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Explore the lives of inspiring organists who support the aims of the Society of Women Organists

Nov 65 min read

SPOTLIGHT ON... Helene Albrecht, founder of SWO's Directory of Women Composers of Organ and Choral Music

Helene, tell us about your early years in music This was a fascinating and most rewarding time! Being self-employed allowed me to...

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SPOTLIGHT ON… Carolyn Craig – an American Organ Scholar in London

Who, or what, inspired you to take up the organ? What was your training as an organist? I was surrounded by organ music from an early...

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SPOTLIGHT ON… Elizabeth Stratford – the first woman to be appointed to a senior music post at a UK cathedral

You started your musical journey as a chorister and studied voice and piano at University. When, and why, did you decide to take up the...

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