Gerdi Troskie gives an overview of manageable repertoire for the beginner, including music for manuals only as well as manuals and pedals.

by James Parsons ‘Amazing’ – ‘brilliant’ – ‘such fun’  – ‘I’m so glad I came’  Emily Keeling-Paglia (age 11) texts home from Bristol. She was on the RCO Academy’s Find Your Feet! and Build Your Skills! in Bristol along with 14 other young musicians who had decided to spend three days of their October half-term last […]

Develop your skills on the ‘big course with the personal touch’ – the RCO’s flagship summer course which lasts for six days and is based in the heart of the historic City of London. This film provides insight into the course, which caters for organists of all levels and aspirations.

Dan and the Magic Musician tells the animated story of the greatest musical instrument of all.

Children can meet the pipe organ, with follow-up resources at the bottom of the page for teachers and parents.

Many student organists panic when asked to choose their own stops, which is a shame when experienced organists know how fascinating the art of registration is.   Teaching registration and console management can be very time-consuming.   This download from the RCO Academy suggests a graded approach to teaching organ management, giving your students, whatever their stage […]

Most advanced organists need to transpose at sight, whether it is accompanying soloists, changing the keys of hymns to fit a prelude or postlude, or when improvising on a given theme.  Hymn transposition is part of the keyboard skills tests for both CertRCO and ARCO diplomas.  The typical student approaches transposition with great fear, as […]

This download from the RCO Academy suggests ways of preparing a student for a church post, and providing support for the amateur student who is already a church organist.  Even if students think they will never want to play in church, there are still important skills to be acquired in learning to play hymns and […]

There is always so much to pack into an organ lesson, and introducing a new piece to a student is often rushed, with the student then using unsuccessful strategies to learn it on their own.  This download from the RCO Academy suggests ways in which you can encourage a student to learn a piece accurately […]

Choosing the next piece for the student to learn is arguably the teacher’s most challenging and important task.  This download from the RCO Academy looks at how to choose good teaching pieces and suggests suitable tutor-books and anthologies.  It also includes a chart to assess the standard of your student and typical appropriate pieces. Repertoire […]