International Summer School
Here is a unique course designed for those who hope to take up a professional career as an organist, or who would like to refresh their studies through contact with top tutors - all in a friendly, noncompetitive setting. We offer up to twenty places for conservatoire-level organists from around the world to enjoy contact with a premier-league faculty. Many students from the UK and overseas have found Advanced Academy as the gateway to further exciting opportunities abroad. Students will be coached in small groups and enjoy access to numerous College Chapel organs for practising.

Cambridge is an historic and famous university city; its beautiful college buildings lining the river Cam provide an inspiring backdrop. Cambridge is also a paradise for organists with many splendid instruments all close by. Some reflect 17th and 18th century ideals, others offer a huge romantic palette, whilst some adopt a neo-classical style. The instruments feature the work of builders Harrison, von Beckerath, Mander, Klais, Kuhn, Létourneau, Lund, Metzler, Frobenius, St Martin, Goetze & Gwynn, and Flentrop.

Accommodation
Students, tutors and observers will be accommodated in single rooms at St Catharine’s College, in the centre of Cambridge. All meals will be taken in College.

Recital awards
The course will feature a composite student recital and tutors’ celebrity recitals. Oundle For Organists courses are non-competitive but tutors assess standard, progress and potential. Every year we offer students the chance to perform at prominent venues in the UK: most Advanced Academy students are sent on mini-recital tours to cathedrals, concert halls and Oxbridge colleges in the season following their course. Travel expenses (within the UK) are paid as a minimum remuneration. Students also receive books, scores and magazine subscriptions, thanks to generous sponsors.