Southwark & South London Society of Organists
Bromley & Croydon Organists’ Association
Saturday 18 April 2026 at 2.30 pm

You are welcome to attend our biennial Education Day for student organists in St John’s Church, Goose Green, East Dulwich, on Saturday 18 April, starting at 2.30 pm.

The organists have all been awarded bursaries for an initial course of organ lessons, and this is an opportunity for them to perform a piece in public, and to hear supportive comments from a distinguished guest organist.

Our guest organist on this occasion is David Pipe, a former cathedral organist and currently Editor of Organists’ Review. David will begin the afternoon by giving a short recital of music by J.S.Bach, Buxtehude and Franz Danksagmüller. The student organists will then play their pieces, with comments from David – which will be heard by the audience via the church’s PA system.

Finally, certificates will be awarded to the organists to mark this important milestone in their organ studies. We look forward to welcoming you all to this wonderful celebration of organ-playing, together with your families and friends. Admission is free.

Recital Programme

• Franz Danksagmüller – Estampie
• J. S. Bach – Air (Suite No. 3 in D)
• Buxtehude – Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149

David Pipe

David Pipe read Music at Cambridge University as Organ Scholar of Downing College, later studying organ at the Royal Academy of Music. He has performed at major international festivals, and his solo recordings have attracted critical acclaim in the international music press, with performances described as ‘electrifying’. He has featured recently as the organist with a symphonic metal band, appearing on BBC One’s The One Show and performing a sell-out concert in York Minster.

David was Director of the Keyboard Studies Programme and Cathedral Organist in the Diocese of Leeds until Easter 2024, having previously been Assistant Director of Music at York Minster. Now working as a freelance organist, pianist and conductor, he is Organist at Huddersfield Town Hall, Musical Director of York Musical Society, and Director of Music at Cartmel Priory, as well as examining for the Royal College of Organists and the ABRSM.

In 2018, David was elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, awarded to past students who have distinguished themselves in the music profession within their particular field.

David is also editor of Organists’ Review, the house magazine of the IAO.