Category: News
The Global British Organ
BIOS will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026 with a residential conference in Oxford from 9-11 April. The topic of the conference will be “The Global British Organ”.
Bernard Edmonds Research Conference 2026
The Bernard Edmonds Research Conference will again take place at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. We are grateful to Daniel Moult, Head of Organ Studies and his colleagues for hosting this event once again.
BIOS membership renewal
As the Christmas music gets packed away, it is time to remember the BIOS membership year begins on 1st January. If not already a member, now is excellent time to become one at the very modest subscription rates that haven’t risen in more than a decade. As well as the authoritative annual Journal, members get…
New Historic Organ Listings – October 2025
The October meeting of the BIOS Council approved three new Historic Organ Listings. They are at Par (Good Shepherd), Preston (St George) and Leeds (St Saviour).
Member website access
BIOS launched the new website in late 2024 and it included an area for additional content accessible only to members. The first member-only material was images from the Holdich Notebook and that has been joined by an archive of BIOS Journals. To be recognised online as a member go to the login page and enter…
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Organ Builder of Paris: The British Connections
Newly published: The new 417 page hardback book ‘Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Organ Builder of Paris: The British Connections’ is now published by BIOS. It has been written by Gerald Sumner and pre-orders are now being despatched. It can be ordered for posted despatch at this page which also has links to order the many other publications…
BIOS lunch 2025
29th November 12:00 for 12:30 at the Grosvenor Chapel, 24 South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA. As we look forward towards marking the first fifty years of BIOS in 2026 all members, wives, husbands, partners and friends are invited to gather and begin the celebrations! Cost will be £50 for a three course lunch, including…
Organ Heritage Open Day
BIOS, the RCO, the Society of Women Organists, the IBO, the IAO, and others will be supporting the Heritage Open Day at Reading Town Hall on Saturday 13th September. William McVicker, Andrew Scott, Bruce Buchanan, Nicholas Thistlethwaite and Tom Bell will all make varied contributions. There will be a masterclass, and also an opportunity for…
New Historic Organ Listings – June 2025
The June meeting of the BIOS Council approved five new Historic Organ Listings. Morville, St Gregory, c 1855 Holdich [N04753]: Grade II An organ by Holdich from c 1855 that contains historic pipework and includes a rare, intact example of a Holdich Diaocton. Grade, Cornwall, St Grada & Holy Cross, 1885 Brewer & Co [D00797]: Grade…
St John's, Chichester A G.P. England organ reconstructed
St John’s Church, 12 St John’s Street, Chichester PO19 1UU Saturday 7th June: Opened in 1813, St John’s Chapel is a rare surviving example of a Georgian proprietary chapel retaining most of its original early nineteenth century features. Proprietary chapels were a solution to the problem of insufficient capacity within existing parish churches to meet…