ORGAN LINKS (Updating and fixing broken links, June, 2025)
This page is intended to grow into a list of favourite, most useful and up-to-date links to organ-related websites. It is being s-l-o-w-l-y built from scratch by personal submission, and every link will be tested to verify it is a genuine site. Although I try to check them occasionally, if you find any that are not working, I'd welcome a quick e-mail to let me know. If you would like to include your favourite organ-related website, please contact me through the form below. Or now you can have a live chat with us, through the pop-up below. The latest addition: The Irish Pipe Organ Register
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Brent Johnson of OrganLive and At The Organ, interviewed Jenny Setchell on November 30th, 2017. In this short chat she tells Brent a little more about her world and in particular her latest book. Click here to listen to the podcast
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IMPORTANT NOTE: A small number of links have been removed because they won't play nicely with the web access demands. Whatever that means. I have simply had to remove them to avoid making search engines cvross. If you have a site that you'd like to submit or resubmit, please let me know. I'm happy to ry it on a one-by-one basis.
Organs
- Concert Hall organs:
New Zealand: Christchurch • Auckland • Dunedin
Australia: Melbourne • Adelaide • Sydney • Brisbane • Tanunda Memorial Soldier's Hall, Barossa Valley¦ Japan: • Suntory Hall • England: Huddersfield Town Hall • Albert Hall (Nottingham); Alexandra Palace (unofficial website) Alexandra Palace - official website • Royal Festival Hall • Royal Albert Hall • (London) • Birmingham SymphonyHall • Bridgewater Hall • Scotland: St Andrew’s Hall, (Glasgow)
USA: Idaho: Barrus Hall, BYU Idaho • Legion of Honour, San Francisco • Walt Disney Concert Hall • Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City • Wanamaker organ, Philadelphia • Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, Kansas City • - Church and Cathedral organs:
UNITED KINGDOM: St Giles (Edinburgh) • Dunblane; • Bristol • Durham • Salisbury • Guildford • Truro • Ely • Exeter • Chester • Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (restoration project) • Wells • Westminster ; Beverley Minster • Abbeys: Bath • Westminster • Temple Church (London) ; churches: Bridlington Priory • St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol • Bishop's Stortford
EUROPEAN: • Germany: • Organs of Gdansk • Dillingen Basilica • Erfurt organs • St Marien, Lubeck • St Thomas, Leipzig • Hannover Marktkirche • Hildesheim Mariendom • Magdeburg Dom • Passau Domorgel • Sayn Abbey Church • Weingarten Abbey • St Paulus, Ulm • Regensburg • France: Organs of St Sulpice • St-Bertrand-de-Comminges • Netherlands: Orgelseite.nl • Organs of Drenthe • - NORTH AMERICA: USA pipe organ database • Grace Cathedral • St Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco • Montreal Christ Church Cathedral • Organs in Canada
NZ: Christchurch Anglican Cathedral • Christchurch Catholic Basilica • Holy Trinity Auckland • St Paul's, Dunedin • - Miscellaneous organs & Oddities: ATM organ • Beer Bottle Organ • The Singing Ringing tree • Las Piñas Bamboo Organ • Stalactite organ • Balloon organ • (reluctantly) Slowest piece of organ 'music' • Tauba Auerbach Auerglass organ
- University Organs
Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham (UK); •
Ruhr-Universität, Auditorium Maximum, Bochum • (Europe)
American Organ Institute (University of Oklahoma) - General organ sites
Orgues France • Die Orgelseite •
Organ Music
- Downloadable sheet music: SheetMusicPlus • Score Exchange • Musicaneo • Free Sheet Music • Musitek• Mutopia • Forwoods ScoreStore • Petrucci Music Library •
- Music notation programmes: Forte • Music Publisher • Lilypond • Finale • Sibelius • Smartscore • QuickScore • Pizzicato • Mozart •
- Music listening programmes: Pipe Dreams • Organlive (US) • Radio France (French) • Dutch organ radio • Priory Radio • BBC Songs of Praise • Positively Baroque • The Organ Experience •
- Music Publishers & stockists:
UK: Sheet Organ Music • Fagus Music • Oxford University Press • Kevin Mayhew • usedorganmusic.co.uk • Presto Classical • Encore publications • Firehead Editions • Chichester Music Press • Tim Knight Music
USA & Canada: Day Murray Music's Sheet Music Authority • Michaelsmusicservice.com • Lois Fyfe Music • Evensong Music • Subito Music Corporation • Editions Cheldar • Wayne Leupold Editions •
Europe: Schirmer • Dr J. Butz • Schott • Trumph • Henry Lemoine • Universal Edition • Boeijenga's Book and Music store • Albersen Muziek (NL) • - Elsewhere: Crescendo Music Publications • Musicroom • Sonata Music and Arts (Singapore)
- Organ recordings, producers and record labels: Atoll • Guild Music • Hyperion • JAV Recordings • Jonathan R. Wearn • Presto Classical • Priory Records • Fuga Record Music Shop • Gothic records • Delphian Records • Aeolus • Orgelradio • Arkiv Music •
- Composers of organ music:
Bob Chilcott • Daniel Gawthrop • Dan Locklair • Didier Matry • Grimoaldo Macchia • Anthony Ritchie • Paul Spicer • Ronald Watson • Jean Françaix • Marco lo Musico • June Nixon • Hans Uwe Hielscher • Karg-Elert Archive • Frederick Hohman • Jean-Pierre Leguay • Thierry Escaich • Hans-André Stamm • Denis Bédard • Carson Cooman • - Other: Golden Chord (Braille Music Transcription Service)
Organists
- Thomas Åberg Riccardo Adamo • Jean-Charles Ablitzer • Gail Archer • Agnes Armstrong • Graham Barber • Martin Bambauer • Jennifer Bate • Kerry Beaumont • David von Behren • Diane Meredith Belcher • Justin Bischof • Ben Bloor • Kevin Bowyer • Richard Brasier • David Briggs • Gerard Brooks • Andrew Cantrill • Cameron Carpenter • Paul Carr • David Cassan • Yves Castagnet • Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin • Chelsea Chen • George Chittenden • Jennifer Chou • James David Christie • Monica Czausz • Maurice Clerc • Carson Cooman • Ken Cowan • Lynne Davis • Christopher Dawes • Richard Dawson • Stephan Debeur • Pamela Decker • Isabelle Demers • Nina De Sole • Joan DeVee Dixon • Katherine Dienes-Williams • Jonathan Dimmock • Matthias Dreißig • Bruce Duncan • Jean-Baptiste Dupont • Richard Elliott • Katelyn Emerson • Thierry Escaich • Jesse Eschbach • Henry Fairs • Jeremy Filsell • Roger Fisher • Axel Flierl • Andrew Fletcher • James Flores • Faythe Freese • Richard Gowers • Harald Grokus • Marie-Agnès Grall-Menet • Marco Hakanpaa • Paul Hale • David Halls • Randall Harlow • Philip Hartman • Felix Hell • Keith Hearnshaw • Robert M. Helmschrott • Johan Hermans • Christopher Herrick • Michael Hey • Hans Uwe Hielscher • Darren Hogg • Frederick Hohman • Christopher Holman • John Hosking • Christopher Houlihan • Peter Hurford • Paul Jacobs • Weston Jennings • Kay Johannsen • Amy Johansen • Keith John • Barry Jordan • Hans-Dieter Karras • James Kennerley • Silvius von Kessel • Peter Kofler • Roman Krasnovsky • Antonina Krymova • James Lancelot • Marie-Louise Langlais • Anna Lapwood Olivier Latry • Nathan Laube • Carsten Lenz • Iris Lenz • David Aprahamian Liddle • Marco Lo Musico • Grimoaldo Macchia • Frederick Magle • Adrian Marple • Kimberly Marshall • Luca Massaglia • Didier Matry • Alessandra Mazzanti • Thierry Mechler • Katherine Meloan • Frank Mento • Samuel Metzger • Mª Ángeles Jaén Morcillo • Alan Morrison • Daniel Moult • June Nixon • Anthony Newman • Tim Noon • Nigel Ogden • Hector Olivera • Thomas Ospital • Adam M. Pajan • Giorgio Parolini • Robert Pecksmith • Dominic Perissinotto • Margaret Phillips • Peter Planyavsky • Iain Quinn • Mark Quarmby • Raul Prieto Ramirez • Ton Reijnaerdts • Cherry Rhodes • Dorothy Young Riess • John Riley • Paul Rosoman • Daniel Roth • Ludwig Ruckdeschel • Dick Sanderman • Bernard Sanders • Martin Schmeding • Martin Setchell • Marco Sever • Dominico Severin • Ben Sheen • Carolyn Shuster Fournier • David Sinden • Ulfert Smidt • Ann Elise Smoot • Damin Spritzer • Hans-André Stamm • Marek Stefanski • Gordon Stewart • Gabriele Studer • Fred Swann • Mons Leidvin Takle • Stephen Tharp • Simon Thomas Jacobs • Timothy Tikker • Richard Townend • Ian Tracey • D'Arcy Trinkwon • Sean Tucker • Olivier Vernet • James Vivian • John Weaver • Patrick Wedd • Gillian Weir • James Welch • John Wells • John Scott Whiteley • Carol Williams • Arthur Wills • Todd Wilson • Tom Winpenny • Christopher Wrench • Rostislaw Wygranienko • Daniel Zaretsky •
ARTIST AGENCIES: Trockenbrod • Karen MacFarlane • LIST OF FRENCH ORGANISTS (from orgue.free.fr)
Organ builders
- General:
International Society of Organ builders • Institute of British Organ Builders • Association of German Organ Builders • Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America • American Institute of Organ Builders • Swedish Society of Organbuilding - British:
Mander organs • Harrison & Harrison • Goetze & Gwynn • GO-Organ Builders • Willis Organs • Institute of British Organ Building • Peter Collins • Organ Design • Kenneth Jones • Pipe organs Ireland • George Sixsmith • David Wells Organ Builders Ltd - European:
Bernard Aubertin • Rieger Orgelbau • Orgelbau Klais • Orgelbau Kuhn • Goll Orgelbau • Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau • Karl Schuke Berlin • Marcussen and Son • Sandtner Orgelbau • Fratelli Ruffatti • Winterhalter • von Beckerath • Eisenbarth • Siegfried Schmid • Yves Sévère • Bertrand Cattiaux • Vleugels GmbH • Orgelbau Göckel GmbH • Weimbs Orgelbau • Rémy Mahler • Pom • Pels • Eule • Gronlunds • Organs of Arp Schnitger • van den Heuvel • Flentrop • Henk Klop • Walcker • Jehmlich • Ivan Larrea • Mathis Orgelbau • Jens Steinhoff Orgelbau • Orgelbau-Schulte • Gerhard Grenzing • Pascal Quoirin • Marcus Stahl • van der Putten • Voceumana (NEW) • Woehl • Orgelbau Waltershausen • W. Sauer Orgelbau - North America:
Létourneau • Casavant-Frères • Juget-Sinclair (CA)
Schoenstein • Austin • Schantz • Lively-Fulcher • Bigelow & Co. • Bond • Fisk • Reuter • Rosales • Parsons • Fritts • Dobson • Taylor and Boody • Quimby • Bedient (USA) • Richards, Fowkes & Co. • Pasi • - Asia and Australasia: South Island Organ Company • (NZ) (AUS) Pierce Pipe Organs •
Organisations *
- Societies, trusts, institutes: The Society of Women Organists (SWO) • USA & Canada: American Guild of Organists • Organ Historical Society • Royal Canadian College of Organists New Zealand: NZ Association of Organists • NZ Organ Preservation Trust • Australia: Organ Historical Trust of Australia • Organ Music Society of Adelaide • Society of Organists Victoria • Organ Music Society of Sydney • Organ Society of Queensland, Inc • Singapore AGO • UK: Incorporated Association of Organists • Royal College of Organists • National pipe Organ Register • The Scottish Federation of Organists • British Institute of Organ Studies • Ulster Society of Organists and Choirmasters • Pipe Organ Preservation Co of Ireland • Friends of Cathedral Music • The Organ Club • The Berkshire Organists' Association • ¦ EUROPE: France: Orgue en France • Association des grandes orgues de Chartres • Italy: Associazione Musicale Fabio da Bologna ; Denmark: Danish organist and Kantor Society • Luxembourg: Amis de l'Orgue Luxembourg • Netherlands: Royal Society of Organists and Church Musicians • Norway: Norwegian Organ Society ; Germany: Society of Organ friends • Organ Academy, Stade, Germany • The Irish Pipe Organ Register
- Chat groups, blogs & networking: Mander Organs Discussion Board • The Organ Forum • Magle International Music Forums • The Lady Organist Blog • Henry Fairs Diary • MMS Organ Music Blog • Promotionmusic Blog • Das Portal der Königin - Orgel-Blog • Organistsonline • Manuals and pedals - an organist's odyssey
Concerts, festivals, competitions
- Where you can find concerts: Organ recitals UK • The London Organ Concert Guide (UK); • Organ Focus • Organiste.net • (US & Canada); • Australian Organ Recitals Directory (AUS) •
- Organ Festivals: Toulouse Les Orgues • St Albans International Organ festival • Treviso International Organ Festival • Lisboa International Organ Festival • Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields • Orgelfestival Fugato • Schnitger Festival • Art Unorganised • Musikfest-Bremen • Dudelange Organ Festival • International Organ Festival Haarlem • Creative Oundle for Organists • Malta International Organ Festival • Annual Windfire Festival (Australia)
- Organ Competitions: Canadian International Organ Competition • Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition • Northern Ireland International Organ Competition • Grand Prix de Chartres International Organ Competition • Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford • I° International Organ Competition of Vicenza (Italy)
Music in Universities, Conservatoires, and Academies
Music education, magazines and resources :
- Organ Tricks • Vox Humana Journal • Organ improvisation • A Young Person's Guide to the Organ • The International Organ Foundation • Organ demonstrations • How is a church organ different from a theatre organ? • Encyclopaedia of Organ Stops • Choir & Organ • The Organ • Musical Opinion • Organists' Review • Sacred Destinations (incl. Cathedrals) • Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ • The Joy of Music (with Diane Bish) • Pro-motion Music • Orgel-information (German organs) ECHO (European cities of Historic organs) • Organ curiosities • Organs of Japan • Organs of Malaysia • French organs (Les Orgues) • The Bullet-proof Musician • Organ Media Foundation • Practical Harmonisation by Stephen Taylor • Virtual Campus for Organists & Choir Directors • Irish Pipe Organ Page • Bach on Bach • Bach Cantatas Website • Organ Museum, Kelheim • Hymnary.org • The Organ Place • Virgil Fox legacy • Lessons for the new organist • Copyright and the Church • Theatre Organ Store • The Organ Podcast • Organ Database (NL) • Organ Index (in German) •
Organ-related books, gifts, CDs, videos
- Organ CDs, books, videos, sheet music, gifts online: Organ Historical Society Catalogue • Organ Calendars • Organ gifts • Organ Anecdotes • Music typing keyboard • Mark Schweizer's Liturgical Mysteries • Jubal Music • Ad Fontes •
- Organ videos (YouTube etc): Churchmouse collection • Kalevikiniemi's Channel • JV68 • Virgil Fox • American Guild of Organists YouTube channel • Archive of Recorded Church Music • Gert van Hoef • JAV Recordings • Marko Hakanpää • Casavant: Inspiration Organ • Lana Krakovsky • Tim Rishton - Orgelbuchlein Series on YouTube •
- Organ-related gifts: Organ gifts and Goodies • AirTurn page turner • Organ Calendars • Organ greeting cards • Michael's Music Service Gifts • Organ prints • Redbubble gifts
I always welcome any new ideas or suggestions for new links, or even that any are broken or have shifted. You can send them directly to me or use this form.
