ORGANAPPEAL

Dean Close School

An unique opportunity to contribute to the heart of spiritual and musical life at Dean Close School

The Chapel organ lies at the heart of our Chapel life and supports the worship of every single child and adultacross the three Dean Close schools. It sets the mood and atmosphere in Chapel, be it reflective, joyful, calmingor uplifting, and inspires our voice as a community. For our pupils, past and present, the Christian ethos andour choral tradition are central to life at Dean Close.

But our Chapel organ is failing. Coaxing reluctant and brokenpipes to speak and inspire our singing and choirs has been achallenge for many years. It is no longer in a suitable state foraccompaniment or teaching. Despite regular maintenancework and tuning, many notes cannot be played, the electronicshave failed and the organ is now beyond repair. Professionaladvice is that replacement is urgent.

A New Chapel Organ- The Heart of our School

Neil Jenkins, Old Decanian, Music Scholar (1959 – 63), and internationally famous tenor

“The Chapel organ was an old lady when I arrived at DCS in 1959, so it is definitely timeto let her enjoy her retirement. Since choral music, and School music in general, is atsuch a high peak these days, their performance will be transformed further by the addition of a glorious new instrument from one of the country's leading organ-builders”.

The Proposed New Organ

A new organ in Dean Close Chapel is essential for us to set the higheststandards for worship and for the performance and teaching of choraland organ music. We pride ourselves on our choral musical tradition,on high standards of tuition, and on the calibre of our choirs and organ scholars.

The new organ and console will be built over the Vestry entrance to become a stunning visual focus as well as acoustically transforming the Chapel.

After careful and thorough research, Nicholson of Malvern, a traditionalEnglish organ maker for over 150 years and local to our School, has beenbriefed to design and build the new organ. It will be an organ of Englishtonality that will transform the chapel ambiance. It will have the powerto lead our congregational and choral singing and to be a teaching andrecital instrument with a specification that will do justice to a wide repertoire of organ music.

The design of the new Chapel organ promises to inspire and excite notonly our young organists, choirs and children, but also through our links with Cheltenham Festivals, the Royal School of Church Music, theGloucestershire Organists’ Association and other groups, we will ensuremany people access this new instrument.

The Appeal Target

Dean Close pupils deserve the best facilities – whether it be for sport,drama or music – and it is time that the School had an organ of whichwe can be proud.

Replacing a pipe organ that will last for well over 100 years is expensive.It is a vast hand-crafted instrument built to the highest standards andthe new instrument will cost over £500,000.

Whilst school fees cover our ongoing running costs, one-off expenditureof this magnitude cannot be met from income. Through some early donations, a legacy, and support from the trustees, we have made a veryencouraging start and have raised more than half the funds needed.

Our shortfall and fundraising target is £250,000. Replacing the organrelies on financial support from Old Decanians, parents and our widercommunity and we urge you to consider making a donation.

Meurig Bowen, Director, Cheltenham Music Festival

“The standard of choral music at Dean Close School is second to none. A new Chapel organ to match would make putting on concerts and recitals more viable and appealing, and that is definitely an exciting programming prospect for the Cheltenham Music Festival”

Sponsor a Pipe AppealWe need to raise £250,000 and we are inviting you to supportthe Appeal by becoming either a Founder Benefactor or aStop or Pipe Sponsor.

All supporters will be invited to make a dedication alongside their donation. This will be recorded in a bound Benefactors’Book that will be kept for posterity in the Chapel. An Acknowledgment Certificate is available on request. All supporters will be invited to the special service of dedication andto celebratory events once the new organ is installed.

Founder Benefactors

Donors who wish to make a donation exceeding the stop sponsorships’ options will become Founder Benefactors of thenew organ in Chapel.

Founder Benefactors of the Appeal will play a vital part in securing the necessary funding. Please contact theDevelopment Office to discuss in more detail how your support could be acknowledged including:-

• Family named on the Founder Benefactors’ plaque in the Chapel

• Invitations to many ongoing special VIP events taking place at School, Tewkesbury Abbey, The Cheltenham Music Festival and Merton College, Oxford University.

• A special visit to see the organ being built on site in Malvern.

• A tour of the new organ with the Director of Choral Music.

• A celebration dinner for the Founders which will take place on completion of the Organ Appeal.

Founder Benefactors are also invited to put together a stop list of their choosing if they would like to purchasestops for individual family members.

Stop Sponsors

As a Gold (£5,000), Silver (£2,500) or Bronze (£1,000) donor you can Sponsor a Stop – the suite ofpipes that produce the unique organ tones. The pipes will range in size from 1 foot to 16 feet long; and a suiteof these pipes produces a stop.

All Stop sponsors will be offered recognition on a plaque within the Chapel and a special tour of the neworgan with the Director of Choral Music. Stop sponsors will be invited to special ongoing VIP events.

Pipe Sponsors

You can sponsor individual pipes that are £75, £125, £250 & £500 each. Individual console keys are £50 each.

All Pipe and Key sponsors will be aclnowledged in the Benefactors’ Book.

SIZE NAME OF STOP PART OF ORGAN SOUND

GOLD £5,00016ft Double Open Diapason Great Principal tone-case pipes

Open Wood Pedal Open bass soundPrincipal Pedal Warm bass soundSubbass Pedal Underpinning warm tonePosaune Pedal Trombone toneBasson Swell Bassoon-like reed toneQuint Pedal Deep pedal tone

SILVER £2,5008ft Open Diapason Swell Principal tone

Stopped Diapason Great Delicate flute toneGamba Great Warm string toneFlute Harmonique Solo Voluptuous flute toneCorno di Bassetto Solo Clarinet toneBombarde Solo Strident brass toneViola Swell Soft string toneStopped Flute Swell Sweet flute toneVoix Celeste TC Swell Ethereal string toneTrompette Swell Trumpet toneHautbois Swell Oboe toneBass Flute Pedal Flute toneLarge Open Diapason Great Loud principal toneSmall Open Diapason Great Soft principal toneOctave Pedal Principal toneClarion Pedal Trumpet toneTrumpet Great Loud trumpet tone

BRONZE £1,0004ft Principal Great Principal tone

Chimney Flute Great Light flute tone Clarion Swell Brilliant brass toneFlute Harmonique Solo Rich flute tonePrincipal Swell Bright principal toneTapered Flute Swell Light flute toneFifteenth Pedal Principal toneNazard Great Higher flute toneFifteenth Great Bright principal toneBlockflute Great Brilliant flute toneFifteenth Swell Brilliant principal toneTierce Great Sour flute tone

How to GiveYou can make your gift with a one-off donation or via direct debitover a period of time through theforms provided. There are also opportunities to maximise your gift at no extra cost to yourself throughtax-effective giving.

Full details of the sponsor a pipe appeal can be found at:

deanclose.org.uk/organappeal

For more information, please contactVictoria Waddington or Felicity Copp in the Development Office, Dean CloseSchool, Shelburne Road, CheltenhamGL51 6HE

T: 01242 267439 E: vrwaddington@deanclose.org.uk

T: 01242 267439 E: fjcopp@deanclose.org.uk

Pedal Organ (lowest - biggest pipes) £500Great Organ (loudest division) £250Swell Organ (expressive division) £125Solo Organ (smallest division) £75

£50

STOPS

PIPES

KEYS

EACHAny donation, large or small,will be most welcome and you will be helping install aunique instrument that will beat the heart of spiritual andmusical life at Dean Close forgenerations to come.

Mark Philip-Sorensen, Old Decanian and current parent

“Chapel is one of my lasting memories of School, bellowing out those greatBritish hymns, accompanied by thesheer power of the organ! It will alwaysstay with me, as I've no doubt it willwith my own children”.

Dean Close Choirs

Our Chapel Choir holds an unrivalled position as a leading school choirin this country.

Over the last five years, in addition to regular appearances in Tewkesbury Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral, the choir has sung in StMark’s Basilica, Venice, St Thomas Church, 5th Avenue, NY, the Cathedrals in Salzburg and Vienna, and Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.The choir has recorded on the Hyperion and Priory labels and has appeared in a live R3 broadcast concert with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales from St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Composers who have written for the choir include Bob Chillcot, PhilipWilby, Nico Muhly and Howard Goodall.

Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum is based at Dean Close Preparatory School and there is a natural progression of choristers intothe Senior School, many of whom study the organ and other instruments to a high standard.

Musical Alumni

Dean Close School has attracted many singers and organists over its 125 years’ history. Many have gone on to win choral and organ scholarships to Oxbridge colleges.

Amongst our many talented alumni are world-renowned tenor, NeilJenkins, and Matthew Martin, who was Organ Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford and later organist at Westminster Cathedral. Morerecently Ashok Gupta held the organ scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge and Alistair Reid the organ scholarship at Exeter College,Oxford.

The School offers a number of organ scholarships to talented youngpeople. The new organ in Chapel will enable us to attract gifted young musicians.

ORGAN APPEAL

Matthew Martin, Old Decanian, composer and organist

“I am enormously grateful to Dean Close School that I had the opportunity to study as an organ scholar. I often reflect on that timewhen I play, compose or conduct - the musical grounding I receivedwas of the highest order and has proved an invaluable tool for my musical career”.

For more information about the Dean Close Organ Appeal please contact Victoria Waddington or Felicity Copp

vrwaddington@deanclose.org.uk / fjcopp@deanclose.org.ukTelephone 01242 267439

deanclose.org.uk/organ appeal

Dean Close SchoolShelburne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE

DEAN CLOSE SCHOOL CHAPEL ORGAN APPEAL

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ORGAN APPEAL

Thank you very much for your support. Please complete this form in BLOCK CAPITALS and return with your cheque or payment instructions to The Development Office, Dean Close School, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham GL51 6HE.

If you have any questions or require any assistance in completing this form please do not hesitate to contact the Development Office on 01242 267439or email development@deanclose.org.uk. All donations can be discussed in total confidence and remain anonymous if desired.

I WISH TO BECOME A FOUNDER BENEFACTOR OF THE NEW ORGAN IN CHAPEL

Those who wish to make a donation exceeding the stop sponsorship options please contact Victoria Waddington in the Development Office to discussbecoming a Founder Benefactor.

I WISH TO SPONSOR A STOP (PLEASE TICK YOUR CHOICE(S) FROM THE OPTIONS BELOW)

Stop Size Number Available Single donation Monthly donation by Standing Order over1 year 2 years 3 years

16’ (Gold) 7 £5,000 £416.66 £208.33 £138.80

8’ (Silver 17 £2,500 £208.33 £104.16 £ 69.44

4’ (Bronze) 12 £1,000 £ 83.33 £ 41.66 £ 27.77

Please indicate the name of the stop(s) you would like to sponsor or we will choose your stop(s) for you. If already sponsored we will contact you foranother choice.

Name of Stop - 1st Choice............................................................................... 2nd Choice.....................................................................................................

I WISH TO SPONSOR A PIPE (PLEASE TICK YOUR CHOICE(S) FROM THE OPTIONS BELOW)

Note Single donation Monthly donation by Standing Order over1 year 2 years 3 years

Pedal £500 £41.66 £20.83 £13.88

Great £250 £20.83 £10.41 £ 6.94

Swell £125 £10.41 £ 5.20 £ 3.47

Solo £ 75 £ 6.25 £ 3.12 £ 2.08

I WISH TO SPONSOR A CONSOLE KEY £50

MY GIFT OF CHOICE

I would like to make a single gift to Dean Close School Campaign Account

Dean Close School is a charity, registered in England and Wales, Number 1086829

RECOGNITION

Stop sponsors’ names will be acknowledged on a plaque inside Chapel.

All sponsors’ names will be included in our Benefactors’ Book that will be kept in the Chapel. Your gift can be in your own name or in that of someonewhom you wish to remember with a brief dedication. We will also acknowledge you in our literature and on our website. If you would like an acknowledgement certificate please indicate.

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Dedication

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Bank Transfer (Please pay Dean Close School Campaign Account . Account Number 11314386 . Sort Code 40-17-09)

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Higher rate tax payers can claim further tax relief in their self assessment tax returns. If you would like to find out how you can maximise your giftthrough tax-effective giving, please contact the Development Office for more details.