RCO publishes summer examination results

The Royal College of Organists has announced the results of its Summer 2024 examination session.

A total of 21 members were successful in the examinations for the Fellowship of the College (FRCO) and Associateship of the College (ARCO).

The successful candidates will receive their diplomas at the College’s annual conferment at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday 8 March 2025.

The successful candidates were:

Associateship of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO)

Neale Agnew (Belfast)
George Balfour (Great Gransden)
Suzanne Blagg (Worksop)
Benedict Braddock (Norwich)*
Michael Burt (Cologne, Germany)*
Oriel Chapman (Axminster)*
Sakura Fish (Bishop’s Stortford)*
Stephanie Gaunt (West Byfleet)*
Stanley Godfrey (Ely)*
Agnes Nakajima (Tokyo, Japan)
Timothy Stewart (West Horsley)
Harry Sullivan (Great Hockham)
James Watson (Hitchin)

* As a full-entry candidate, this member was eligible for prizes.

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Michael Burt

Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize
Stanley Godfrey

Lord St Audries Prize
Oriel Chapman

Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize
Stephanie Gaunt

Doris Wookey Prize
Stanley Godfrey

Samuel Baker Prize
Stephanie Gaunt
Stanley Godfrey

Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO)

Joseph Hyam (London)*
Kai Yin Andrew Liu (Oxford)
Brett McKern (Bowral, NSW, Australia)
Colin Millington (Bitteswell)
Mary Pan (Rochester, NY, USA)
Alastair Stone (Ripon)*
Clive Tuck (Uttoxeter)
Hamish Wagstaff (London)*

* As a full-entry candidate, this member was eligible for prizes.

Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize
Alastair Stone

Turpin Prize and Durrant Prize
Joseph Hyam

Dixon Prize
Hamish Wagstaff

Harding Prize and Durrant Prize
Alastair Stone

Samuel Baker Prize
Alastair Stone