The Well-Tempered Future: The American Guild of Organists’ National Convention 2022
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.
From Renaissance to Expressionist – the RCO’s study trip to Denmark
The music of the Northern European school explored on the instruments of its time, on a study trip to Denmark organised by the RCO.
New organ repertoire through RCO commissions
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.
RCO News June 2022
The College’s bi-annual magazine for members contains features, details of forthcoming events and courses, and general news and views from the RCO.
Iberian Organ Music in the Siglo de Oro, presented by Martin Schmeding
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.
Brahms and the organ, presented by Martin Schmeding
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.
Stanford’s Six Short Preludes and Postludes, with Andrew McCrea
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.
French Organ Music 1920-2000 with Robert Sholl
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.
Conferment of Diplomas 2022 | watch in full or highlights
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.
