The Allen organ belonging to the University of the Free State's Odeon School of Music is within the next month to be moved to the Cathedral. This will extend the already growing relationship between the University and the Oratory. The instrument will be used for lessons and recitals. Organ students will practice and play their examinations a the Cathedral. Foreign organists visiting South Africa will also play recitals here. The presence of two large organs, the Allen and the Cathedral's pipe organ, will extend the range of music which can be performed at the cathedral. The choral music at the cathedral will also be considerably extended by this development. We look forward to a long and happy relationship with the UFS for the development of liturgical and organ music in South Africa.
The cathedral's three organists, Prof. Nicol Viljoen, Dr Martina Viljoen and Prof Ian Drenan, are all academics at the UFS.
