http://rco.org.uk/news_recent.php RCO News en http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=188 http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=188 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Teaching Notes for the ABRSM organ syllabus for Graded Examinations is priced £5 and available online via the RCO Academy downloads at www.rco.org.uk/download.php#rco_academy]]> http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=187 http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=187 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Prof. John Butt OBE, for organ playing, organ- and choral-related scholarship, and choral conducting • Dr Peter Hurford OBE, for organ playing, choral conducting, organ teaching, organ and choral composition, and organ-related administration • Mr Mark Venning, for organ building, organ-related scholarship, and organ-related administration. Making the presentations, RCO President-Elect Catherine Ennis said: “We are delighted to welcome today Professor John Butt, Mr Mark Venning and Mrs Pat Hurford, on behalf of her husband Peter, and offer them our warmest congratulations on the award of the RCO Medal. “The Medal is the College’s highest award, and in accepting it they honour the College." Ms Ennis also conferred the 57 Members of the College with Fellowship of the College (FRCO), Associateship of the College (ARCO), the Diploma in Choral Directing (DipCHD), and presented the Certificate (CertRCO). The ceremony closed with the Ede & Ravenscroft Recital, in which Henry Fairs, Head of Organ Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire and Organist to the University of Birmingham, played music by J S Bach, Jehan Alain, Olivier Messiaen and RCO Medal honorand Peter Hurford. The vote of thanks was given, according to custom, by Richard Gowers FRCO, winner of the Limpus Prize in Summer 2012. The successful examination candidates and prize winners were: THE DIPLOMA OF FELLOWSHIP Summer 2012 Dr Martin Clarke (Durham) Richard Gowers (Cambridge) Oliver Hancock (Ely) Donald Hunt (Southwell) Jemima Stephenson (Sheffield) David Thornton (Ashton in Makerfield) Ian Tindale (Watlington) Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize: Richard Gowers Turpin Prize and Durrant Prize: Jemima Stephenson Winter 2013 Jeremy Cole (Cambridge) Stephen Hargreaves (Liverpool) Oliver Lallemant (London) Ben Morris (Basingstoke) Timothy Parsons (Godalming) Michael Strange (South Croydon) Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize: Stephen Hargreaves Turpin Prize and Durrant Prize: Ben Morris Dixon Prize: Stephen Hargreaves Harding Prize and Durrant Prize: Ben Morris Dr F J Read Prize: Ben Morris Coventry Cathedral Recital Award 2012/2013: Stephen Hargreaves THE DIPLOMA IN CHORAL DIRECTING Autumn 2012 Marc Murray (Boston) Richard Walmsley (Perth) THE DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATESHIP Summer 2012 Maksymilian Adach (Worcester Park) Alex Aitken (Milton Keynes) Steven McIntyre (Grangemouth) Nicholas Morris (Cambridge) Ian Richardson (Fareham) Joachim Schwander (Sherborne) Albert Cano Smit (Stockport) Ben Smith (Bolton) Joe Waggott (Birmingham) Richard Walmsley (Perth) Henry Websdale (Ilkley) Dr Tim Williams (Grantham) David Winters (Epping) Geoffrey Woollatt (Grantham) Andrew Wyatt (Canterbury) Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize: Henry Websdale Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize: Maksymilian Adach and Joe Waggott Lord St Audries Prize: Henry Websdale Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize: Joe Waggott and Dr Tim Williams Doris Wookey Prize: Maksymilian Adach Samuel Baker Prize: Joe Waggott Winter 2013 Robert Baigent (Oxford) Duncan Barlow (Norwich) Olivia Clarke (London) Andrew Elliott (Lymington) Tom Etheridge (Cambridge) Nicholas Freestone (Oxford) Riccardo Gnudi (Pisa, Italy) Alex Goodwin (Ascot) Joshua Hales (Wigan) Simon Hunt (Singapore) Solomon Lau (Oxford) Marion Lees-McPherson (Edinburgh) Geoffrey Redman (Worthing) Robert Smith (Oxford) Jonathan Stamp (New Ollerton) Roxanne Summerfield (Leicester) Benedict Todd (Chepstow) Dominic Wong (Cambridge) Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize: Tom Etheridge Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize: Joshua Hales Lord St Audries Prize: Tom Etheridge Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize: Robert Smith Doris Wookey Prize: Tom Etheridge Dr F J Read Prize: Tom Etheridge THE CERTIFICATE Summer 2012 John Radford (Wimborne) Michael Rudd (Lichfield) Winter 2013 Andrew Burrows (Kilkenny, Eire) Rosemary Knight (St Albans) Sheila McCallum (Bearsden) Roger Pearce (Stockport) Marion Peutherer (Newcastle upon Tyne) David Pimm (Surbiton) Steven Smith (Abbots Langley) Photographs of the ceremony will appear later in the week in both the blog and the RCO Member's online photo library.]]> http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=186 http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=186 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 DIPLOMA OF FELLOWSHIP (FRCO) Jeremy Cole (Cambridge) Stephen Hargreaves (Liverpool) Oliver Lallemant (London) Ben Morris (Basingstoke) Timothy Parsons (Godalming) Michael Strange (South Croydon) Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize Stephen Hargreaves Turpin Prize and Durrant Prize Ben Morris Dixon Prize Stephen Hargreaves Harding Prize and Durrant Prize Ben Morris Dr F J Read Prize Ben Morris DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATESHIP (ARCO) Robert Baigent (Oxford) Duncan Barlow (Norwich) Olivia Clarke (London) Andrew Elliott (Lymington) Tom Etheridge (Cambridge) Nicholas Freestone (Oxford) Alex Goodwin (Ascot) Riccardo Gnudi (Pisa, Italy) Joshua Hales (Wigan) Simon Hunt (Singapore) Solomon Lau (Oxford) Marion Lees-McPherson (Edinburgh) Geoffrey Redman (Worthing) Robert Smith (Oxford) Jonathan Stamp (New Ollerton) Roxanne Summerfield (Leicester) Benedict Todd (Chepstow) Dominic Wong (Cambridge) Limpus Prize, Frederick Shinn Prize, and Durrant Prize Tom Etheridge Sawyer Prize and Durrant Prize Joshua Hales Lord St Audries Prize Tom Etheridge Sowerbutts Prize and Durrant Prize Robert Smith Doris Wookey Prize Tom Etheridge Dr F J Read Prize Tom Etheridge CERTIFICATE OF THE COLLEGE (CertRCO) Andrew Burrows (Kilkenny, Eire) Rosemary Knight (St Albans) Sheila McCallum (Bearsden) Roger Pearce (Stockport) Marion Peutherer (Newcastle upon Tyne) David Pimm (Surbiton) Steven Smith (Abbots Langley) DIPLOMA IN CHORAL DIRECTING (DipCHD) Marc Murray (Boston) Richard Walmsley (Perth) ]]> http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=185 http://rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=185 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://thomastrotterconcert.eventbrite.co.uk. 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