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.
Teenagers keen to pursue their organ playing through higher education will welcome this day of discovery which takes the lid off life at the UK's conservatoires. UK conservatoires enable organists to develop their performing skills to the highest level within the framework of a music degree. All feature teachers at the top of their profession and offer superb facilities.
In a follow-up to our 2016 event at the Royal Academy of Music, the 2017 day moves to Birmingham Conservatoire and is led by Henry Fairs (Head of Organ, Birmingham Conservatoire) with help from Daniel Moult (Birmingham's Associate Head of Organ) and James Parsons (RCO Academy and visting tutor at Birmingham). Also attending is Ms Anne Marsden Thomas MBE, representing the Royal Academy of Music (Senior and Junior Organ Departments).
Young organists joining us will get the chance to play
They will also be able to enjoy:
Click here for directions to Birmingham Conservatoire (full details of where to meet will be emailed to all those who book a place).
UK Conservatoires
All UK conservatoires offering organ tuition (as too those overseas) set the pace for organists to develop their performing skills to the highest levels, within degree courses. All feature teachers at the top of their game in the competititive worlds of professional music-making, and offer superb facilities and opportunities, amidst musicians of all callings beyond the organ loft. Conservatoire courses, university organ scholarships and degrees - they all play a part in the mix for today's aspiring young professionals.
Join us to find out more about them all, and the conservatoire route in general.
Fee: RCO Sudent Members £40; non-members £45
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)