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The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is a charity [1] and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, with members worldwide. Its role is to promote and advance organ playing and choral music, and it offers music education, training and development, and professional support for organists and choral directors.
Karl Ludwig Gerok was born in Oberfischach, the grandson of Karl von Gerok [], a Stuttgart prelate and preacher (Oberhofprediger) at the Schlosskirche, the court church of the Stuttgart palace, and the author of Palmblätter.
A Graded Anthology For Organ: Book 1: A Practical Guide To Playing The Organ, Cramer Music 1997; A Graded Anthology For Organ: Books 2-5 (edited by Anne Marsden Thomas) Cramer Music 1997; The Church Year (in partnership with Ann Elise Smoot), Cramer Music 1996, Organ Practice, Royal School of Church Music 1993
Harvey Grace was born on 25 January 1874. [1] His music education began as a chorister, alongside his four brothers, in the Abbey church at Romsey, his home town.Here was where he first began to play the organ. [2]
Johnson published well over 300 compositions, most of them for church use, and was author of an Instruction Book for Beginning Organists (1964) and an Organ Teacher's Guide (1971). [ 1 ] Johnson's Trumpet Tune in D (1962) is the opening and closing theme for the weekly radio show With Heart and Voice, with host Peter DuBois. [ 2 ]
Richard (Irven) Purvis (August 25, 1913 – December 25, 1994) was an American organist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was best known for his expressive recordings of the organ classics and his own lighter compositions for the instrument.
John Allen Ferguson (January 27, 1941 - January 5, 2025) was an American organist, teacher, and composer.. Ferguson is probably best known for his many choral compositions. He has also published alternate accompaniments and festival arrangements for organ, brass, and percussion of hymns and Lutheran liturgy, and has appeared on several recording
He was the featured organist at the 1977 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival at the Hartt School of Music. [1] He was one of the leading organ teachers of his time in the United States. Among his more than 100 former students were organists such as Stefan Engels, George C. Baker, Ignace Michiels, Carole Terry and Wolfgang Rübsam.