Category: News

Birmingham Conservatoire Call for papers – Bernard Edmonds Conference 2027
Proposals for papers are invited for the British Institute of Organ Studies’ annual Bernard Edmonds Recent Research Conference to take place on Saturday 20th February 2027.

Hammersmith Loret organ New Historic Organ Listings – October 2026
The October meeting of the BIOS Council approved four new Historic Organ Listings.

Grosvenor Chapel BIOS lunch 2026
In recent years, late November has seen a lunch held in Mayfair. Sadly, circumstances prevent one being held in 2026.

National Lottery Good Causes
There is a current Dept. of Culture Media & Sport consultation on the future of National Lottery good cause funding. Submitting, individual responses will add weight but do this before the deadline of midday on 23 September 2026.

Summer Administration
Two administrative tasks are presently happening or are about to. One relates to our member records and the other to unpaid subscriptions.

St Michael Barford New Historic Organ Listings – June 2026
The June Council meeting approved five new Historic Organ Listings.

The Grosvenor Chapel Annual General Meeting 2026
This year’s AGM took place on Saturday 30th May at the Grosvenor Chapel, London. The Reports presented at that meeting can be viewed and also downloaded from this post.

Grosvenor Chapel Day Conference & Annual General Meeting 2026
This year’s AGM meeting begins at Farm Street Church (The Church of the Immaculate Conception), Mayfair, which houses an organ rebuilt by Henry Willis III in 1926 incorporating pipework by Anneessens and Bishop.

Oxford Residential Conference
Booking is now open for the 50th anniversary conference ‘The Global British Organ’ in Oxford from 9-11 April.

New Historic Organ Listings – January 2026
The January meeting of the BIOS Council approved five new Historic Organ Listings.