Kent County Organ Competition

This biennial competition for young organ students under the age of 21 takes place on 16 March 2024 at All Saints’ Church, Maidstone. The closing date for applications is 31 January. If you – or anyone you know – are interested, they should visit the...

IAO Festival 2024

The IAO Festival 2024 will take place in York from Thursday 25 until Monday 29 July . It will include two recitals on the recently rebuilt Minster organ in addition to hearing many other local instruments. The final stages of the IAO/RCO organ competition will be an...

IAO AGM 2023

This year’s IAO AGM will be held at 1.30pm on Saturday 17 June at Blackburn Cathedral. All members are invited to attend but only ‘Friends’ and ‘Partners’ have voting rights at the meeting. It will be followed by a recital given by our...

Organ Days

IAO Organ Days during 2023 have already been announced. They include IAO London Organ Day  (11 March) and IAO Eastern Region Organ Day (27 May).  Online booking for these events is now available. Please note that should a rail strike be announced for 11 March, those...

YOD cancelled

We regret that it has become necessary to cancel the IAO Yorkshire Organ Day planned for Saturday 17th September 2022. This is due to the period of mourning following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth and its effect on the availability of...