Awards/Honours
- 1975: Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, London (Hon. FRCO)
- 1977: First woman elected to the Council of the Royal College of Organists
- 1981: International Performer of the Year, elected by the American Guild of Organists, New York City
- 1981-83: First woman President of the Incorporated Association of Organists
- 1982: Elected Musician of the Year by the International Music Guide
- 1982: Elected Honorary Member of the International Music Sorority Sigma Alpha Iota
- 1983: Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists (Hon FRCCO)
- 1983: Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (Hon D.Mus)
- 1985: First musician to receive the Turnovsky Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts
- 1989: Created Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to music
- 1989: Elected Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, London (Hon. RAM)
- 1992-93: President of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, England
- 1993: Trustee of the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists and Organ Music
- 1994-96: First woman President of the Royal College of Organists, England
- 1996: Created Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to music
- 1997-98: Visiting Professor of the Royal Academy of Music, London
- 1997: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Huddersfield (Hon D.Litt)
- 1998: Awarded Silver Medal by the Albert Schweitzer Association (Sweden)
- 1998–present: President of the Soloist's Ensemble
- 1998: Patron of the Oundle International Festival
- 1999: Appointed the Prince Consort Professor in Organ, Royal College of Music, London
- 1999: March 1999 - Winner of the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in 1998
- 1999: July 1999 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Hull (Hon D.Mus)
- 1999: Patron of Friends of Young Artists' Platform
- 1999–present: Patron of the Cirencester Early Music Festival
- 2000: November 2000 - Elected Fellow of the Royal College of Music, London (FRCM)
- 2000: December 2000 - Subject of television documentary profile by the South Bank Show (ITV)
- 2001: February 2001 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Exeter (Hon D.Mus)
- 2001: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Birmingham City University (Hon Doctor of the University)
- 2003: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Leicester (Hon D.Mus)
- 2004: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Aberdeen (Hon D.Mus)
- 2006: Elected Member of the Senior Common Room at the University College and St Chad's College, Durham University
- 2009: Elected Member of the Senior Common Room at the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham University
- 2009: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of London (Hon D.Mus)
- 2011: Awarded Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Award
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