Teaching the organ online
RCO-accredited teacher Robin Harrison writes from his own experience of teaching the organ online, discussing safe-guarding and professionalism, and the pros and cons of different forms of technology.
Conferment 2020 in Southwark Cathedral – in pictures
A picture gallery of the RCO Conferment ceremony from Southwark Cathedral, in March 2020.
Learning during lockdown: 1 exploring playing styles
The increasing severity of the Covid-19 lockdown means that organists are not just faced with a sudden loss of work, but also restricted or no access to their instrument. To fill this enforced downtime, the RCO is making their online virtual campus iRCO available to all organists, so that learning, at least, can continue. Here on StopPress we are collating this material into themed packages to help improve different aspects of your playing.
The FRCO repertoire on Spotify – syllabus from July 2020
A playlist of much of the music in the new syllabus for the FRCO examination.
The ARCO repertoire on Spotify – syllabus from July 2020
The repertoire for the new ARCO examination syllabus, in a Spotify playlist.
The Colleague Diploma repertoire on Spotify – syllabus from July 2020
Listen to the new syllabus, from July 2020, of playing repertoire for the CRCO examination.
Improvisation – you can do it! – the Hymn Partita with Ronny Krippner
Andrew Cantrill-Fenwick and Ronny Krippner present a video on improvising a hymn partita – using the blueprint of a hymn tune to create a set of variations based on the creative manipulation of harmony, rhythm and registration.
All this extra practice time….
As Covid-19 shuts down concert halls, schools and churches, RCO colleagues suggest ways in which the spare time created in musicians’ lives can be used constructively, with suggestions for practice timetables, repertoire, and building new skills for the future.
Conferment of Diplomas 2020 | watch in full or highlights
Watch the College’s 2020 Conferment of Diplomas ceremony here, in full, or as edited highlights, and download the Programme, and the full texts of the speeches and citations.
