pluSWOne - the SWO recruitment campaign

If every SWO member introduces just one girl or woman to the organ we will double the number of women who appreciate our instrument, so please do take part, wherever you are! pluSWOne asks you to invite a girl or woman of any age – a friend, relation, member of your congregation, even a casual acquaintance – to the organ console and show them how to play the organ. Previous keyboard experience is unnecessary and you need not be an advanced organist yourself, as our guidance sheet outlines simple activities that will delight your recruit. At the end we ask you to send us a photo of the recruit at the console, a comment from them and the location of the introduction. View the pluSWOne guidance sheet.

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London Play Like a Girl 2025	London Play Like a Girl 2025	London "It was an eyeopener"
Harpenden "It’s such a fantastic instrument and is so inspiring to play!"	London "I was astonished at how many moving parts there are in an organ that have to be coordinated.I have a huge new respect for those who have mastered this wonderful instrument"	Edinburgh "Wow, it's loud!"
London “It was a magical experience”	Glasgow "From such a positive introduction I am very much looking forward to future sessions"	Wakefield "I like playing loud"
St Albans "I loved having the chance to play the organ and have it demonstrated"	Wakefield "It’s really fun"	London "The chance to play the organ, after years of admiring its sound, was brilliant"
Wakefield "I like playing with my feet"	Washington DC, US "Now I want to learn to play the organ" - recruit aged 10 years	Wakefield "There are so many layers (keyboards)"
London "Playing the organ was a new experience for me, but one that ended up being very fun and helpful"	Wakefield "My piano pieces sound different on the organ"	London "It was a brilliant experience for me. I had no idea of the extensive intricacies of the organ"
Wakefield "I had a great time"	Richmond, N. Yorks “It was amazing, I loved it, I want to play the organ!”	Wakefield "It was really interesting"
Wakefield "My feet can play a tune!"	Missoula Montana, US "Playing the organ is a good challenge because I'm used to playing the piano"	Wakefield "This was so cool"
Wakefield "I want to play the organ again"	London "I really enjoyed this short introduction on the organ and how it works, a memorable experience to treasure"	Wakefield "It was so loud"
Barnes “It’s fantastic. I feel as though I’m in the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not as intimidating an instrument as you might think.”	Wakefield "It was fun"	Wakefield "I want to come back to play some more"
London "It really was a fascinating insight and has reignited my enjoyment and appreciation of music."	Wakefield "Wow!"	London "That was fascinating and now I want to learn the organ!"
London “It was amazing! It will make listening to the organ even more special in future.”

pluSWOne - the SWO recruitment campaign

London Play Like a Girl 2025

London Play Like a Girl 2025

London Play Like a Girl 2025

London Play Like a Girl 2025

London Play Like a Girl 2025

London "It was an eyeopener"

Harpenden "It’s such a fantastic instrument and is so inspiring to play!"

London "I was astonished at how many moving parts there are in an organ that have to be coordinated.I have a huge new respect for those who have mastered this wonderful instrument"

Edinburgh "Wow, it's loud!"

London “It was a magical experience”

Glasgow "From such a positive introduction I am very much looking forward to future sessions"

Wakefield "I like playing loud"

St Albans "I loved having the chance to play the organ and have it demonstrated"

Wakefield "It’s really fun"

London "The chance to play the organ, after years of admiring its sound, was brilliant"

Wakefield "I like playing with my feet"

Washington DC, US "Now I want to learn to play the organ" - recruit aged 10 years

Wakefield "There are so many layers (keyboards)"

London "Playing the organ was a new experience for me, but one that ended up being very fun and helpful"

Wakefield "My piano pieces sound different on the organ"

London "It was a brilliant experience for me. I had no idea of the extensive intricacies of the organ"

Wakefield "I had a great time"

​Richmond, N. Yorks “It was amazing, I loved it, I want to play the organ!”

Wakefield "It was really interesting"

Wakefield "My feet can play a tune!"

Missoula Montana, US "Playing the organ is a good challenge because I'm used to playing the piano"

Wakefield "This was so cool"

Wakefield "I want to play the organ again"

London "I really enjoyed this short introduction on the organ and how it works, a memorable experience to treasure"

Wakefield "It was so loud"

Barnes “It’s fantastic. I feel as though I’m in the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not as intimidating an instrument as you might think.”

Wakefield "It was fun"

Wakefield "I want to come back to play some more"

London "It really was a fascinating insight and has reignited my enjoyment and appreciation of music."

Wakefield "Wow!"

London "That was fascinating and now I want to learn the organ!"

London “It was amazing! It will make listening to the organ even more special in future.”

Richmond, N. Yorks “It was amazing, I loved it, I want to play the organ!”