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Tom was a prize-winning student of Kevin Bowyer at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. Currently he is very active both as a teacher and as an organ animateur. In the latter capacity he is involved with a number of education projects designed to bring the organ to a wider audience, including the exciting Organworks scheme at Eton College. Tom performs widely, both at home and abroad, and enjoys teaching and performing all kinds of repertoire. He has recently commissioned and performed a number of new works.

Gerard is an experienced recitalist and recording artist and an examiner for the Associated Board and the Royal College of Organists. His principal teachers were John Webster, Susi Jeans, Daniel Roth and Nicolas Kynaston. He was the first recipient of the Forsyth-Grant/Hurford Travelling Scholarship from the Royal College of Organists which he used to further his interest in the French Romantic School, and he specialises in French repertoire and improvisation. He has made ten compact discs on the Priory label and is currently recording the complete works of Eugène Gigout: the first volume of the series was an Editor's Choice in Gramophone magazine.
Gerard is Director of Music, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, and also Curator Organist at St. James, Clerkenwell.

Roger is an experienced teacher, performer and church musician. Following initial studies with Christopher Scarf and Richard Popplewell, in 1984 he was awarded a Belgian Government Scholarship to study with the late Flor Peeters. He has also participated in courses in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands to gain specialist knowledge of various sections of the organ repertoire. Performing widely in this country and abroad has offered him insights from playing music on organs particularly appropriate to it. He is Director of Music at St John's Church, Harpenden and teaches for Queenswood and The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' Schools.

Gabriele (Gabs) Damiani, former Organ Scholar of Westminster Cathedral in 2002-2003 and the Royal Hospital Chelsea in 2001-2002, continues to build on a strong reputation as organist, pianist, continuo player and professional teacher throughout the UK and abroad.
He was a pupil of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire in Turin before moving to England in 1998 to continue his studies with Anne Marsden Thomas at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. In 2002 he was awarded a Bachelor of Music and obtained the Diploma of Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO), for which he won the Doris Wookey prize. Gabs is currently the Chapel Organist at St Edward's School in Oxford, where he teaches the organ and a wide variety of academic music. In this context he is also very active as piano and harpsichord accompanist, chamber musician, vocal and instrumental coach and orchestral conductor.
Outside his school work, Gabriele is still much in demand throughout Europe as organ recitalist, pianist, harpsichordist and continuo player. Gabs attended master classes in UK, Italy and Holland with Marcon, Tagliavini, Lohmann, Marshall, Hurford, Van Oortmerssen and Hogwood, and performed under conductors Lev Markitz, the late Richard Hickox and Sir Colin Davis. As an accompanist he has performed in Vienna and New York and, more recently, alongside the English Sinfonia, at London's Cadogan Hall.
He joined the RCO Academy in January 2012 as its Teacher for the Oxford area.

Rosemary has pursued a career in teaching and liturgical organ-playing which has included pioneering schemes in the Midlands and South to revitalise parish music, as well as being Assistant Organist at Birmingham, and latterly, Portsmouth Cathedrals. She is known as an improviser, and has accompanied Radio 3 Choral Evensong many times. She has been Director of Music at St. Stephen's Rochester Row SW1 since October 2005. In 2008 Rosemary was also appointed Music Advisor for Lincoln Diocese. Rosemary has 25 years experience of teaching all ages, and pupils value her friendly and enthusiastic approach.

Christopher Kent read music at The University of Manchester and musicology at King's College London. He has remained committed to helping students of all standards alongside an academic career. After completing a Ph.D. on Elgar's sketches he continued organ and harpsichord studies with Susi Jeans and Gustav Leonhardt prior to joining the Department of Music at The University of Reading where his teaching focused on mainly on Baroque studies. In 1985 he established an influential postgraduate course in Organ Historiography. He took early retirement in 2002 to devote more time to teaching, research, writing, and performing. He has published widely in relation to interests in Elgar and Organography. As a founder member of the editorial committee of the Elgar Complete Edition he co-edited several volumes of the project. He has served as Secretary of The British Institute of Organ Studies, as a Diocesan Organ Adviser to Oxford and Salisbury and is a member of The Association of Independent Organ Advisers. His recordings include music by Blow and Pachelbel. Dr.Kent has performed widely in Britain, Croatia, France, Italy, Slovakia and the U.S.A., and he is internationally active as a contributor to musicological conferences.

Daniel Moult has an active career as a concert organist and organ tutor. He performs throughout the UK and teaches at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and Birmingham Conservatoire. Educated at Oxford and Amsterdam and a prizewinner at FRCO, Daniel has previously held posts at Chetham's School of Music, Coventry Cathedral and the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. In addition to workshops and masterclasses for various organ courses, he examines for the Royal College of Organists and the Associated Board. His articles on performance practice and performance-related topics have appeared in various organ journals and he broadcasts frequently on the BBC. He is also the artistic director of the London Organ Day. Daniel has been on the St Giles' team for several years and enjoys tutoring students at every level of experience.

James is well known both as a recitalist and in several capacities associated with organ education. Now Head of Student Development at the Royal College of Organists, he had previously spent twenty five years directing and developing Oundle for Organists (a movement which he founded alongside Oundle International Festival), to become a significant and influential movement in the emerging careers of hundreds of young organists.
In addition to his teaching commitments with St Giles, James is Visiting Organ Tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire, and has accumulated a wealth of teaching experience conducting masterclasses at universities and conservatoires here and in the USA; he teaches and examines for the RCO, contributes to Organists' Review, and for over twenty years was on the staff of Oundle School, latterly as Director of Music.

Anne is Head and Senior Teacher of RCO St. Giles Organ School. She is widely known for her work as concert organist, organ teacher and church musician. Her concert and teaching work has taken her to the USA, Japan, Europe and all over the UK, and she has made several commercial recordings. She has published many books for the student organist. She has wide experience of examining grade examinations and diplomas. She is Director of Music at St. Giles Cripplegate Church in London's Barbican. As well as teaching students of all standards, Anne enjoys training organ teachers.
Anne teaches in London, Barbican (availability: Monday to Saturday 08:00-19:00, Sunday 12:00-15:30)

Gerdi completed her degrees at the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She then took up post-graduate organ studies at the Amsterdam Conservatorium with the early music specialist Jacques van Oortmerssen, gaining her Soloist's Diploma (UM) in 1996. From 1997 to 2005 Gerdi was an academic and organ tutor at the Royal College of Music Junior Department. She has participated as tutor on several organ courses, including Oundle for Organists, the POTS course, and the RCO/St Giles Annual Summer Course for Organists. She has played recitals in many European countries.

Simon received his musical training at Durham University and The Royal College of Music. As Director of RCO Academy, he is in charge of the education programme at the Royal College of Organists. He is also Organist and Director of Music at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London (from where he has played for and directed the choir in regular broadcasts on BBC Radios 3 and 4) and Music Director of Harrow Choral Society. He has given many organ recitals in churches and cathedrals across the UK and in France, Germany and Italy. Simon enjoys teaching students of all levels of experience. In addition to working on repertoire and technique he enjoys teaching accompaniment skills.