Organists come in all shapes and sizes, and a recent survey has highlighted the problems many face in playing their instrument comfortably. A new campaign aims to address this, with practical solutions to ensure equal access and confidence for all.

Woman Composer Sunday is on March 6 this year, and the American Guild of Organists have teamed up with the Society of Women Organists to create an inspirational repertoire list to help organists take up the challenge.

Drew Cantrill Fenwick presents a film discussing the variety of skills needed to get the best out of singers in a choir, from warm-up exercises, help with note learning and interval recognition, and conducting techniques. 

William Saunders explains how to set up and run a workshop to introduce the organ to new players, with hints on planning, organisation, publicity, funding, and finding an audience for organ outreach events.

In this film, number 12 in the Teach the Organ Series, Anne Marsden Thomas offers a method for teaching sight-reading especially to beginner and elementary students.

Film 11 in Anne Marsden Thomas’s Teach the Organ series offers a method for teaching registration and organ management, especially to beginner and elementary students.

Simon Williams gives a short guide to the basics of organ registration for both early-stage organists and lovers of organ music.

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

Samuel Kimuli, an organist, composer and educator now based in the UK, decided to start an Organ Academy in his home country of Uganda to help young musicians who did not have the same opportunities as he had. He tells StopPress how he came to play the organ, and his ambitions for The Organ Academy.