{"id":7298,"date":"2019-02-22T19:34:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?page_id=7298"},"modified":"2025-12-02T06:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:42:29","slug":"sslso-education-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?page_id=7298","title":{"rendered":"SSLSO Education Initiative 2025-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2019 the Southwark and South London Society of Organists (SSLSO) started a new initiative to help young musicians interested in learning the organ, called \u2018Introducing the Organ\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five young people were awarded bursaries for organ lessons. The recipients were selected by application, and received their awards at St George\u2019s Cathedral, Southwark, where they heard a demonstration of the organ by the former Director of Music, Norman Harper, and had a play themselves. They also had several opportunities to perform in public over the year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8705\" style=\"width:268px;height:178px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-2048x1369.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC03626-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Awards 2021\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2021-2022 the scheme was revived and four more awards were made. There was an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=8702\" target=\"_blank\">awards ceremony<\/a> in January 2022 at St John\u2019s, East Dulwich, with celebrated organist, conductor and broadcaster Anna Lapwood, who gave a recital and led a masterclass for the new organists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More awards were made in the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme returns in 2025-2026, with awards covering the cost of five organ lessons with a teacher either appointed or approved by the SSLSO, and some sheet music, up to the value of \u00a3300. Successful applicants will automatically join the society for a year\u2019s free membership and will have the opportunity to play at events and masterclasses, as well as attend an award ceremony in the following academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme is intended for pupils\/students\/young people based in South London who haven\u2019t had any organ lessons previously, and can play the piano to ABRSM grade 5 standard or above, although all applications will be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme is usually open for applications from September 1st to October 31st each year, with awards made early in the new year. If you are interested in applying however, please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?page_id=112\">contact us<\/a> any time so that we can send you an application form when the scheme is open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SSLSO exists to promote organ playing, and we hope that this scheme will play a part in nurturing a future generation of players of this wonderful instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong> &#8212; Applications are now closed &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/YQg2bGXkna8kZLPo6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1527\" src=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SSLSO-Bursary-Flyer-2024-25-e1757919798900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9621\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SSLSO-Bursary-Flyer-2024-25-e1757919798900.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SSLSO-Bursary-Flyer-2024-25-e1757919798900-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SSLSO-Bursary-Flyer-2024-25-e1757919798900-832x1024.jpg 832w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SSLSO-Bursary-Flyer-2024-25-e1757919798900-768x946.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SSLSO-Bursary-Flyer-2024-25-e1757919798900-624x768.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019 the Southwark and South London Society of Organists (SSLSO) started a new initiative to help young musicians interested in learning the organ, called \u2018Introducing the Organ\u2019. 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The recipients were selected by application, and received their awards at St George\u2019s Cathedral, Southwark, where they heard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7298"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10054,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7298\/revisions\/10054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}