Jeremiah Stephenson explores the art of choral accompaniment in depth with the aim of providing a framework for you to make your own judgements, and a stimulus to explore fully the possibilities that each organ provides for imaginative accompaniment.

Joseph Jacob was born in Uyo, in southern Nigeria, and is currently on a Masters degree course at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC). His studies are being funded by various foundations, including the RCO.  We asked him to describe his early training as a musician in his home country, and what he hopes to achieve as an organist in the future.

You can watch the College’s 2026 Conferment of Diplomas Ceremony here in full, or as edited highlights, and listen to the Ede & Ravenscroft recital given by international concert organist Katelyn Emerson.

A gallery of pictures from the College’s annual Conferment Ceremony at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday 7 March, at which RCO President Sarah MacDonald presented successful examination candidates with their awards and diplomas, and also presented three RCO Medals.

John Henderson’s prize-winning print edition of the Directory of Composers for Organ is now available as a mobile app to download for both Apple and Android devices.

Organist Christian Tolentino from Manila talks about his RCO studies, and life as an organist in the Philippines.

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

Jeremiah Stephenson discusses and illustrates ways in which the piano accompaniments in the vocal scores of Viennese Mass settings by composers such as Haydn, Mozart and Schubert can be adapted in order to make them effective and practical when played on the organ.

As musicians, we get plenty of instrumental guidance, but we need to go beyond the music and into our minds if we are to successfully cope with playing under pressure. This is a skillset of its own, and in this webinar we look at developing a toolkit to create our best performance on stage.