The Royal College of Organists confers gold standard awards

The Royal College of Organists confers gold standard awards


The Royal College of Organists has conferred awards on 35 members at its annual Conferment Ceremony.

Members from the UK and overseas were conferred with Fellowship of the College (FRCO) and Associateship of the College (ARCO), and were presented with the Certificate of the College.

The College also conferred a posthumous Honorary Membership of the College (HonRCO) on Kevin Mason, the former College Secretary who died earlier this year.

The ceremony, which took place on Saturday 6th March at the Southwark Cathedral, London, closed with the Ede & Ravenscroft Recital, given by Matthew Martin, Assistant Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral.

RCO President David Sanger said: “The RCO’s examinations remain as rigorous and challenging as ever, and that is what makes them so highly prized throughout the world as a musical gold standard.

“For this very reason, all of our successful candidates can be proud of their achievements.”

The successful candidates were:

THE DIPLOMA OF FELLOWSHIP

Summer 2009
John Cheer (Cardiff)
Benjamin Chewter (Lincoln)
James Gough (Neath)
Claire Innes-Hopkins (Peterborough)
Ben-San Lau (Manchester)
Samuel Rathbone (Windsor)

Turpin Prize and Durrant Prize
Ben-San Lau and Samuel Rathbone

Dixon Prize
Samuel Rathbone

Harding Prize and Durrant Prize
Ben-San Lau

Samuel Baker Prize
Ben-San Lau

The Coventry Cathedral Recital Award 2009
Ben-San Lau

Winter 2010
Thomas Day (London)
Huw Jones (Buckingham)
Andrew Lenon (London)

THE DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATESHIP

Summer 2009
Jonathan Ayerst (Truro)
Max Barley (Oxford)
Alison Benton (London)
Benjamin Bloor (Hilton)
Richard Brasier (Chelmsford)
Matthew Burgess (Oxford)
James Burke (Leeds)
Benjamin Comeau (Truro)
Matthew Dunn (Cambridge)
Peter Holder (Bewdley)
Mark Laflin (London)
Timonty Semken (Bromley)
Jemima Stephenson (Sheffield)
Edward Symington (High Wycombe)

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Peter Holder

Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize
Jonathan Ayerst, Benjamin Bloor and Jemima Stephenson

Lord St Audries Prize
Peter Holder

Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize
Jemima Stephenson

Doris Wookey Prize
Edward Symington

Samuel Baker Prize
Jemima Stephenson


Winter 2010
Lydia Cant (Ely)
Alastair Carey (London)
Dorothea Harris (Oxford)
Christopher Johns (Leeds)
Gabrielle Lewis (Gunnislake)
Alistair Reid (Haywards Heath)
Jamal Sutton (Oxford)
Ian Tindale (Watlington)
Laurence Williams (Lingfield)

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Christopher Johns

Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize
Jamal Sutton

Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize
Christopher Johns

Doris Wookey Prize
Jamal Sutton

Dr F J Read Prize
Christopher Johns

THE CERTIFICATE

Winter 2010
John Alpass (Esher)
Timothy Hill (Pontypridd)
Christopher Nott (Guildford)

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