The majority of musicians will do some teaching at some point, and all teaching has safeguarding implications. This webinar, developed with our partners in the Musicians’ Union, covers the essential understanding of issues around safeguarding required by anyone working with children and vulnerable adults, whether in person or online.

The Royal College of Organists and its partners have produced a number of specimen contract and agreement documents for organists employed in places of worship, for performance(s), and in teaching roles.

To mark the 2023 Reger anniversary year, Peters Edition have published a new Urtext edition of his seven chorale fantasias, edited by Martin Schmeding, to reflect the current state of research into Reger’s music and modern performance practice. 

A new anthology of celebratory music for organ includes pieces by a distinguished past President of the RCO, and a recent FRCO prize-winner just beginning her organist career.

Award-winning composer and organist James Mitchell has written a welcome guide to composing for the organ. Published by OUP, the book is supported with online resources, and RCO members are entitled to a 30% discount off the list price.

Sietze de Vries explores Bach’s Orgelbuchlein on instruments of Bach’s time in a new CD/DVD boxset from Fugue State Films, filling in some of the missing pages in a masterclass of improvisation in the style of Bach.

Watch the first in our new Working Webinars series, developed in association with the Musicians’ Union, on what it means to be a truly healthy musician and how to balance our everyday lives with our music practice and creative endeavours.

Engaging programming features in this year’s two BBC Proms organ concerts, with an international mix of performers and composers.

The 2022 edition of the College’s research publication, The Journal of the Royal College of Organists, can be downloaded here as a complete edition.