Reports are coming in about the excitement and opportunities that are being generated by the RCO’s Organs in Schools scheme, and the ripple effect into local communities from making a digital organ available to young people.

The Royal College of Organists has launched a new podcast dedicated to the world of the organ, organists and organ music. Listen to all episodes here.

A gallery of pictures from the College’s annual Conferment Ceremony at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday 8 March, at which RCO President Sarah MacDonald presented successful examination candidates with their awards and diplomas, and also presented three RCO Medals.

Max Reger’s Twelve Pieces’ are some of his more accessible works for the organist. Martin Schmeding has edited a new Urtext edition, which includes an extensive essay on the performance of Reger’s organ works.

A celebratory concert by Gerard Brooks to mark the launch of Play the Organ Year 2025 concluded with an enthusiastic audience getting the chance to ‘have a go’ on the spectacular Hill organ in Methodist Central Hall in London.

An exploration of the authorship of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565, in an engaging set of documentary films and performances.

The RCO Organ Forum in 2024 marked the centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford’s death with a day of discussion and performances at Trinity College, Cambridge, where Stanford spent much of his musical life.

The College’s bi-annual magazine for members contains features, details of forthcoming events and courses, and general news and views from the RCO.

A new volume from The Orgelbuchlein Project, a 21st-century completion of Bach’s Little Organ Book, has just been published, with a special offer on the price until the end of November 2024.

This film looks at the early life and training of Charles-Marie Widor, and examines his development as a composer in the context of the composers who immediately preceded him.