Press Area This is the NIIOC press area, where all recent press releases are available.   2012 Competition    August 2012 Competition press release     Pictured at the award ceremony of this year's Northern Ireland International Organ Competition from left: winner Ben Bloor, 20, organ scholar at New College Oxford, Martyn Noble, 21, organ scholar at St Mary's Battersea who came second, Tom Etheridge, 18, a student at Eton College, third place, and Michael Papadopoulos, 21, organ scholar at Trinity College Oxford, highly commended.   Pictured at the award ceremony of this year's Northern Ireland International Organ Competition from left: winner Ben Bloor, 20, organ scholar at New College Oxford, Martyn Noble, 21, organ scholar at St Mary's Battersea who came second, Tom Etheridge, 18, a student at Eton College, third place, and Michael Papadopoulos, 21, organ scholar at Trinity College Oxford. In the background from left judges Mark Duley, David Hill and Kimberly Marshall.   24/04/2012 Launch press release   2011 Competition    Richard Yarr, chair of NIIOC; Chair of the Jury, Thierry Mechler, Professor of Organ and Improvisation in Cologne Musikhochschule and the first winner of the senior category, 18 year old Ben Comeau from Truro Cathedral.   Senior Category Winners: Third Place,  Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Guildford Cathedral: First Place,  Ben Comeau, Truro Cathedral; Second Place, Benjamin Bloor, St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and Richard Gowers, Eton College, who received a ‘special mention’ from the Jury for his outstanding playing of his grandfather, Patrick Gowers’, Toccata, which is well known in organ circles.   Juror, Colm Carey, Belfast City Organist; Chair of the Jury, Thierry Mechler, Professor of Organ and Improvisation in Cologne Musikhochschule;  the first winner of the senior category, 18 year old Ben Comeau, from Truro Cathedral and David Hill, Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers and also a member of the Jury. Winner of the Junior Category of NIIOC, 17 year old Killian Farrell from Dublin pictured with Chair of the Jury (right) Professor Thierry Mechler.        August 2011 Competition press release   23/05/2011 Launch press release     For further press information contact Gillian Morrow, Morrow Communications on 02890 393837, g.morrow@morrowcommunications.com  or email info@niioc.com