Choir & Organ

Choir & Organ shines a global spotlight on two distinctive fields of creativity, celebrating inventiveness and excellence in all their forms. We aim to inspire our readers through giving a platform to conductors, organists, composers, and choirs of every kind; and showcasing the imaginative craft of pipe organ building across the centuries, critiquing new organs and tackling ethics in restoring historic instruments.

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Choir & Organ

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Mari Esabel Valverde • Leah Broad explores the choral music of a Mexican-American composer whose work is deeply shaped by questions of identity and activism

Musical measure • Jonathan Ambrosino visits Coral Gables, Florida, where the first complete Schoenstein instrument from tonal director and president Bryan Dunnewald shows assurance and restraint.

Who speaks for the boy chorister? • Are boys’ choirs at a crossroads? Jeremy Filsell argues that championing boys’ singing can go hand in hand with opportunities for girls

David Hill In conversation with … Grete Pedersen • Principal Conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum

A new life abroad • A WiIliam Hill organ of 1904, rescued from a redundant Scottish church, has been elevated to a better purpose in Prenzlau, Germany. Chris Bragg reports

Rebuilding through song • As bombs fell on London and Michael Tippett was imprisoned for refusing military service, Morley College Choir became an unlikely force in Britain’s musical renewal, as George Parris discovers

Sound of Scotland • As it celebrates 30 years since its foundation this year, Holly Baker meets the people behind the National Youth Choir of Scotland, discovering how it has become a vital space of community and development for young singers in the north of the UK

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Homegrown harmony • The London Oriana Choir has a proud tradition of supporting new composers. Clare Stevens talks to members of its composers’ group about how the choir is nurturing new music from within its own ranks

Beyond Light • Matthew Power talks to composer Greg May about his musical background as we introduce his new choral and organ piece

Idiomatic inspiration • Charles Andrews considers three pieces of English Romantic organ music that eschewed the fashion for orchestral transcriptions and returned to an authentic style of organ composition

Dutch masters • Paul Hale summarises the extensive restoration work of Elbertse & Van Vulpen Orgelmakers, based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

A century of organ building

Patience and place • Award-winning organist, pianist and composer Kit Downes tells Mark Seow about improvisation, family, and the search for what makes every instrument unique

Two worlds of music, one magazine

CHOIR & ORGAN NEXT ISSUE • WINTER 2026

IN THE STUDIO • EXPLORING THE WORLD OF CHORAL AND ORGAN RECORDINGS

REVIEWS • CONCERTS • KEYBOARD CDS • CHORAL CDS • DVDS • ORGAN MUSIC • CHORAL MUSIC • BOOKS

EARLY MUSIC • Rebecca Tavener rounds up the latest releases

CHORAL SELECTION • Rupert Gough explores contemporary sacred choral settings

Letter from Kraków • Early music festival Misteria Paschalia brings Kraków’s historic buildings to...