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In Memoriam Peter Dickinson
Peter Dickinson died at the age of 88 on June 16, led a distinguished multifaceted career of over six decades as performer, academic, author and editor. His prolific writings and his compositional oeuvre in many genres radically espouse the postmodern aesthetic at the...
The International Kaija Saariaho Organ Composition Competition
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National Schools Singing Programme Expansion
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Northern Ireland International Organ Competition Returns to Armargh: August 21-23, 2023
The 11th Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) will take place in Armagh from 21–23 August 2023, returning to the cathedral city where it was founded for the first time since the pandemic. The competition jury will be chaired by the Canadian...
Applications invited for the UK’s first prep School pipe organ scholarships
Salisbury Cathedral School is proud to announce the launch of a new pipe organ scholarship programme, the first in a UK preparatory school. The new ‘Griffiths Chapel Organ Scholarships’, will support two organ scholars during Upper Prep, school years 7 and 8,...
Jens Korndörfer appointed associate professor of organ at Baylor University from August 2023
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New Director of Music appointed at Jesus College
Benjamin Sheen has accepted the post of Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge. He will join the College on 1 January 2023, succeeding Richard Pinel, who has been appointed Director of Music at St Mary’s Bourne Street in London. Ben currently holds the post of...
Bach and friends organ series
Details of Bach and Friends: The Orgelbüchlein Completed series presented by the Royal College of Organists and sponsored by Professor Christopher Wood. This will comprise the following ten events: Saturday 24 September 2022 Temple Church, 10am - ‘Laws and Canons’...
Cathedral organists rejoice in newly installed Woodstock practice organ
A two manual Vincent Woodstock practice instrument has been installed in the Song School at Peterborough Cathedral. The organ was constructed in 2011 and became available when its owner, Simon Johnson, moved from his role as Organist at St Paul’s Cathedral to become...
A new starter instrument for the United Kingdom: The Keyboard Studies Programme Melodica
It is no secret that music education in the UK has suffered as a result of cuts in budgets, and the pandemic has only further reduced opportunities for British children to engage with music. It is vital that music education survives in schools, if not for the...
Visually Impaired Teenager Wins Prestigious Musical Scholarship
Sixteen year old Ivan Deb has won the first Aprahamian Scholarship for young organists which includes a brand new two-manuals-and-pedals home organ, on which he can practise. The Arabesque Trust, which set up the scholarship to help visually impaired young organists,...
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Woman Composer Repertoire Day – Come and Sing
The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) and Society of Women Organists (SWO) are hosting a joint Come and Sing event, showcasing new music written by female composers, on Saturday July 15 at St Giles Cripplegate, London EC2Y 8DA.
The workshop is led by Katherine Dienes-Williams (Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral and SWO Patron) and accompanied on the organ by Imogen Morgan (Assistant Master of the Music at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh and SWO committee member).
Repertoire to be performed in the workshop will be suitable for the liturgical season from All Saints to Epiphany, which allows choral directors who are keen to diversify their programming an early insight into new compositions.
It includes music by Sarah MacDonald, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, and Margaret Rizza.
This is a rare, interactive chance for anyone wishing to explore fresh sacred music by women composers, or alternatively to appreciate the joy of discovery and the pleasure of making music together with other singers.
Booking is available via the RSCM website (entry £10).
www.rscm.org.uk/events/woman-composer-repertoire-day/
