Royal Academy of Music Organ Department

🎶 MASTERCLASS: THIERRY ESCAICH 🎶

The Organ Department is delighted to welcome Thierry Escaich, a titular organist of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, for a masterclass at St Marylebone Parish Church.

The programme will include works by Escaich, Louis Vierne, César Franck and Camille Saint-Saëns, including selections from Escaich’s Évocation II, Tanz-Fantasie, Trois Poèmes, and Cinq versets sur le Victimae paschali laudes.

🗓 Friday 15 May
⏰ 2pm
📍 St Marylebone Parish Church
🎟 Free admission — no booking required

More information:
https://www.ram.ac.uk/whats-on/thierry-escaich

Thierry Escaich will also perform at St Albans Cathedral as part of the International Organ Festival concert series at 6.30pm on Saturday 16 May.

Recital details:
https://organfestival.com/events/thierry-escaich/

Congratulations to our postgraduate student Matilda Johnston on her appointment as Organ Scholar at the Royal Hospital Chelsea from September 2026! 🎉🎶

Also, congratulations to incoming postgraduate Eben Eyres (currently Organ Scholar at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge) on his appointment as Organ Scholar at the Brompton Oratory, also from September 2026! 👏🏻✨

https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/royal-academy-and-oratory-places-caius-organ-scholar

We are delighted for both of them and wish them every success in these exciting new roles

Many congratulations to our organ department and Academy alumni featured in today’s beautiful and inspiring Installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral (25 March 2026).

We are especially proud to see:
✨ Jamie Rogers, Assistant Director of Music and principal cathedral organist
✨ Matthew Martin, whose setting of Psalm 150 was performed
✨ Joanna Marsh, whose All Shall Be Well also featured in the service

🎥 Watch the full service here:

Watch the Installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, LIVE at Canterbury Cathedral The Enthronement of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, will be installed, at Canterbury Cathedral on March 25 2026, the Feast of the Annunci...

📣 Sharing an upcoming organ recital 🎶

🇳🇱 Leo van Doeselaar (Amsterdam) in recital
⛪ Dutch Church, London
📍 7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA
🗓 Saturday 21 February 2026
🕠 5:30pm

Leo van Doeselaar previously served as Professor of Organ at the Universität der Künste Berlin (1995–2019), is closely involved with the Netherlands Bach Society’s All of Bach project, and is titular organist of both the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and the historic Schnitger organ in the Martini Church, Groningen.

🎼 Programme includes: Sweelinck, de Klerk, Welmers, Bach (and more)

🎟 Free entry (retiring collection)
🔗

Dutch Church – inspiring people since 1550 Home Spotlight Zaterdag 21 februari 17:30 – Orgel concert met Leo van DoeselaarSt Albans International Organ Festival – Leo van Doeselaar at the Dutch Church Saturday 21 February 2026 at 5.30pm Leo Meer lezenZondag 15 februari 11:00 – Dienst met pannenkoeken lunchZondag 15 februari 11.00 uur D...

🎉 Congratulations to our organ students! 🎉

✨ Callum Knox has been appointed Organ Scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor (2026–27)
✨ Joshua Simões has been awarded the Musician’s Company Organ Award (£6,000) to support his studies in France

📣 We’re always very happy to hear from former Academy organ students — do keep us updated on recent appointments or successes by emailing [email protected] (photos welcome!), and we’ll be delighted to share your good news.

Academy Organists perform one of the 20th century’s most transcendent works for organ. Olivier Messiaen’s luminous 1935 cycle La Nativité du Seigneur is an extraordinary set of nine meditations unfolds from the quiet tenderness of La Vierge et l’Enfant to the triumphant brilliance of Dieu parmi nous, offering a journey of colour, stillness, and overwhelming sonic intensity.

📍 Organ Recital
🗓 Monday 19 January 2026
🕡 6:30pm
🏛 Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music

Performed by:
Callum Knox (Movements I–V)
Paul Greally (Movements VI–IX)

🎟 Tickets + details:

Organ Recital | Royal Academy of Music

Two Academy Heads of Department meet by chance at Xiamen Airport, China! Joanna MacGregor, head of piano, on her way to Shanghai, and David Titterington, head of organ, on his way to Chengdu, Nanning and Beijing! A small world 🌎 🇨🇳🇬🇧

Gifts and applause at the end of the closing concert – thanks to everyone in Klosters for such a memorable few days

From left to right: David Whelton LVO, OBE (Artistic Director, Klosters Music Festival), Paul Greally, Jason Tang, Franziska von Arb (General Manager, Klosters Music Festival), Oskars Kalniņš, Prof. Benjamin Righetti (Professor at University of Music Lausanne (HEMU) & Titular organist at St. François, Lausanne)

Photo credits: Hitsch Rogantini & Christine von Siebenthal

Klosters Music Festival 2025

Proud of our three organists Paul Greally, Oskars Kalnins and Jason Tang who have been selected to perform in masterclasses and the closing concert of this famous Swiss festival on Saturday 13 September at 7.30pm. Led by Swiss organist Benjamin Righetti, the masterclasses will feature the music of J S Bach and Mendelssohn on the beautiful 2018 Goll organ of St Jacob’s Church.

Master class for organ – Klosters Music Klosters Music offers within its series of church concerts a one-day master class for organ. This public master class will take place on Saturday, 13th September 2025 in St. Jakobs Church. The church has a Goll organ (built in 2019) with a rich disposition offering 28 registers and a colourful sound...

Our annual week-long residency at Neresheim Abbey together with the wonderful Academy Choir! 🎶 Join us this Sunday at 16:00 for a feast of choral and organ music, featuring works by Mozart, Britten, Arvo Pärt, Joanna Marsh, Elgar, and more, directed by Nicholas Chalmers and David Titterington. All are welcome — do come along if you are in the area! ✨