think, having a Big Screen at all my concerts would have major benefits.
One thing led to another and in June 2001 the relevant equipment was purchased. Things quickly went from strength to strength and not only using it for my own concerts, I decided it was something to be shared around. The first hiring was at the IAO National Congress July 2001 for David Briggs in Gloucester Cathedral.
Over the last few years the business has grown into a very successful enterprise and has helped break down the barriers between audience and performer, who is often situated totally out of sight.
As you will see below it has taken us to many prestigious venues in the UK and also to the Brussels International Organ Festival on two occasions.
In May 2006 the original equipment was getting very tired and out dated, the projector and camera were updated to the new state of the art High Definition signal and the projector has a powerful 5000 lumens of light output.
The business continues to grow and has recently screened at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 2009 sees such venues as St Pauls Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral.
We very much hope to be able to help you too.
Regards
Keith Hearnshaw Email
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Are you planning an Organ Concert, why not give it that extra dimension by hiring our state of the art equipment? St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral have, and small churches, so why not you?
We find audiences and performers greatly appreciate being able to see the organist at work at the console. It educates the audience in a fun way and for Organ students its like having a live Master Class.
Venues that have hired our equipment have found that mention of the "Big Screen Video Projection" on the posters has significantly increased the number of people in the audience. If you went to hear Nigel Kennedy, say, at the Royal Albert Hall, he wouldn't hide his Violin so you couldn't see him playing !!, so why should an Organist not be seen playing their instrument?
Previous Hirings include
IAO Festival Gloucester Cathedral - 2001
St Albans International Organ Festival - 2002/2003/2005
Three Choirs Festival - 2002/2003
IAO Midlands Organ Day - 2002
IAO London Organ Day - 2003/2004
Lincoln Cathedral - 2003/2004/2005/2006
RSCM Organ Day Guernsey - 2003/2006
St Paul's Cathedral Celebrity Series - 2003/2004/2005
Newcastle Cathedral - 2003
Westminster Cathedral Organ Festival - 2004/2005
IAO Festival Portsmouth Cathedral - 2004
Hereford Cathedral - 2005
Salisbury Cathedral - 2006
Norwich Cathedral - 2007
Warwick International Festival 2007
Royal Albert Hall 2007
Kings College Cambridge 2008
Birmingham Town Hall 2008
St Georges Chapel Windsor 2008
St Pauls Cathedral 2009
Blackburn Cathedral 2009
Gloucester Cathedral 2009
Temple Church London 2009
Portsmouth Cathedral 2009
PERFORMERS INCLUDE
Carlo Curley, David Briggs, John Scott, Dr Roy Massey, Professor Ian Tracey, Olivier Latry, Colin Walsh, Nigel Ogden, Nicholas Kynaston, Thomas Heywood, Daniel Roth, Wayne Marshall, Kevin Bowyer, Roger Fisher, Martin Baker, Dame Gillian Weir, Christopher Herrick.
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