RCO confers awards at Southwark Cathedral

RCO confers awards at Southwark Cathedral


The Royal College of Organists has conferred awards on 49 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 Diploma in Choral Directing and the Certificate of the College.

Awards were presented by RCO President James O’Donnell.

The ceremony, which took place on Saturday 12th March at the Southwark Cathedral, London, closed with the Ede & Ravenscroft Recital, in which David Titterington, Head of Organ Studies at the Royal Academy of Music, played music by Watkins, JS Bach, Widor, CPE Bach and Eben.

The vote of thanks was given, according to custom, by Benjamin Sheen FRCO, winner of the Limpus Prize in Summer 2010.

The successful candidates were:

THE DIPLOMA OF FELLOWSHIP

Summer 2010
Andrew Brownell (London)
Tansy Castledine (Ruislip)
Andrew Cummings (Buxton)
Robert Dixon (Gloucester)
John Goodenough (Gateshead)
Iain Quinn (Durham)
Benjamin Sheen (Oxford)
Lawrence Thain (Oxford)
Stuart Whatton (London)

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Benjamin Sheen

Turpin Prize and Durrant Prize
Andrew Brownell

Harding Prize and Durrant Prize
Andrew Brownell

Samuel Baker Prize
Andrew Brownell

Coventry Cathedral Recital Award 2010/2011
Benjamin Sheen

Winter 2011
Steve Bowey (Newbury)
Matthew Burgess (Tunbridge Wells)
Hugh Fullarton (Box Hill North, Victoria, Australia)
Dr William Reynolds (Swansea)

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Matthew Burgess

Harding Prize and Durrant Prize
Matthew Burgess

Dr F J Read Prize
Matthew Burgess

THE DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATESHIP

Summer 2010
Daniel Cottee (Arundel)
Jonny Davies (London)
Andrew Downton (Newton Abbott)
Jonathan Griffiths (London)
Andrew Hayman (Newport, S. Wales)
Matthew Jorysz (Brentwood)
Kay McDermott (Cullercoats)
Joseph McHardy (Guildford)
Edward Picton-Turbervill (Alton)
Douglas Tang (London)
Evelyn Tinker (Ipswich)
Jonathan Turner (Preston)

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Matthew Jorysz

Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize
Evelyn Tinker

Lord St Audries Prize
Matthew Jorysz

Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize
Matthew Jorysz

Doris Wookey Prize
Evelyn Tinker

Samuel Baker Prize
Matthew Jorysz

Winter 2011
Kenneth Bartels (Loughton)
Alexander Berry (Cambridge)
Richard Gowers (Windsor)
Sachin Gunga (Truro)
Christopher Haresnape (Billingham Green)
Paul Hayward (Nottingham)
James Luxton (Dudley)
Darren Magee (Newry)
Paul Manley (Chichester)
Michael Papadopoulos (London)
Owain Park (Bristol)
David Ratnanayagam (Usk)
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (Guildford)
Anna Steppler (London)
David Thornton (Ashton in Makerfield)
Natasha Tyrwhitt-Drake (London)
Catherine Wallace (Chichester)
Colin Wood (Sunderland)

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
James Luxton

Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize
Paul Manley

Lord St Audries Prize
Richard Gowers

Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize
Richard Gowers

Doris Wookey Prize
Paul Manley and James Luxton

Dr F J Read Prize
James Luxton

Christopher Johns (Leeds) collected his ARCO diploma, which was awarded in the Winter 2010 examination session. He was the recipient of the Limpus Prize and three other prizes.

THE CERTIFICATE

Summer 2010
Tommy Foster (York)

Winter 2011
Prof. Alastair Chambers (Aberdeen)
Peter Ladd (Northwood)
Stephen Rapkin (Singapore)
Christopher Tutin (Maldon)

DIPLOMA IN CHORAL DIRECTING

Autumn 2010
Jonathan Eyre (Harpenden)

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