Your RCO event details can be found below.
Please note that the 24-hour clock is used on all event listings, with all times being GMT/BST. To book courses and classes, please follow the Book Online link wherever you see it, and email bookings@rco.org.uk or call 020 3865 6998 with any queries. Where events are free or not bookable online, please follow the instructions for that event.
For organists of all levels and abilities, individually tailored to your own requirements, with tutors from RCO Academy Organ School. Course Director: Anne Marsden Thomas. Please note that online booking for this course closes at midnight on 12 July 2015. After that please contact Anne Marsden Thomas to see if your particular requirements can be accommodated within the timetable.
“The big course with the personal touch” lasts for six days and is based in the heart of the historic City of London, centred on the church of St Giles Cripplegate, EC2 with its three pipe organs.
The course caters for organists of all levels and aspirations, allowing you to progress at your own pace, concentrate on the things which are important to you, and learn from those around you. It offers:
- 7 levels of study from beginner to advanced
- a range of up to 20 pipe organs for tuition, concerts and private practice
- over 70 events from which to choose
- your own individually tailored timetable
- expert teaching from tutors of RCO Academy Organ School
- performance opportunties for all participants
Read what some of last year's course members thought:
“Brilliant organisation, great teaching, wonderful location and very affordable accommodation—and meeting so many nice people!”
“The friendly atmosphere is like nothing else in the outside world. Every member of staff is superb.”
“Very caring, and everybody matters; the week has been unbelievably exciting and affirming.”
“Seamless integration of people of different ages, experience and potential.”
ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS
Students are responsible for their own arrangements with regard to accommodation/meals. We will send you suggestions for accommodation in the area, and have provisionally reserved a number of places at Sundial Court , six-minutes' walk from St Giles, for course members to book bed & breakfast. Sundial Court now charges VAT on accommodation, and the 2015 rates are as follows: £49.18 for B&B; £10 for dinner (can be booked by non-residents). Eating dinner at Sundial Court allows you easily to enjoy the company of other course members. We recommend this option to those attending the Course for the first time. Email sundial@gsmd.ac.uk to secure your accommodation and/or book dinner, quoting 'RCO Academy Summer Course' as the reference.
FEES
Discounts are available for RCO Members or for those learning with an RCO Academy Organ School (RCOAOS) teacher. A further reduction is available for those who book on or before 28 February 2015. To secure your place on the course you can either pay in full or pay a deposit of £50, the balance of fees being payable no later than 31 May 2015. All fees are inclusive of VAT at 20%.
Bookings received by 28 February: £495.00
As above with RCO/RCOAOS discount: £470.00
Bookings received from 1 March: £525.00
From 1 March with RCO/RCOAOS discount: £495.00
UNDER 18s
We welcome bookings from young organists. Those who are under 18 on the first day of the course must be under the supervision of an adult at all times. If the organisers feel that at any time that the level of supervision is insufficient, then the student's parent/guardian may be asked to remove the student from the course. We ask that the adult supervisor be named when booking. No charge is made for accompanying adults supervising a student aged under 18 provided that they do not seek to benefit directly from the course.
COURSE DOCUMENTS
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General Information booklet
Timetable Request form (only for completion once your booking has been acknowledged by the RCO)
Masterclass Repertoire lists
These documents can also be found in the Downloads section of the website. Click here to go the page then select the RCO Academy tab on the right. You can also find a printable copy of the course booking form here if you do not wish to use the on-line booking facility.
For RCO courses and classes, the following key is used as a guide to level and suitability:
Beginner (Grades 1-4)
Intermediate (Grades 4-6)
Advanced (Grades 6-8 / CRCO)
Diploma 1 (CRCO–ARCO)
Diploma 2 (ARCO–FRCO)