An A-Z of the Organ : NPOR
RCO Director Andrew Macintosh gives a guided tour of the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR), an online database of over 36,000 pipe organs in the UK.
An A-Z of the Organ : Messiaen
Anne Page gives an introduction to Messiaen’s musical language and religious beliefs, illustrated with excerpts from a live performance.
An A-Z of the Organ : Live Looping
Pam Hulme introduces live looping as part of the organists’ toolkit, in a film recorded on the organ of the Pfingstkirche, Berlin.
An A-Z of the Organ : Keyboard Skills
Andrew Cantrill-Fenwick introduces the keyboard skills which are elements of the RCO’s practical examinations – transposition, sight reading, score reading, harmonisation, and figured bass.
An A-Z of the Organ : Jackson
Graham Barber performs and discusses the organ music of organist and composer Francis Jackson, born in 1917.
An A-Z of the Organ : i-Resources
RCO Director Andrew Macintosh explores the resources that are available online for organists and choral directors, on the RCO’s virtual campus, iRCO.
An A-Z of the Organ : Hammond Organ
An insight into the Hammond Organ – Jean Martyn explains how different styles are created, from Bossa Nova to Samba, Reggae, and A Whiter Shade of Pale.
An A-Z of the Organ : Gibbons and Gibbs
Tom Bell introduces the organ music of two English composers for organ who lived hundreds of years apart: Orlando Gibbons, and contemporary composer Alan Gibbs.
RCO Journal Volume 13, 2019
The 2019 edition of the College’s annual research publication, The Journal of the Royal College of Organists, can be downloaded here as a complete edition.
