3rd August 2025
Congratulations to Oscar Battle on becoming the UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year. 6 young entrants performed on the Brentford Musical Museum’s 3/12 Wurlitzer organ with Oscar winning and Jack Morton as 2nd place runner up
24th July 2025
Many congratulations to Declan Poole. Not only is our current Ian Sutherland Award holder, he has now been awarded First Prize in the American Theatre Organ Society Young Theatre Organist Competition
22nd July 2025
LTOT Chairman Walter Baker has reported that all concerts at Stockport Town Hall are unfortunately cancelled for the rest of the year. This is due to damage to the Wurlitzer organ chests, as a result of recent water ingress.
6th June 2025
Exciting news from Ian Midgley:
“The reopening of the Bowness Royalty is scheduled for Saturday evening, 14th June with a Beatles Tribute Band. I will be playing our Wurlitzer for the arriving audience from 6.30pm.
Then the next day on Sunday, 15th we will be holding the first of what is hoped to be a monthly Sunday Tea Dance from 2pm!
The monthly Tuesday Concerts should be resuming in August along with the odd Silent Movie.
The organ now has a new fully functioning relay from Sonic Services. The front of the stage has been opened up with just black material covering it so the volume of the organ has increased by probably 50%!”
3rd February 2025
A number of Changes to COS Officer Roles have recently taken place
– Simon Field is the new Chairman replacing Simon Gledhill
– Simon Gledhill is now Southern District Secretary
– Michael Carter is now Midlands and Wales District Secretary replacing Gordon Whitehouse
We wish them all the best in their new roles and thank Gordon for his many dedicated years as District Secretary. Simon Field and Michael Carter will continue their existing roles as Sales Officer and Journal Editor respectively.