Exam success leads to a dream job in the Netherlands
The Magnuskerk in the village of Bellingwolde, in the Netherlands Pieter Shaw started 're-learning' the organ a few years ago, after retirement from a career in the medical and academic world. Living then in South London, he asked RCO Accredited Teacher Marilyn Harper to coach him through first the RCO's CAM level 3 qualification, and then CRCO, which he gained in 2020. Moving to his present home in the Netherlands, not far from the border with NW Germany, he wandered into a local church, and found a superb Schnitger organ. Asking if he could play…