David John Chandler Price (born 1969) is a British

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conductor and

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Early life and education

Price studied organ at

Trinity College of Music Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music and dance conservatoire based in London, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of two older institutions – Trinity College of Music and Laban Dance Centre. The conservatoire has ...

, graduating in 1991. He was also

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. During his last year at Trinity, he was organ scholar at

Rochester Cathedral Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent. The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the s ...

under

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. Upon graduating, he became assistant organist at

Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The presen ...

, succeeding

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(who had been appointed Director of Music at

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Career

Ely

Price started at

in September 1991 under

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. A recording of Amner's choral music is among four CDs recorded while Price was at Ely. He also helped to re-establish and direct the Ely Consort in 1994. He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at

Portsmouth Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church in the centre of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, England. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Portsmouth and the seat of ...

in 1996, following

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's appointment at

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Portsmouth

Price's tenure has seen a number of major changes to the Music Department: the number of sung services has been increased, a girls' choir, called "Cantate", was established in 2006, and a gap year scheme for choral scholars has been introduced, in partnership with

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. Price has also overseen the installation of the West Great organ in 2001 and a

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in 2007. In addition, the choir have moved from the Song School in the north

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of the cathedral to a new suite in Cathedral House opposite. In 2017, a major refurbishment was undertaken on the cathedral organ, including the addition of a set of West End en chamade trumpets. During his tenth year in

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in 2007, Price was awarded an honorary doctorate in music by the

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in recognition of his contribution to the musical life of the city, which has included not only work in the daily cathedral services, but also special civic and national events, university graduations and the Portsmouth Festivities. Price was made an honorary fellow of the Academy of Saint Cecilia for his contribution to the performance of early music through his work at Portsmouth. In 2013, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the

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Personal life

Price is the son-in-law of the late

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, a former Bishop of Portsmouth, and is married to Katharine "Kitty" Price.

Discography

* 2018
Te Deum Laudamus
The Nicholson Organ in Portsmouth Cathedral Part 2 * 2018
Verbum caro factum est
with Portsmouth Cathedral Choir * 2015 �
James Dunlop: Ascension
with Alice Burn (

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), Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and Cantate, for Riverwood Air * 2014 �
Plainsong: The Echo Of Angels
with Oliver Hancock (organ), William Wallace (organ), Anna Wynne (harp), Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and Cantate, for

Convivium Records Convivium Records is a British independent record label and record self-releasing house established by Adrian Green in 2010. The label records, masters, markets and distributes choral and instrumental music for predominantly British, European a ...

* 2013 �
The Choral Music of June Clark: To Sing Thy Love
with William Drakett (organ and piano), Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and Cantate, for Convivium Records * 2012 �
Baltic Exchange: Music For Seafarers
with

Marcus Wibberley Marcus Wibberley (born 1981) is a British organist, conductor and choir trainer. Education Marcus Wibberley was a Chorister at Westminster Abbey under Martin Neary and subsequently attended Dulwich College as a Music Scholar. In the sixth form ...

(organ), Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Cantate and the Convivium Singers, for Convivium Records * 2010 �
In Your Image: Carols For Christmastide
with Marcus Wibberley (organ) and Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, for Convivium Records * 2009 – Valete in Pace, with

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, Mark le Brocq (tenor),

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, Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and the

Choir of Clare College Cambridge The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, is a mixed-voice choir whose primary function is to lead services in the chapel of Clare College, Cambridge. Since its founding in 1972, the choir has gained an international reputation as one of the lead ...

, for Smudged Discs * 2009 �
Sing to the Lord
with Andrew Cleary, Marcus Wibberley (organ), Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and Cantate, for Convivium Records * 2004 �

with Anthony Froggatt, David Thorne (organ), Rosemary Field (organ) and Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, for Guild Music * 2001 �
The Nicholson organs in Portsmouth Cathedral
for

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* 2000 �
I look from afar: A Sequence for Christmas
with Rosemary Field (organ) and Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, for Herald AV Publications * 1999 �
The State Funeral of Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.
with David Thorne (organ) and Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, for Herald AV Publications * 1998 �
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Vol 14
with

and Ely Cathedral Choir, for

Priory Records Priory Records is a record company in the UK founded in 1980, and devoted mostly to church music and organ music. Important projects have included the complete Psalms sung by cathedral choirs to Anglican chant, all of the Magnificat and Nunc d ...

* 1997 �
Lord of all hopefulness: Hymns from Portsmouth Cathedral
with David Thorne (organ) and Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, for Herald AV Publications * 1995 �
Cathedral Music by Amner
with Paul Trepte and Ely Cathedral Choir, for

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* 1995 �
Carols From Many Lands
with Paul Trepte and Ely Cathedral Choir, for Priory Records * 1993 �
"Praise the Lord O my Soul": Psalms of David Vol 8
with Paul Trepte and Ely Cathedral Choir, for Priory Records

References

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