The Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) will take place from Monday 12 August to Wednesday 14 August 2024 in Armagh. This year’s jury will be chaired by concert organist Thomas Trotter, who will be joined by Anna-Victoria Baltrusch, Professor of Organ at the Evangelical High School for Church Music in Halle, Germany, and by David Hill, artistic director of the Bach Choir, London, the Yale Schola Cantorum, Connecticut and of the Charles Wood Summer School, which runs concurrently with the organ competition.

The winner of the 2023 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) is George Herbert, aged 22, from the UK, currently a freelance performer based in London, and Assistant Director of Music Designate of His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace.

Fourteen young organists from around the world have been selected to participate in the senior category of the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) 2023, which takes place in Armagh 21 – 23 August.

Would you like to pick up tips on programming, public speaking, dress and all the practical things involved with organ recitals? Isabelle is all set to share her years of experience!

Details have been announced of the monetary awards and prizewinners’ recitals for this year’s Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC), taking place in Armagh 21–23 August 2023.

The 11th Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) will take place in Armagh from 21–23 August 2023, returning to the cathedral city where it was founded for the first time since the pandemic.