ALTON ORGAN SOCIETY (Founded 1967) ♬♪𝄞 Updated Tuesday 7 April 2026
Alton Organ Society's 2025/2026 Season of Organ Concerts
Organ Recitals Nationwide
The fourth organ concert in 2026 will be given by Benjamin Scott (Sacred Heart Church, Caterham) today, Tuesday 7 April 2026 starting at 8.00 pm. Refreshments will be available from 7.30 pm. Ben's programme can be viewed here.
The fifth - and final for the 2025/2026 Season - organ concert will be given by Ourania Gassiou (Concert Organist, Greece) on Tuesday 5 May 2026. Here programme can be viewed here.
Alton Organ Society Committee - New Members Welcome
The organ society committee is keen to attract new members to maintain the future success of Alton Organ Society now in its 59th year. There are tasks that do not require organ playing skills but the ability to administer the running of the society. For instance, if you are interested and able to be a graphic designer - creating posters, designing programme formats etc - and, maybe good at running a website including updating on a regular basis to keep it fresh and interesting, we would like to hear from you. If you plan to attend any of the future organ concerts and would like to discuss these roles with committee members, please do approach one of us or contact us by email - click here.
David Hill MBE organist and International Choral Director, Patron of the Alton Organ Society and past President of the Royal College of Organists very kindly recorded a CD on the St Lawrence Church, Alton, organ to celebrate 55 years of the Organ Society existence and to raise funds for the restoration of the Speechly organ. The music was recorded by Herald AV Publications, a specialist recording company, in October 2022. The CD was launched at St Lawrence Church, Alton on Tuesday 4 October 2022. The CD costs £15 of which £3.00 of the purchase price will go towards the organ restoration fund. David's CD was reviewed by Choir & Organ Magazine and copies of that review and Graeme Kay's article on the Society can be seen here. The CD can be purchased from members of the Society Committee, from Resurrection Furniture in Alton and at the Society's Organ Concerts. For further details and purchase of a CD do use the contact page here.
There is an excellent website that lists national organ concerts (including those held in Alton) and can be viewed here. Please list altonorgansociety.co.uk & Organ Recitals Nationwide among your favourites.