The American Guild of Organists invited representatives of the RCO to be their guests at the first AGO National Convention to be held for four years. StopPress Editor Morwenna Campbell-Smith reports on a memorable visit to Seattle.

The music of the Northern European school explored on the instruments of its time, on a study trip to Denmark organised by the RCO.

The RCO sees the commissioning of new works for the organ as one of its priorities, and we look at recent additions to the organ repertoire commissioned by the RCO from contemporary composers.

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 talk on Spanish and Portuguese organ music in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, written and presented by Martin Schmeding. This is the set history period for ARCO written papers, 2 July 2022-January 2023.

A talk on Brahms and the organ, written and presented by Martin Schmeding (Professor of Organ, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Leipzig), of particular interest to FRCO students.

Andrew McCrea discusses how to approach the organ repertoire question of the CRCO written paper with particular reference to Stanford’s Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op.101 and Op.105, the set repertoire for July 2022–January 2023.

A recorded talk by Robert Sholl, with downloads, designed to help candidates the history of organ music written papers at FRCO, but also useful to others interested in French organ music from 1920-2000. 

Watch the College’s two 2022 Conferment of Diplomas ceremonies here, in full, or as edited highlights, and download the programme, along with the full texts of the speeches and citations.