UK university gets rid of organ

We hear that the University of Huddersfield in west Yorkshire has removed the Walker house organ that was gifted to it by Michael Phipps and was placed in the concert hall that is named after him.

The organ has been quietly relocated to St. Wilfred’s church in Ripon.

Its absence means music students at the university have no further access to a top-class organ. There is also talk that Phipps Hall will be repurposed to become a pop music studio.

There is still an organ in the St Pauls Hall.

The University of Huddersfield used to have the best organ facilities in any music department in the North of England.

The university is home to the renowned Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, whose future may be in jeopardy.

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