Organists around the world celebrated International Organ Day 2023 with events, classes and demonstrations, posting films and pictures on social media throughout the day. We report on all the activities, culminating in the broadcast of The Organ Show-Live! on our YouTube channel.

Watch the College’s 2023 Conferment of Diplomas Ceremony here, in full, or as edited highlights, and download the programme, along with the full texts of the speeches and citations.

A gallery of pictures from the College’s annual Conferment Ceremony at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday 4 March, at which RCO President David Hill presented successful examination candidates with their awards and diplomas, and presented four RCO Medals.

There’s a powerful astrological theme to Martin Baker’s organ recital at St Michael’s Cornhill on Monday 13 March, as he gives the world premiere of Jonathan Hagger’s Great Conjunction Triptych: Seven Vignettes for Organ.

Applications are invited from organists aged 18-26 for the Musicians’ Company Award for Organists (formerly the W T Best Scholarship).

Find resources here for Woman Composer Sunday, which takes place on March 5 this year. It’s an international platform for music written for organ by women composers, and a new recommended repertoire list created by the Society of Women Organists along with the American Guild of Organists is now available to download.

The RCO was delighted to present Professor Suzuki Masaaki with the RCO Medal at a masterclass for Royal Academy of Music organ students in London this January.

Copies of the College’s magazine for members from April 2007 to January 2020 can be downloaded here as pdfs.

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