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.

Do you know of some good, under-used words from Christian hymnody that need new music? Organists’ Review magazine, with the IAO, have launched a competition for a newly-composed hymn tune.

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

‘The most brilliantly bonkers night out’, ORGANOKE is a sell-out evening of community singing, and has brought a new audience to the 1844 Bishop & Son organ at St Giles, Camberwell.

Andrew Parrott has assembled an extraordinary treasure trove of material which documents the myriad ways in which our recent ancestors engaged with music. This is book to lose yourself in for an evening, as well as a valuable collection of original source material for the specialist.

To mark the 2023 Reger anniversary year, Peters Edition have published a new Urtext edition of his seven chorale fantasias, edited by Martin Schmeding, to reflect the current state of research into Reger’s music and modern performance practice. 

A new anthology of celebratory music for organ includes pieces by a distinguished past President of the RCO, and a recent FRCO prize-winner just beginning her organist career.

Award-winning composer and organist James Mitchell has written a welcome guide to composing for the organ. Published by OUP, the book is supported with online resources, and RCO members are entitled to a 30% discount off the list price.

Sietze de Vries explores Bach’s Orgelbuchlein on instruments of Bach’s time in a new CD/DVD boxset from Fugue State Films, filling in some of the missing pages in a masterclass of improvisation in the style of Bach.