Monthly Archives: March 2024

RCO Summer Course, St Giles Cripplegate Church in London’s Barbican, 29 July to 3 August 2024

This course is suitable for all ages and all stages – under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Full details can be found here.

Here is an insight into the programme:

Daily tuition pattern (Tuesday – Friday)

09:15–11:15 Organ Studios – tuition in graded groups from the same teacher in the same venue (as far as possible) each day. 

Fundamentals of Technique (complete beginners up to ABRSM grade 3 level) with Anne Marsden Thomas

ABRSM grades 4 and 5 with William Dore

ABRSM grade 6 with Claire Hobbs

ABRSM grades 6–8/CRCO with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick

Towards ARCO with Frederick Stocken

ARCO and FRCO with Jeffrey Makinson

11:45–13:00 Skills Classes – choose from keyboard musicianship, improvisation, or church music skills, with tuition in graded groups for each. Here is the 2024 Skills programme.

14:00–16:00 Workshops – teacher-led sessions with a different topic each day – or individual lessons and practice. 

16:30-18:00 Daily service played and sung by course participants, or individual lessons and practice, or further lessons and practice.

20:00-21:00 Student concerts – your chance to perform to fellow course members, if you wish.

There are special programmes for Monday afternoon and Saturday morning.

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Bach’s Orgelbüchlein

Click here to view a series of discussions/lessons on Bach’s’ Orgelbüchlein by Dr Tom Rishton. There is one episode per prelude.

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