The cathedrals of England have a long history of

liturgical music Liturgical music originated as a part of religious ceremony, and includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern. Liturgical music is well known as a part of Catholic Mass, the Anglican Holy Communion service (or Eucharist) and Evensong ...

, often played on or accompanied by the organ. The role of cathedral

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational h ...

is a salaried appointment, the organist often also serving as

choirmaster A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

. There is also an assistant organist, and often an

organ scholar An organ scholar is a young musician employed as a part-time assistant organist at a cathedral, church or institution where regular choral services are held. The idea of an organ scholarship is to provide the holder with playing, directing and adm ...

Birmingham, St Philip's Cathedral

Organists at St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham have included composers Charles John Blood Meacham, Richard Yates Mander and Rupert Jeffcoat.

Directors of Music

* 1715 Barnabas Gunn * 1733? William de St. Thunes * 1735? John Ohio Eversman * 1765 Jeremiah Clark (afterwards organist of

Worcester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Bles ...

) * 1803 Bishop Simms * 1829 Henry Simms * 1871 Charles John Blood Meacham (later organist of St. George's Church, Edgbaston) * 1888 Richard Yates Mander (later organist of All Saints' Church, Ryde) * 1898 A. G. Thompson * 1901 Arthur Elmore (later organist of

St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England. History For centuries, Acocks Green was part of the Parish of Yardley, Birmingham, Yardley, however the population had e ...

) * 1906 Edwin Stephenson (later organist of

St. Margaret's Church, Westminster The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey, is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England. It is dedicated to Margaret of Antioch, and forms part of a single World Heritage Site with the Palace of Westminster a ...

) * 1914

William Frederick Dunnill William Frederick Dunnill (1880–1936) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham. Background He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire on 16 March 1880. He was the son of Jeremiah Dunnill (Music Seller a ...

(formerly organist of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham) * 1936

Willis Grant Willis Grant (1 May 1907 – 9 November 1981) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham. Background Willis Grant was born on 1 May 1907 in Bolton, Lancashire. He was educated at Astley Bridge School ...

(later professor of music,

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

) * 1958 Thomas Tunnard * 1968 Roy Massey (later organist of Hereford Cathedral) * 1974 David Bruce-Payne * 1978 Hubert Best * 1986 Marcus Huxley * 2018 David Hardie (Head of Music)

Assistant Organists

* 1907–1914 T. Appleby Matthews * 1950–1951 Harrison Oxley, (later Organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral) * 1954–1956 John K. Nicholas * Malcolm Hicks * 1966–1968 Roland L. Keen, (later Director of Music at Wroxall Abbey School) * 1968–1974 John Pryer * Hubert Best (later organist) * 1978–1979 Gary Cole * Timothy Storey * 1986–1995 Rosemary Field * 1995–1997 Rupert Jeffcoat, (later Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral and St John's Cathedral, Brisbane) * 1997–2004 Christopher Allsop, (later Assistant Organist at

) * 2004–2010

Stuart Nicholson Stuart Nicholson may refer to: * Stuart Nicholson (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer * Stuart Nicholson (jazz historian) (born 1948), British jazz historian, biographer, music journalist, music critic, and academic * Stuart Nicholson (org ...

, (later Organist and Master of Choristers at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin) * 2010–2014 Tim Harper * 2014–2018 David Hardie (later Head of Music – Birmingham Cathedral) * 2019– Ashley Wagner (Assistant Head of Music)

Blackburn Cathedral

Notable organists at

Blackburn Cathedral Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Blackburn Saint Mary the Virgin with St Paul, is an Anglican (Church of England) cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town centre, in Lancashire, England. The cathedral si ...

have included Charles Hylton Stewart, John Bertalot and Gordon Stewart.

Directors of Music

* 1828–1831

Joseph John Harris Joseph John Harris (1799 – 10 February 1869) was an English organist and composer, from 1848 organist of Manchester Cathedral. Life Harris was born in London in 1799. For seven years he was in the choir of the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, un ...

(later organist of Manchester Cathedral) * 1832 R. Nimmo (temporary) * 1832–1838 Henry Smart * 1838–1840 John Bishop (formerly organist of St. Paul's Church, Cheltenham) * 1840–1848 William Robinson * 1848–1858 Joseph Rolley (from Church of St George, Bolton) * 1858–1863 Charles Greenwood * 1863–1870 James H. Robinson * 1870–1882 Thomas S. Hayward (previously organist of St Peter's Collegiate Church Wolverhampton, afterwards organist of Wesleyan Chapel, Mornington Road, Southport) * 1882–1888 Walter Handel Thorley * 1888–1900 James H. Rooks * 1900–1912 Christie Green (afterwards organist of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry) * 1912–1914 Richard Henry Coleman * 1914–1916 Charles Hylton Stewart (afterwards organist of

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

and

St George's Chapel, Windsor St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gart ...

) * 1916–1939

Herman Brearley Herman Brearley (died 1940) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Blackburn Cathedral. Background Herman Brearley was born in Batley, Yorkshire. In 1905 he and his wife lived in Hastings. He was a chorister and then assistant organis ...

* 1939–1964 Thomas Lucas Duerden * 1964–1983 John Bertalot * 1983–1994 David Anthony Cooper * 1994–1998 Gordon Stewart * 1998–2011 Richard Tanner (from

All Saints' Church, Northampton All Saints' Church, Northampton is a Church of England parish church in the centre of Northampton. The current church was largely built after a fire and was consecrated in 1680. It is a Grade I listed building. History Simon de Senlis' church ...

) * 2011–2019 Samuel Hudson * 2019– John Robinson

Organist in Residence

* 2022- John Hosking (formerly Director of Music, Holy Trinity, Southport)

Assistant Directors of Music

* Justin Waters * James Thomas * Benjamin Saunders * Robert Costin * David Goodenough * Tim Cooke * 2000–2006 Greg Morris * 2006–2012 James Davy * 2012–2021 Shaun Turnbull

Bradford Cathedral

Organists at

Bradford Cathedral Bradford Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, one of three co-equal cathedrals in the Diocese of Leeds alongside Ripon and Wakefield. Its site has been used for Chr ...

have included the following.

Organist and Master of the Choristers

* c1861–1893 Absalom Rawnsley Swaine * 1893–1939 Henry Coates * 1939–1963 Charles Hooper * 1963–1981 Keith Vernon Rhodes * 1982–1986 Geoffrey John Weaver * 1986–2002 Alan Graham Horsey * 2003–2011 Andrew Teague

Organist & Director of Music

* 2012–2016 Alexander Woodrow * 2017– Alexander Berry

Cathedral Organist

* 2011–2014 Paul Bowen

Sub-Organist & Assistant Director of Music

* 1957-1960 Charles Edmondson * 1984-2004 Martin Derek Baker * 1997-2000 Jonathan Kingston * 2004-2011 Paul Bowen * 2009-2012 David Condry * 2012-2016 Jonathan Eyre * 2016-2018 Jon Payne * 2019- Graham Thorpe

Associate Organist

* 2018–2019 Ed Jones

Bristol Cathedral

Organists at

Bristol Cathedral Bristol Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. Founded in 1140 and consecrated in 1148, it was originally St Augustine's Abbey but after the Dissolu ...

have included the writer and composer Percy Buck and the conductor

Malcolm Archer Malcolm Archer (born 1952) is an English composer, conductor and organist. He combines this work with a recital career. Archer was formerly Organist and Director of Music at Bristol Cathedral, Wells Cathedral and at St Paul's Cathedral and Di ...

Organists

* 1542 Thomas Denny * 1588 Elway Bevin * 1638 Arthur Phillips * 1639 Thomas Deane * 1680 Paul Heath * 1724 Nathaniel Priest * 1734 James Morley * 1756 George Coombes * 1759 Edward Higgins * 1765 George Coombes * 1769 Edward Rooke * 1773 Samuel Mineard * 1778

Richard Langdon Richard Langdon (1729 – 8 September 1803) was a British organist, mainly at Exeter Cathedral, where he spent his early years, and later at Bristol Cathedral and St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland), Armagh Cathedral. He also compo ...

* 1781 Rice Wasbrough * 1825 John Davies Corfe * 1876 George Riseley * 1899 Percy Carter Buck * 1901 Hubert Hunt * 1946

Reginald Alwyn Surplice Reginald Alwyn Surplice (20 August 1906 – 21 April 1977) was an English organist and composer.Malcolm Archer Malcolm Archer (born 1952) is an English composer, conductor and organist. He combines this work with a recital career. Archer was formerly Organist and Director of Music at Bristol Cathedral, Wells Cathedral and at St Paul's Cathedral and Di ...

* 1990 Christopher Brayne * 1998 Mark Lee

Assistant Organists

* 1856–1860 John Barrett * 1862–1876 George Riseley * Albert Edward New * 1888–1892 J.H. Fulford * 1902 Arthur S. Warrell * 1920–1941 Geoffrey Leonard Mendham * 1956-1959 Lionel Pike * Stephen Taylor * John Jenkin * 1980–1986 Martin Schellenberg (later Director of Music of Christchurch Priory) * 1986–1989 Tony Pinel * 1989–1991 Claire Hobbs * 1991–1994 Ian Ball * 1994–2001 David Hobourn * 2001– Paul Walton

Canterbury Cathedral

Organists and Assistant Organists at Canterbury Cathedral have included composers Clement Charlton Palmer,

Gerald Hocken Knight Gerald Hocken Knight (1908–1979) was a cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral. Background Gerald Hocken Knight was born on 27 July 1908 in Par, Cornwall, the only son of Alwyne Knight of Par by his first wife Edith Harvey a ...

and Philip Moore and musical directors Sidney Campbell, Allan Wicks and

Stephen Darlington Stephen Mark Darlington (born 21 September 1952) is a British choral director and conductor, and president of the Royal College of Organists from 1999–2001. Darlington attended King's School, Worcester. Then during the early 1970s, he was o ...

Organists

* 1407 John Mounds * 1420 William Stanys * 1445 John Cranbroke * 1499 Thomas Seawall * 1534 John Wodynsborowe * 1547 William Selby * 1553 Thomas Bull * 1583 Matthew Godwin * 1590 Thomas Stores * 1598 George Marson * 1631 Valentine Rother * 1640 Thomas Tunstall * 1661 Thomas Gibbes * 1669 Richard Chomley * 1692 Nicholas Wotton * 1697 William Porter * 1698 Daniel Henstridge * 1736 William Raylton * 1757 Samuel Porter * 1803 Highmore Skeats * 1831 Thomas Jones * 1873 William Henry Longhurst * 1886 Dr Albert Lister Peace * 1898 Harry Crane Perrin * 1908 Clement Charlton Palmer * 1937

* 1953 Douglas Edward Hopkins * 1956 Sidney Campbell * 1961 Allan Wicks * 1988

David Flood David Flood (born 22 February 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Flood, a Nhill recruit, struggled with injuries during his time at Essendon. He was pr ...

* 2020 David Newsholme (acting) * 2021 David Newsholme

Assistant Organists

* 1836 William Henry Longhurst * 1873 John Browning Lott * 1875 ? * 1884 Herbert Austin Fricker * 1892 J. Sterndale Grundy * 1906 W. T. Harvey * 1909 Frank Charles Butcher * 1918 Rene Soames * 1926 ? * 1936 Henry Frank Cole * 1938 ? * 1953 John Malcolm Tyler * 1956 Gwilym Isaac * 1964 Stephen Crisp * 1968 Philip Moore * 1974

* 1978 David Flood * 1986 Michael Harris * 1997 Timothy Noon * 2001 Matthew Martin * 2005 Robert Patterson * 2008 John Robinson * 2010 Simon Lawford (acting) * 2011 David Newsholme * 2020 Adrian Bawtree (acting) * 2022 Jamie Rogers

Second Assistant Organists

* 2015 Adrian Bawtree * 2020 Jamie Rogers (acting) * 2022 Adrian Bawtree

Carlisle Cathedral

Notable organists at

Carlisle Cathedral Carlisle Cathedral is a grade-I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133. It is also the seat of the Bishop of Carlisle.Tim Tatton-Brown and John ...

have included the composer, astronomer and mathematician Thomas Greatorex and founder of the

Royal School of Church Music The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) is a Christian music education organisation dedicated to the promotion of music in Christian worship, in particular the repertoire and traditions of Anglican church music, largely through publications, tr ...

, Sir

Sydney Nicholson Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson (9 February 1875 – 30 May 1947) was an English choir director, organist and composer, now chiefly remembered as the founder of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) and the compiler of ''The Parish Psalter''. Li ...

Organists

* 1560 Thomas Southick * 1587 Robert James * 1610 James Pearson * 1630 Robert Dalton * 1663 John How * 1693 Timothy How * 1734 Abraham Dobinson * 1749 Charles Pick * 1781 Thomas Greatorex (later organist at

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the Unite ...

). * 1785 Thomas Hill * 1833 Richard Ingham * 1841 James Stimpson (later Birmingham City Organist and organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham) * 1842 Henry Edmund Ford * 1903 E. G. Mercer * 1904

(later Sir

organist of

and founder of the

) * 1910 Frederick William Wadely * 1960 Robert Andrew Seivewright * 1991 Jeremy Suter * 2017 Mark Duthie

Assistant Organists

* 1900–1902 Stanley G. P. Stubbs (later Acting Organist) * 1915–1919 Charles Frederick Eastwood * 1932–1934 G. F. Stuart * 1940–1945 Keith Burton-Nickson * William L. Snowdon * Ifor James * 1970–1973 Christopher Rathbone * 1974–1985 Hugh Davies * 1985–1987 Andrew Shaw * 1987–1989 Andrew Sackett * 1989–1995 Ian Hare * 1995–1999 Charles Harrison (later organist of

Chichester Cathedral Chichester Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in West Sussex, England. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of ...

) * 2000–2005 David Gibbs * 2005–2008

John Robinson (Organist and Choir Director) John Robinson (born 1983) is an English organist and choral conductor. Currently, he is the Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral. Robinson is active as an Organ Recitalist, having performed in venues across the US and Europe, and recorded for ...

* 2008–present Edward Taylor (formerly Assistant Organist to Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir)

Chelmsford Cathedral

Notable organists at Chelmsford Cathedral have included Stanley Vann and

Philip Ledger Sir Philip Stevens Ledger, CBE, FRSE (12 December 1937 – 18 November 2012) was an English classical musician, choirmaster and academic, best remembered as Director of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge in 1974–1982 and of the Royal Scot ...

Masters of the Music

* 182? Charles Ambrose * 1876 Frederick Frye * 1945 Roland Middleton (later Organist of

Chester Cathedral Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint ...

) * 1949 Stanley Vann (later Master of the Music at

Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Pau ...

) * 1953 Derrick Edward Cantrell (later Organist of Manchester Cathedral) * 1962

(later Director of Music at

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

) * 1965 John Willam Jordan * 1981 Graham Elliott * 1999 Peter Nardone (later Organist and Director of Music at

) * 2012 James Davy ob title changed to Organist and Master of the Choristers in 2013

Assistant Organists

* Geoffrey Becket * 1963 John Jordan * 1966 Peter Cross * 1968 David Sparrow * 1986 Timothy Allen * 1991 Neil Weston

Assistant Directors of Music

* 1999 Edward Wellman * 2003 Robert Poyser (later Director of Music at

Beverley Minster Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one-third ...

) * 2008 Tom Wilkinson (later Organist at the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

, Scotland) * 2009 Oliver Waterer (later Organist at St. David's Cathedral) * 2013 Laurence Lyndon-Jones * 2019 Hilary Punnett

Chester Cathedral

Notable organists of

include the composers Robert White and John Sanders and the recording artist Roger Fisher.Cathedral Organists. John E West. 1899.The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw. 1991.

Organists

* 1541 John Brycheley * 1551 Thomas Barnes * 1558 Richard Saywell * 1567 Robert White * 1570 Robert Stevenson * 1599 Thomas Bateson * 1609 John Alien * 1613 Michael Done * 1614 Thomas Jones * 1637 Richard Newbold * 1642 Randolph Jewitt * 1661 Rev. Peter Stringer * 1673 John Stringer * 1686 William Key * 1699 John Mounterratt * 1705 Edmund White * 1715 Samuel Davies * 1726 Benjamin Worrall * 1727 Edmund Baker * 1765 Edward Orme * 1776 John Bailey * 1803 Edward Bailey * 1823 George Black * 1824 Thomas Haylett * 1841 Frederick Gunton * 1877 Joseph Cox Bridge * 1925 John Thomas Hughes * 1930 Charles Hylton Stewart * 1932 Malcolm Courtenay Boyle * 1949 James Roland Middleton * 1964 John Sanders * 1967 Roger Fisher * 1997 David Poulter * 2008 Philip Rushforth

Assistant Organists

* 1857 Mr. Munns * 1872–1876 Herbert Stephen Irons * 1876–1877 Joseph Cox Bridge (then organist) * ????–1890 John Gumi * 1893–1925 John Thomas Hughes (then organist) * 1925–1926 Guillaume Ormond (later organist of Truro Cathedral) * 1934–1944 James Roland Middleton (later organist of Chelmsford Cathedral) * 1944–1947

George Guest George Guest CBE FRCO (9 February 1924 – 20 November 2002) was a Welsh organist and choral conductor. Birth and early life George Guest was born in Bangor, Gwynedd. His father was an organist and Guest assisted him by acting as organ b ...

(later organist of St John's College, Cambridge) * 1955–1960 Brian Runnett (later organist of

Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is the cathedral church for the Church of England Diocese of Norwich and is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites. The cathedra ...

) * 1960–1962 Peter Gilbert White * 1962–1967 Harold Hullah * 1967–1971 John Belcher * 1971–1974 John Cooper Green * 1974-1976 Gwyn Hodgson * 1976–1978 John Keys * 1978–1980 Simon Russell * 1980–1984 Martin Singleton * 1984–1986 David Holroyd * 1986–1989 Lee Ward * 1989–1998 Graham Eccles * 1998–2002 Benjamin Saunders * 2003–2008 Philip Rushforth (later organist) * 2008–2011 Ian Roberts * 2011–2016 Benjamin Chewter * 2016–2020 Andrew Wyatt

Chichester Cathedral

Notable organists at

have included composer

Thomas Weelkes Thomas Weelkes (baptised 25 October 1576 – 30 November 1623) was an English composer and organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigals, anth ...

and conductors John Birch and

Nicholas Cleobury Nicholas Cleobury (born 23 June 1950) is an English conductor. Cleobury was organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford and held assistant organist posts at Chichester Cathedral and Christ Church, Oxford b ...

. Until 1801, there were two distinct posts, 'Organist' and 'Master of the Choristers', which were merged upon the appointment of

James Target James Target (October 1778 – 15 May 1803) was an English organist, and notably the first Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral, after the posts of 'Organist' and 'Master of the Choristers' were merged in 1801. Career Ta ...

. Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has existed the role of Assistant Organist. Currently, the 'Organist and Master of the Choristers' is responsible for the direction of the choir and cathedral liturgy, and the 'Assistant Organist' accompanies the choir. The sacking of Chichester Cathedral in December 1642 caused all cathedral services to be suspended. They were not resumed until the restoration of the monarchy in 1661. The choir was re-formed in the same year, but the appointment of a new organist did not occur until 1668.

Organists and Masters of the Choristers

Organist (1545–1801) * 1545 William Campion * 1550 Thomas Coring * 1560 Edward Piper * 1561 Thomas Coring * 1565

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* 1571 Clement Woodcock * 1589 ? * 1599 Jacob Hillarye * 1602

* 1623 William Eames * 1636 Thomas Lewis * 1642 ''None'' * 1668 Bartholomew Webb * 1673 Thomas Lewis * 1675 John Reading * 1677 Samuel Peirson * 1720 Thomas Kelway * 1744 Thomas Capell * 1776 William Walond Jr. Master of the Choristers (1550s – 1801) * 155? Richard Martyn * 1558 William Payne * 1562 Edward Piper * 1568 William Payne * 1571 Clement Woodcock * 1580 Christopher Paine * 1589 Clement Woodcock * 1590 John Cowper * 1597 Thomas Lambert * 1599 Jacob Hillarye * 1602

* 1617 John Fidge * 1642 ''None'' * 1661 John Floud * 1662 George Hush * 1668 Bartholomew Webb * 1673 John Turner * 1675 John Reading * 1677 ? * 1732 Thomas Capell * 1771 Thomas Tremain * 1775 William Walond Jr. * 1794 Thomas Barber Organist and Master of the Choristers (1801 – present) * 1801

* 1803 Thomas Bennett * 1848 Henry R. Bennett * 1861 Philip Armes * 1863 Edward Thorne * 1870 Francis Edward Gladstone * 1873 James Pyne * 1874

Charles Henry Hylton Stewart Charles Henry Hylton Stewart (1849 - 1922) was an English clergyman and organist. Background Stewart was educated in Bath, Somerset before entering Christ's College, Cambridge in 1870. Migrating to St Catharine's College in 1871, he graduated B ...

* 1875 Daniel Wood * 1876 Theodore Aylward * 1887 Frederick Read * 1902 Frederick Crowe * 1921 Frederick Read * 1925 Marmaduke Conway * 1931

Harvey Grace Harvey Grace (1874–1944) was an English musician: composer, conductor, editor, teacher. In 1916 he married Dorothy Kirby, and together they had three children, Dorothy, Mary and Robert. Harvey Grace died in February 1944 in Bromley Hospital whil ...

* 1938 Horace Hawkins * 1958 John Birch * 1980

Alan Thurlow Alan John Thurlow (born 18 May 1947) is an English organist. He is best known as having been Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral between 1980 and 2008. Education Thurlow was educated at Bancroft's School, Woodford Gree ...

* 2008

Sarah Baldock Sarah Baldock (born 5 April 1975) is an English organist and choral conductor, formerly the Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral. She is notable as one of the earliest women to be appointed to the senior music post at a ...

* 2014 Charles Harrison

Assistant Organists

* 18?? Wharton Hooper * 1864 ? * 1876 Edward Bartlett * 1887 Hugh Percy Allen * 1892 Percy Algernon Whitehead * 1908 William Herbert H. Lambert * 1911 R. Swanborough * 1915 Cyril Herbert Stone * 1920 ? * 1931 John Edward Snelling-Colyer * 1932 Leonard Fergus O’Connor * 1936 Claude Appleby * 1942 Anne Maddocks * 1949 ? * 1961 Richard Seal * 1968 Michael Davey * 1971

* 1973 Ian Fox * 1978 Richard Cock * 1980 Kenneth Sweetman * 1981 Jeremy Suter * 1991

James Thomas James Thomas may refer to: Politicians * James Thomas (Australian politician) (1826–1884), civil engineer who was Director of Public Works in Western Australia, 1876–1884 * James Thomas (Governor of Maryland) (1785–1845), served as the 23rd ...

* 1997 Mark Wardell * 2010 Timothy Ravalde

Coventry Cathedral

This list details only those who have held positions in the new Coventry Cathedral.

Directors of Music

* 1961 David Foster Lepine * 1972 Robert Weddle * 1977 Ian Little * 1984 Paul Leddington Wright * 1995 David Poulter (subsequently Organist of

and Director of Music at

Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool, and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool. It may be referred to as the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool (as recorded in th ...

) * 1997 Rupert Jeffcoat (subsequently Director of Music and Organist at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)) * 2005 Alistair Reid (Acting Director of Music) * 2006 Kerry Beaumont * 2020– Rachel Mahon

Assistant Organists

* 1960 Martyn Lane * 1962 Michael Burnett * 1964 Robert George Weddle (then Organist) * 1972 J Richard Lowry * 1976 Ian Little (then Organist) * 1977 Paul Leddington Wright (then Organist) * 1984 Timothy Hone * 1988 Chris Argent (then Shrewsbury School) * 1990 David Poulter (then Director of Music; later Director of Music at

) * 1995–2002 Daniel Moult * 2004 Alistair Reid * 2011–2013 Laurence Lyndon-Jones (to Chelmsford Cathedral) * 2018–2020 Rachel Mahon (then Director of Music)

Derby Cathedral

Notable organists at

Derby Cathedral The Cathedral Church of All Saints Derby, better known as Derby Cathedral, is a cathedral church in the city of Derby, England. In 1927, it was promoted from parish church status, to a cathedral, creating a seat for the Bishop of Derby, w ...

have included Arthur Claypole and Wallace Ross.

Organists

* 1921 Arthur Griffin Claypole * 1930 Alfred William Wilcock * 1933 George Handel Heath-Gracie * 1958 Wallace Michael Ross * 1983 Peter David Gould * 2015 Hugh Morris * 2019 Alexander Binns

Assistant Organists

* (Alfred) Samuel (Wensley) Baker * Celyn Kingsbury * Rodney Tomkins * 1985 Tom Corfield * 2017 Edward Turner

Durham Cathedral

Notable organists at Durham Cathedral have included the composers Thomas Ebdon and Richard Lloyd, organists Philip Armes, John Dykes Bower who went on to St Paul's Cathedral, London, Conrad William Eden and James Lancelot, and choral conductor David Hill.

Organists

* 1557 John Brimley * 1576 William Browne * 1588 Robert Masterman * 1594 William Smyth * 1599 William Browne * 1609 Edward Smyth * 1612 Mr Dodson * 1614 Richard Hutchinson * 1661 John Foster * 1677 Alexander Shaw * 1681 William Greggs * 1710 James Heseltine * 1763 Thomas Ebdon * 1811 Charles E. J. Clarke * 1813 William Henshaw * 1862 Philip Armes * 1907 ''Rev'' Arnold D. Culley * 1933 John Dykes Bower * 1936 Conrad William Eden * 1974 Richard Lloyd * 1985 James Lancelot * 2017 Daniel Cook

Sub-Organists

* ????–1850 John Matthew Wilson Young, (later organist of Lincoln Cathedral) * Thomas Henry Collinson * ????–1874 J. C. Whitehead * 1895–1903 Revd John Lionel Shirley Dampier Bennett * 1901 F. E. Leatham, 1 (temporary during absence of J. L. Bennett) * 1903–1918 William Ellis, (later organist of

Newcastle Cathedral Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle. ...

) * 1918–1919 Basil S. Maine * 1919–1968 Cyril Beaumont Maude * 1968–1972 Bruce Richard Cash * 1973–1980

(later Organist Chichester Cathedral) * 1980–1982 David Hill (later successively Organist and Director of Music at

Westminster Cathedral Westminster Cathedral is the mother church of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. It is the largest Catholic church in the UK and the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. The site on which the cathedral stands in the City o ...

Winchester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity,Historic England. "Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity (1095509)". ''National Heritage List for England''. Retrieved 8 September 2014. Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly known as Winches ...

, St John's College, Cambridge and Director of

the Bach Choir The Bach Choir is a large independent musical organisation founded in London, England in 1876 to give the first performance of J. S. Bach's ''Mass in B minor'' in Britain. The choir has around 240 active members. Directed by David Hill MBE (Yal ...

) * 1982–1991 Ian Shaw * 1991

Ralph Woodward Ralph Woodward (born 17 November 1971) is an English classical conductor, arranger and organist. His main focus is on conducting choirs. Early life and education Ralph Woodward was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England. He attended Durham Chorister ...

(Acting) * 1991–2011 Keith Wright * 2011–2019 Francesca Massey * 2019–present Joseph Beech

Assistant Organists

* 2009–2011 Oliver Brett * 2011–2015 David Ratnanayagam

Ely Cathedral

Organists of Ely Cathedral have included the composers Basil Harwood and Arthur Wills.

Organists

* 1453 William Kyng * 1535 Thomas Barcroft * 1541 Christopher Tye * 1562 Robert White * 1567 John Farrant (later organist of Salisbury Cathedral) * 1572 William Fox * 1579 George Barcroft * 1610 John Amner * 1641 Robert Claxton * 1662 John Ferrabosco * 1681 James Hawkins * 1729 Thomas Kempton * 1762 John Elbonn * 1768 David Wood * 1774 James Rogers * 1777

* 1778 Highmore Skeats (sen.) * 1804 Highmore Skeats (jun.) * 1830 Robert Janes * 1867 Edmund Thomas Chipp * 1887 Basil Harwood * 1892 Thomas Tertius Noble * 1898 Hugh Allen * 1901 Archibald Wilson * 1919 Noel Ponsonby * 1926 Hubert Stanley Middleton * 1931 Marmaduke Conway * 1949 Sidney Campbell * 1953 Michael Howard * 1958 Arthur Wills * 1990 Paul Trepte * 2019 Edmund Aldhouse

Assistant Organists

* ????-1857 Mr. Bailey (afterwards organist of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry) * ????-1865 William J. Kempton * George Legge * William George Price (later organist to the City of Melbourne) * 1903–1906 Frederick Chubb Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 44. * 1906–1909 Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks * 1911–1915 Edwin Alec Collins * 1927–1929 Guillaume Ormond(afterwards organist of Truro Cathedral) *William Bean * 1939 C. P. R. Wilson * 1945–1949 Russell Missin * 1949–1958 Arthur Wills (later organist) * 1958–1961 Christopher Scarf * 1961–1964 Michael Dudman * 1964–1966 Anthony Greening * 1968–1972 Roger Judd (afterwards Master of the Music at St Michael's College, Tenbury) * 1973–1976 Gerald Gifford * 1977–1989 Stephen Le Prevost * 1989–1991 Jeremy Filsell * 1991–1996 David Price (now organist at Portsmouth Cathedral) * 1996–1998 Sean Farrell * 1999–2002 Scott Farrell * 2002 Jonathan Lilley (now Director of Music at Waltham Abbey) * 2013 Edmund Aldhouse * 2019 Glen Dempsey

Directors of the Girl Choristers

* 2006–2008 Louise Reid * 2008 Sarah MacDonald * 2009–2010 Louise Reid * 2010–present Sarah MacDonald

Assistant Organists of the Girls' Choir

* 2006–2008 Edward Taylor (now Assistant Organist at

) * 2008–2012 Oliver Hancock (now Director of Music at St Mary's Warwick) * 2012–2014 Alexander Berry (now Director of Music at

) * 2015–2017 Alexander Goodwin (now at St John's School Leatherhead as Head of Music Performance & Choral Music) * 2017–2021 Aaron Shilson (now Assistant Director of Music at

Llandaff Cathedral Llandaff Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf) is an Anglican cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, head of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. It is dedicated to Saint Pet ...

) * 2021–present Jack Wilson (Graduate Organ Scholar)

Exeter Cathedral

Notable organists at Exeter Cathedral include composer and hymn writer

Samuel Sebastian Wesley Samuel Sebastian Wesley (14 August 1810 – 19 April 1876) was an English organist and composer. Wesley married Mary Anne Merewether and had 6 children. He is often referred to as S.S. Wesley to avoid confusion with his father Samuel Wesley. Bio ...

, educator Sir

Ernest Bullock Sir Ernest Bullock (1890–1979) was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter post he was jointly responsible for the music at th ...

and conductor Sir Thomas Armstrong.

Organists / Directors of Music

* 1586 Matthew Godwin * 1591 Arthur Cocke * 1609 John Lugge * 1665 Theodore Coleby * 1674 Henry Hall * 1686 Peter Passmore and John White * 1693 Richard Henman * 1741 John Silvester * 1753

* 1777 William Jackson * 1804 James Paddon * 1835

* 1842 Alfred Angel * 1876

Daniel Joseph Wood Daniel Joseph Wood, 1849 - 1919 FRCO 1873; was an English organist. Daniel Wood was a chorister and pupil of J. L. Hopkins at Rochester Cathedral, Rochester. He came to Chichester Cathedral, Chichester after six years as Organist of St Botolph' ...

* 1919

(later knighted, and Organist of

) * 1928 Thomas Armstrong (later knighted, and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music) * 1933 Alfred William Wilcock * 1953

Reginald Moore Reginald Moore (1910–1968) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Exeter Cathedral. Background Reginald Moore was born in Bramley, Leeds. He was a pupil of Sir Edward Bairstow and held several appointments as organist in and around L ...

* 1957

Lionel Frederick Dakers Lionel Frederick Dakers (24 February 1924 – 10 March 2003) was an English cathedral organist who served in Ripon Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral. Background Dakers was born on 24 February 1924 in Rochester, Kent. He studied organ under Harold ...

(later Director of the

) * 1973 Lucian Nethsingha * 1999 Andrew Millington * 2016 Timothy Noon

Assistant Organists (Organist from 1999)

* 1856 H. G. Halfyard * 1861–1870 W. Pinney * 1861?–1868 Graham Clarke (later organist of St Andrew's, Plymouth) * ????–1880? Edward Ellis Vinnicombe * 1881–1889 Ernest Slater * Frederick Gandy Bradford * ????–1898 Walter Hoyle (later organist of Coventry Cathedral) * 1900–1906 Revd Arnold Duncan Culley * 1906–1918 F. J. Pinn * 1919–1927

(later organist here, subsequently knighted and Organist of

) * 1929–1937 William Harry Gabb (later Organist of H.M. Chapels Royal & Sub Organist at St Paul's Cathedral, London) * 1937–1940 John Norman Hind * 1945–1946 John Norman Hind * 1946– Edgar S. Landen * 1950–1955 Howard Stephens * 1956–1961 Stuart Marston Smith * 1961–1969 Christopher Gower (later Master of the Music at

) * 1969–2010 Paul Morgan (titled 'Organist' in 1999)

Assistant Directors of Music

* 2010 David Davies * 2016 Timothy Parsons * 2021 James Anderson-Besant

Assistant Organists

* 1994–2016 Stephen Tanner (Assistant Organist)

Gloucester Cathedral

Notable among the organists of Gloucester Cathedral are

(his final cathedral appointment) and composers and choral conductors of the

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, Sir Arthur Herbert Brewer,

Herbert Sumsion Herbert Whitton Sumsion (14 January 1899 – 11 August 1995) was an English musician who was organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1928 to 1967. Through his leadership role with the Three Choirs Festival, Sumsion maintained close association ...

and John Sanders.

Organists

The known organists of the cathedral are listed below. In modern times, the most senior post has become known as Director of Music; only these names are recorded here. * 1582 Robert Lichfield * 1620 Elias Smith * 1620 Philip Hosier * 1638 Berkeley Wrench * 1640 John Okeover * 1662 Robert Webb * 1665 Thomas Lowe * 1666 Daniel Henstridge * 1673 Charles Wren * 1679 Daniel Roseingrave * 1682 Stephen Jeffries * 1710 William Hine * 1730 Barnabas Gunn * 1743 Martin Smith * 1782 William Mutlow * 1832 John Amott * 1865

* 1876 Charles Harford Lloyd * 1882 Charles Lee Williams * 1897 Herbert Brewer * 1928

* 1967 John Sanders * 1994 David Briggs * 2002

Andrew Nethsingha Andrew Nethsingha, FRCO, ARCM (born 16 May 1968) is an English choral conductor and organist, the son of the late Lucian Nethsingha, also a cathedral organist. He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey in Lo ...

* 2007

Adrian Partington Adrian Frederick Partington (born 1 October 1958) is an English conductor, chorus master, organist and pianist. He is director of music at Gloucester Cathedral, joint conductor of the Three Choirs Festival and artistic director for the Glouceste ...

Assistant Organists

* 1701–1710 William Hine (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral) * Walter Brooks * 1862–1865 John Alexander Matthews * ????-1873 Henry John Vaughan * 1879–1880 George Robertson Sinclair (later organist at Truro Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral) * 1880–1882 A. Herbert Brewer * George Washbourn Morgan * James Capener * 1896 A. Herbert Brewer (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral) * 1898-1900-???? Ivor Morgan * ????-1906 S.W. Underwood (afterwards organist at Stroud parish church) * 1907–1913 Ambrose Robert Porter (later organist of

Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires (together with Truro Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh), and the only medie ...

) * 1915–???? Harold C. Organ * ca. 1919 Charles Williams * 1920–1926 Reginald Tustin Baker (later organist of

Sheffield Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield, more commonly known as Sheffield Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral st ...

) * 1926-1917 William O Minay (later organist of

Wigan Parish Church All Saints' Church in Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is an Anglican parish church. It is in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the Diocese of Liverpool. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List ...

) * 1927–1932 Arthur John Pritchard * 1932–1937 (Alfred) Melville Cook (later organist of Hereford Cathedral) * 1938 W. Lugg * ????-1945 Herbert William Byard * Peter Stuart Rodway * 1948–1954 Donald Frederick Hunt (later organist of

) * 1954–1958 Wallace Michael Ross (later organist of

) * 1958–1963 John Sanders * Richard Latham * ?-1975 John Francis Clough (later assistant organist of

St Albans Cathedral St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban but often referred to locally as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. Much of its architecture dates from Norman times. It ceased to be ...

) * 1975–1983 Andrew Millington (later organist of

Guildford Cathedral The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England. Richard Onslow donated the first of land on which the cathedral stands, with Viscount Bennett, ...

and Exeter Cathedral) * 1983–1990 Mark Blatchly * 1990–1998 Mark Lee * 1998–2002 Ian Ball * 2002–2008 Robert Houssart * 2008–2012 Ashley Grote (later Director of Music

) * 2012–2013 Anthony Gowing * 2014–present Jonathan Hope (previously Organ Scholar at

Southwark Cathedral Southwark Cathedral ( ) or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwar ...

and

)

Guildford Cathedral

Organists at

have included choral director

Barry Rose Barry Michael Rose OBE FRAM FRSCM HonFRCO (born 24 May 1934) is a choir trainer and organist. He is best known for founding the choir and the pattern of daily sung worship at the new Guildford Cathedral in 1961, as well as directing the music a ...

and the composer Philip Moore.

Organists

* 1927 John Albert Sowerbutts (later Honorary Secretary of the

Royal College of Organists The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is a charity and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, with members worldwide. Its role is to promote and advance organ playing and choral music, and it offers music education, training and de ...

) * 1946 Peter Goodman (later organist of Holy Trinity Church, Hull) * 1951 Ronald Walter Dussek * 1961

(later Master of the Choir

St Paul's Cathedral, London St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

and Master of the Music at

) * 1974 Philip Moore (later organist of

York Minster The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Arch ...

) * 1983 Andrew Millington (later Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral) * 1998 Stephen Farr (later Director of Chapel Music at Worcester College, Oxford) * 2008 Katherine Dienes-Williams

Sub-Organists

* 1927–1940 Walter William Lionel Baker * 1954–???? Harry Taylor * 1960-1961 Roger Moffatt * 1961-1962 Gordon Mackie * 1962–1965 Peter Moorse * 1965-1970 Gavin Williams * 1970–1977 Anthony Froggatt (later Organist of Portsmouth Cathedral) * 1977–1989 Peter Wright (later Organist of

) * 1989–2002 Geoffrey Morgan (later Organist of

Christchurch Priory Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is as large as many of the Church of E ...

) * 2002–2003 Louise Reid (later Director of Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir) * 2003–2009 David Davies (later Assistant Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral) * 2009–201
Paul Provost
(later Rector Chori of

Southwell Minster Southwell Minster () is a minster and cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated miles from Newark-on-Trent and from Mansfield. It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and N ...

) * 2017–present Richard Moore

Hereford Cathedral

Notable organists of Hereford Cathedral include the 16th-century composers

John Bull John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter- ...

and John Farrant, briefly,

(his first cathedral appointment), the conductor and advocate of British composers

Meredith Davies (Albert) Meredith Davies CBE (30 July 1922 – 9 March 2005) was a British conductor, renowned for his advocacy of English music by composers such as Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius and Ralph Vaughan Williams. His co-conducting, with the com ...

and the editor of

Allegri's Miserere ''Miserere'' (full title: ''Miserere mei, Deus'', Latin for "Have mercy on me, O God") is a setting of Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in Septuagint numbering) by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probabl ...

Ivor Atkins Sir Ivor Algernon Atkins (29 November 1869 – 26 November 1953) was the choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral from 1897 to 1950, as well as a composer of songs, church music, service settings and anthems. He is best known for editi ...

Organists

* 1517 William Woode * 1527 Richard Palmer * 1536 John Slade * 1538 John Hodges * 1581 Thomas Mason (Master of the Choristers) * 1582

* 1586 Thomas Warrock(e) (see

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book The ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'' is a primary source of keyboard music from the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods in England, i.e., the late Renaissance and very early Baroque. It takes its name from Viscount Fitzwilliam who beque ...

) * 1586 Thomas Mason (acting organist) * 1591 John Fido (1st tenure) * 1592 John Farrant * 1593 John Fido (2nd tenure) * 1595 John Gibbs * 1596 John Fido (3rd tenure) * 1597 William Inglott (until 1609 or later) (see Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) * 1630 Hugh Davis (possibly earlier) * 1660 John Badham * 1688 Henry Hall * 1707 Henry Hall, junior * 1714 Edward Thompson * 1720 Henry Swarbrick * 1754 Richard Clack * 1779 William Perry * 1789 Miles Coyle (formerly organist of

St Laurence's Church, Ludlow St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, is a Church of England parish church in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It is a grade I listed building. The church is a member of the Greater Churches Group and is the largest parish church in Shropshire. It was one ...

) * 1805 Charles James Dare * 1818 Aaron Upjohn Hayter * 1820

John Clarke Whitfeld John Clarke-Whitfeld (13 December 1770 – 22 February 1836) was an England, English organist and composer. Life He was born John Clarke at Gloucester, and educated at Oxford University, Oxford under Philip Hayes (organist), Dr Philip Haye ...

* 1832

* 1835 John Hunt * 1843 George Townshend Smith * 1877 Langdon Colborne * 1889

George Robertson Sinclair George Robertson Sinclair (28 October 1863 – 7 February 1917) was an English Organist#Classical and church organists, cathedral organist, who served at Truro Cathedral, Truro and Hereford Cathedral, Hereford cathedrals. As a young man, Sincla ...

* 1918 Percy Clarke Hull * 1950 (Albert) Meredith Davies * 1956 (Alfred) Melville Cook * 1966 Richard Lloyd * 1974 Roy Massey * 2001 Geraint Bowen

Assistant Organists

* 1883–1884 F. J. Livesey * 1884–1889 Allan Paterson * 1890–1893

(later organist of

) * 1892–1895 Edgar C. Broadhurst (later organist of St. Michael's College, Tenbury) * 1898-c. 1912 Percy Hull (served in the First World War until 1918 when he became organist of Hereford Cathedral) * c. 1912 W. R. Carr (probably replaced Percy Hull during the war) * 1919–1923 Ernest Willoughby * 1924–1935 Reginald Harry West (later organist of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh) * 1935–1940 Colin Archibald Campbell Ross (later organist at

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Melbourne, Australia. It is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Melbourne and the seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne, who is also the metropolitan archbishop of the Province of Victoria. ...

and

) * 1940–1942 Christopher John Morris * 1942–1949 Colin Mann * 1950–1953 Ross Fink * 1953–1958 Michael Illman * 1958–1962 Michael Burton (later organist of the Church of St John the Baptist, Frome) * 1962–1967 Roger Fisher (later organist of

) * 1968–1984 Robert Green * 1985–1988 David Briggs (later organist of Truro Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral) * 1989–1994 Geraint Bowen (later organist of St Davids Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral) * 1995–1998 Huw Williams (later sub-organist at St Paul's Cathedral) * 1998–present Peter Dyke

Leicester Cathedral

Notable organists at

Leicester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. The church was elevated to a collegiate church in 192 ...

have included Gordon Slater and Jonathan Gregory.

Organists and Directors of Music

* Richard Hobbs (to 1753) (afterwards organist St Martin in the Bull Ring) * William Boulton (to 1765) * Anthony Greatorex 1765 – c. 1772 (father of Thomas Greatorex, who became organist at

) *Martha Greatorex 1772–1800 (daughter of Anthony Greatorex) * Sarah Valentine 1800–1843 (sister of

Ann Valentine Ann Valentine (11 January 1762 – 13 October 1842 or 13 October 1845) was an English organist and composer, part of a talented family of Leicester musicians. Life Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 Marc ...

, who was organist at

St Margaret's Church, Leicester St Margaret's Church is an ancient Anglican parish church situated on St Margaret's Way in Leicester, England. It is a Grade I listed building. History Parts of the transept date from c. 1200, and parts of the aisles from the late 13th century. ...

) * Mrs Mary Lee Scott (née Hewitt) 1843-1870 * John Morland 1870–1875 * Charles Hancock 1875–1927 * Gordon Archbold Slater 1927–1931 (subsequently organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1931–1966) * George Charles Gray 1931–1969 (previously organist at St Michael le Belfrey,

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

and St. Mary le Tower, Ipswich * Peter Gilbert White 1969–1994 (previously Assistant Organist of

1960–1962) * Jonathan Gregory 1994–2010 (previously organist of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, now Director of Music of the UK Japan Choir) * Christopher Ouvry-Johns 2011–present (formerly Choral Director in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds is a Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite centred on Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley, which h ...

)

Assistant Organists and Assistant Directors of Music

* Frederick William Dickerson * Dennis Arnold Smith 1918 * Stanley Vann 1932 (subsequently Master of the Music at

1953–1977) * Thomas Bates Wilkinson 1933 * Wallace Michael Ross 1951 (subsequently assistant organist at Gloucester Cathedral 1954–1958, and organist of

1958–1982) * Sidney Thomas Rudge 1955 * Robert Prime 1965 * Geoffrey Malcolm Herbert Carter 1973 (subsequently organist of St Mary's Church, Humberstone) * David Cowen 1995 (now Associate Organist of Leicester Cathedral) * Simon Headley 1999–2018 (also Acting Director of Music in the Autumn of 2010 between the departure of Jonathan Gregory and the appointment of current Director of Music, Christopher Ouvry-Johns) * Rosie Vinter 2019–present

Lichfield Cathedral

Notable organists of

include the 17th-century composer Michael East, and the musical educator and choral conductor Sir William Henry Harris who conducted at the coronations of both

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

and

George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of I ...

Organists

* 1618 Michael East * 1638 Henry Hinde * 1662 Mr Lamb (Snr) * 1688 Mr Lamb (Jnr) * 1723 George Lamb III * 1750 John Alcock * 1766 William Brown * 1807 Samuel Spofforth * 1864 Thomas Bedsmore * 1881 John Browning Lott * 1925 Ambrose P. Porter * 1959 Richard Greening * 1978 Jonathan Rees-Williams * 1992 Andrew Lumsden * 2002 Philip Scriven * 2010 Martyn Rawles This post was restructured in September 2010.

Directors of Music

* 2010 Ben and Cathy Lamb * 2016 Ben Lamb

Assistant Organists

* 1849–1864 Thomas Bedsmore (organist from 1864) * 1865–1866 James C. Culwick * William Grainger * Montague Spinney * Percival J. Illsley * 1890–1897 Clement Charlton Palmer (later organist of Canterbury Cathedral) * ????-1895

* 1902–1909 H. Rose * 1909–1911 Thomas Milton Sowell * 1911–1919 William Henry Harris (later successively organist of New College, Oxford and

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican diocese of Oxford, which consists of the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. It is also the chapel of Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford. This dual r ...

, later knighted and organist of

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gart ...

) * 1919–1924 Montague Herbert Spinney * 1927–1947 Edgar Morgan * ????-1960 Frayling * 1950–1952 PW Read * 1952–1955 Paul H Matthews * 1955–1959 Donald Cox * 1959 J W Sharwood * 1960–1967 Robert Green * 1968–1974 Peter Noyce * 1975–1986 Peter King (later organist of Bath Abbey) * 1986–1994 Mark Shepherd (later organist of the

Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick The Collegiate Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It is in the centre of the town just east of the market place. It is grade I listed, and a member of the Major Churches Network. The church ...

) * 1994–2002 Robert Sharpe (later organist of Truro Cathedral and

) * 2002–2007 Alexander Mason 7 (later organist of St Davids Cathedral) * 2007 Cathy Lamb and 2008 Martyn Rawles This post was restructured in September 2010.

Lincoln Cathedral

Notable organists of Lincoln Cathedral have included the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...

composers

William Byrd William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He ...

and John Reading and the biographer of

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sym ...

, William Thomas Freemantle.

Organists

* 1439 John Ingleton * 1489 John Davy * 1490 John Warcup * 1506 Leonard Pepir * 1508 Thomas Ashwell * 1518 John Watkins * 1524 John Gilbert * 1528 Robert Dove * 1538 Thomas Appilby * 1539 James Crowe * 1541 Thomas Appilby * 1552 William Monk * 1559 Thomas Appilby * 1563

* 1572 Thomas Butler * 1593 William Boys * 1594 John Hilton * 1599 Thomas Kingston * 1616 John Wanlesse * 1660 Thomas Mudd * 1663 Andrew Hecht * 1670 John Reading * 1693 Thomas Hecht * 1693 Thomas Allinson * 1704 George Holmes * 1721 Charles Murgatroy * 1741 William Middlebrook * 1756 Lloyd Raynor * 1784 John Hasted * 1794 George Skelton * 1850 John Matthew Wilson Young * 1895 George Bennett * 1930 Gordon Archbold Slater * 1966 Philip Marshall * 1986 David Flood * 1988 Colin Walsh From 2003 the post was divided: Colin Walsh became Organist Laureate and Aric Prentice was appointed Director of Music.

Director of Music

* 2003 Aric Prentice

Assistant Organists

Articled pupils fulfilled the role of assistant organist until 1893 when the Chapter formalised the position of assistant organist. * ????–1594 John Hilton * 1857–1858 William James Young (brother of the organist) (later organist of St. Mary's Church, Horncastle, then St. Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow, Cheshire) * ????–1864 W.H. Wish (later organist of

St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. History The church dates from the 12th century, but is mainly of 13th and 14th century constructi ...

) * Richard Winter * 1870 William Thomas Freemantle (later organist of St. Andrew's Church, Sharrow) * ????–1881 Edwin Charles Owston (later organist of St. Andrew's Church, Derby) * ????–1882 Ernest Wood * William Rose Pullein * 1893–1894 Frank Pullein (later organist of

St Giles' Church, Wrexham St Giles' Parish Church ( cy, Eglwys San Silyn) is the parish church of Wrexham, Wales. The church is recognised as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Wales and is a Grade I listed building, described by Sir Simon Jenkin ...

) * 1895–1899 Edgar Cyril Robinson (later organist of Gainsborough Parish Church and then

) * 1899–1904

Harry Smith Trevitt Harry Smith Trevitt FRCO (5 June 1878 – 1979) was an organist and composer based in England. Life He was born in 1879 in Walkden, Lancashire, to Harry Trevitt, journalist. He was an articled pupil at Lincoln Cathedral. He attained his ARCO in ...

* ????–1903 John Pullein (later organist of St. Peter's Church, Harrogate) * 19 July 1921 Frederick David Linley Penny * 1922–1926 William Wells Hewitt (later organist of

Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is often known simply as Holy Trinity Church or as Shak ...

) * 1926–1930 Edward Francis Reginald Woolley (later organist of

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent The Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent is the parish church of Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. It is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and is the tallest structure in the town. There has been a church on this site for 1,000 yea ...

) * 1931–1936

(later organist of St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham) * 1936–???? Clifford Hewis * 1975–1992 Roger Bryan (later organist of Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark–on-Trent) * 1992–1993 Andrew Post (later Director of Music,

) * 1993–1994 James Antony Vivian (acting) * 1994–1999 Jeffrey Makinson (later assistant organist of Manchester Cathedral) * 1999–2003 Simon Morley * Julian Thomas * Stephen Bullamore (later organist of

Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, north-east of Charing Cross. It lies on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and ...

) * Jamie John Hutchings (later Director of Music at Headington School, Oxford) * 2005–2007 Richard Apperley (later Assistant Director of Music at

Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul (also called St Paul's Cathedral or Wellington Cathedral) is an Anglican church in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Wellington and the cathedral of the Bishop of ...

in New Zealand) * 2008–2011 Benjamin Chewter (later Assistant Director of Music at

) * 2011–2014 Claire Innes-Hopkins (later Assistant Organist of

) * 2014–2019 Hilary Punnett * 2019- Alana Brook

Assistant Directors of Music

* 2003–2014 Charles Harrison (later organist of

) * 2014–2015 Sachin Gunga (acting) * 2015– Jeffrey Makinson

Liverpool Cathedral

Notable organists at

have included Edgar Robinson and

Ian Tracey Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...

Directors of Music of Liverpool Cathedral

* 1910–1915 Frederick William Burstall (of the Lady Chapel) * 1924–1947 Edgar Cyril Robinson * 1947–1982 Ronald Woan * 1982–2007 –

* 2008–2017 David Poulter * 2017–2021 Lee Ward

Organists of Liverpool Cathedral

*1910–1915 Frederick William Burstall (of the Lady Chapel) *1915–1955 Walter Henry Goss-Custard *1955–1980 Noel Rawsthorne *1980–

London, St Paul's Cathedral

The many distinguished musicians who have been organists, choir masters and choristers at St Paul's Cathedral include the composers John Redford,

Thomas Morley Thomas Morley (1557 – early October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. Referring to the strong Italian influence on the Engl ...

John Blow John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668,Jeremiah Clarke Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) was an English baroque composer and organist, best known for his ''Trumpet Voluntary,'' a popular piece often played at wedding ceremonies or commencement ceremonies. Biography The exact date of Cla ...

and

John Stainer Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of ''The Crucifixion'', still heard at Passiontide in some churches of the Anglican Communi ...

, while well known performers have included

Alfred Deller Alfred George Deller, CBE (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularising the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th century. He is sometimes referr ...

John Shirley-Quirk John Stanton Shirley-Quirk CBE (28 August 19317 April 2014) was an English bass-baritone. A member of the English Opera Group during 1964–76, he gave premiere performances of several operatic and vocal works by Benjamin Britten, recording thes ...

Anthony Way Anthony Way (born 14 December 1982) is an English chorister and classical singer, who rose to fame after appearing as a chorister in a BBC TV series. He has since had success as a recording artist, with gold and platinum discs to his credit. B ...

and the conductors Charles Groves and Paul Hillier and the poet

Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a highly acclaimed selection of ...

Organists and Directors of Music

* c.1525–1547 John Redford (also Almoner) * 1547 Philip ap Rhys (until c.1559) * 1573 Henry Mudd * 1587? – 1592?

* 1598 Thomas Harrold * 1619 John Tomkins * 1638–1642

Albertus Bryne Albertus Bryne (variants: Albert Bryan; Albert Brian) (ca. 1621 – 2 December 1668) was an English organist and composer. Biography His teacher was John Tomkins, organist of St Paul's Cathedral, a role in which he succeeded his teacher in 1638. ...

* 1660–1668

* 1687 Isaac Blackwell * 1699

Jeremiah Clarke Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) was an English baroque composer and organist, best known for his ''Trumpet Voluntary,'' a popular piece often played at wedding ceremonies or commencement ceremonies. Biography The exact date of Cla ...

(also Almoner 1704-7) * 1707 Richard Brind * 1718 Maurice Greene * 1756 John Jones * 1796 Thomas Attwood * 1838 Sir John Goss * 1872 Sir

* 1888 Sir George Clement Martin MVO * 1916 Charles Macpherson * 1927 Sir Stanley Marchant CVO * 1936 Sir John Dykes Bower CVO * 1968 Christopher Dearnley

LVO The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

* 1990 John Scott

(Organist & Director of Music) * 2004

* 2007

Andrew Carwood Andrew Carwood (born 30 April 1965) is the Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral in London and director of his own group, The Cardinall's Musick. Biography He was educated at The John Lyon School, Harrow and was a choral scholar in the Choir ...

MBE (Director of Music)

Sub-Organists and Assistant Organists

* ????-1838 George Cooper (father) * 1838–1876 George Cooper (son) (also Organist HM Chapel Royal) * 1876–1888 George Clement Martin MVO (subsequently Organist) * 1888–1895 William Hodge * 1895–1916 Charles Macpherson (subsequently Organist) * 1916–1927 Stanley Marchant CVO (subsequently Organist) * 1927–1946 Douglas Edward Hopkins (subsequently Organist

; later Organist Canterbury Cathedral) * 1946–1974 Harry Gabb CVO (also Organist, Choirmaster & Composer HM Chapel Royal) * 1974–1984

OBE (Master of the Choir 1977–84; later Master of Music

) * 1985–1990 John Scott

(subsequently Organist and Director of Music; later Director of Music St Thomas, Fifth Avenue) * 1990–1998 Andrew Lucas (now Master of Music,

) * 1998–2008 Huw Williams (subsequently Organist, HM Chapel Royal; now Organist Bath Abbey) In 2007 the posts of Organist and Director of Music were separated, the Sub-Organist post being re-titled Organist & Assistant Director of Music in September 2008. Organist and Assistant Director of Music * 2008 (September) Simon Johnson

Assistant Sub-Organists and Sub-Organists

* 1953–1956 Gerald Wheeler * 1956–1958

Derek Holman Derek Holman, (16 May 1931 – 20 May 2019) was a choral conductor, organist and composer. Life and work Born at Illogan, Cornwall, UK, Holman attended the Royal Academy of Music from 1948 to 1952 and studied with Sir William McKie, E ...

CM * 1958–1966 Richard Popplewell

(later Organist, Choirmaster & Composer HM Chapel Royal) * 1966–1967 Timothy Farrell (later Organist, Choirmaster & Composer HM Chapel Royal) * 1967–1978 Christopher Herrick (later Sub-Organist

) * 1978–1985 John Scott

(simultaneously Assistant Organist

; later Sub-Organist of St Paul's) * 1985–1990 Andrew Lucas (subsequently Sub-Organist, later Organist of

) * 1990–1991 Martin Baker (later Sub-Organist & Acting Organist

; lately Master of Music

) * 1992–2000 Richard Moorhouse (subsequently Organist & Master of the Choristers

) * 2000–2006 Mark Williams (subsequently Director of Music

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...

, now Informator Choristarum, Magdalen College, Oxford) * 2006–2008 Tom Winpenny (now Assistant Master of Music

) In 2007 the posts of Organist and Director of Music were separated, the Assistant Sub-Organist post being re-titled Sub-Organist in April 2008 to reflect the increased demands and prominence of the role. Sub-Organists * 2008–2014 Timothy Wakerell (subsequently Assistant Organist New College, Oxford) * 2014–2017 Peter Holder (now Sub Organist

) * 2018– William Fox

Almoners and Masters of the Choristers

* 1315–1329 William of Tolleshunt * fl. 1345 John de Hadley * fl. 1358 John de Ware * ????–1534 Thomas Hickman * 1530–1540 John Redford (also Organist) * before 1552 Thomas Mulliner * 1559–1576 Sebastian Westcote (Vicar Choral) * 1584–1589 Thomas Giles * 1596 Edward Kerkham * 1599–1612 Edward Pearce or Piers * 1613–1624 John Gibbs * 1626–1742

Martin Peerson Martin Peerson (or Pearson, Pierson, Peereson) (between 1571 and 1573 – December 1650 or January 1651 and buried 16 January 1651) was an English composer, organist and virginalist. Despite Roman Catholic leanings at a time when it was illegal ...

* 1661–1775 Randall Jewett * 1686–1687 Michael Wise * 1687–1693

(also Organist) * 1707–1748 Charles King (Vicar Choral) * 1748–1773

William Savage William Savage (1720 – 27 July 1789) was an English composer, organist, and singer of the 18th century. He sang as a boy treble and alto, a countertenor, and as a bass. He is best remembered for his association with the composer George ...

(Vicar Choral) * 1773–1793 Robert Hudson (Vicar Choral) * 1793–1800 Richard Bellamy (Vicar Choral) * 1800–1812 John Sale (Vicar Choral) * 1812–1846

William Hawes William Hawes (178518 February 1846) was an English musician and composer. He was the Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal and musical director of the Lyceum Theatre bringing several notable works to the public's attention. Life Hawes was ...

(Vicar Choral) * 1846–1853 William Hale * 1853–1872 J. H. Coward (Minor Canon) The title of Almoner was abolished in 1872, while the post of Master of the Choristers was held by a succession of Vicars Choral: * 1846–1858 William Bayley * 1858?–1867 Henry Buckland * 1867–1874 Frederick Walker (resigned upon establishment of

St Paul's Cathedral School (''By Faith and By Learning'') , established = , closed = , type = Independent preparatory schoolChoral foundation school , religious_affiliation = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster , hea ...

on the present basis) * 1874–1876 George Clement Martin (subsequently Sub-Organist & then Organist) The training of the choristers was then entrusted to the Organist and his deputies until – * 1977–1984

OBE 1977–1984 (Master of the Choir) In 1990 the post was re-united with that of Organist under John Scott

Some notable Choristers and Vicars Choral

;16th century * John Redford (Vicar Choral) composer * William Mundy (Vicar Choral), composer. *

Peter Philips Peter Philips (also ''Phillipps'', ''Phillips'', ''Pierre Philippe'', ''Pietro Philippi'', ''Petrus Philippus''; ''c.''1560–1628) was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders. He was one of the greatest ke ...

(chorister), composer. ;17th century * Adrian Batten (Vicar Choral), composer. ;18th century * Jonathan Battishill (chorister), composer. * William Boyce (chorister), composer. * Maurice Greene (chorister), composer and Organist of St Paul's Cathedral. ;19th century * William Cummings (chorister), composer and organist. * Frederick Ranalow (chorister), baritone and actor *

(chorister), Organist of St Paul's Cathedral and Professor of Music at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...

. ;20th century *

Simon Russell Beale Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Eliza ...

(chorister), actor * Maurice Bevan (Vicar Choral), composer *

Alastair Cook Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and played for England in all international formats from 2006 to 2018. A former captain of the England Test and One-Day Intern ...

(chorister), cricketer. *

(Vicar Choral), counter-tenor. *

Jimmy Edwards James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ''Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''Whack-O!''. Early lif ...

(chorister), actor. * Gerald English (Vicar Choral), tenor. * Charles Groves (chorister), conductor. * Paul Hillier (Vicar Choral), conductor. *

Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...

(chorister), composer. * Neil Howlett (chorister), opera singer and teacher. * James Lancelot (chorister), sometime Organist and

Lay Canon A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

of Durham Cathedral. *

(chorister), poet and novelist. * Stephen Oliver (chorister), composer. *

Julian Ovenden Julian Mark Ovenden (born 29 November 1976) is an English actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and West End stages, in television series in both the United Kingdom and United States, in films, and performed internationally as a concert ...

(chorister), actor and singer. *

(Vicar Choral), bass-baritone. *

Robert Tear Robert Tear (pronounced to rhyme with "beer"), CBE (8 March 1939 – 29 March 2011) was a Welsh tenor singer, teacher and conductor. He first became known singing in the operas of Benjamin Britten in the mid-1960s. From the 1970s until his ...

(Vicar Choral), tenor and conductor. *

(chorister), treble.

Manchester Cathedral

Notable organists at Manchester Cathedral have included Frederick Bridge and

Organists

* 1635 John Leigh * 1637 William Garter * 1666 William Turner * 1670 William Keys * 1679 Richard Booth * 1696 Edward Tetlow * 1702 James Holland * 1704 Edward Edge * 1714 Edward Betts * 1767 John Wainwright * 1768 Robert Wainwright * 1775 Richard Wainwright * 1783 Grifiith James Cheese * 1804 William Sudlow * 1831 William Sudlow and

* 1848 Joseph John Harris * 1869 Frederick Bridge (later Sir Frederick Bridge organist of

) * 1875

James Kendrick Pyne James Kendrick Pyne (5 February 1852 – 3 September 1938) was an English organist and composer. Biography He was born in Bath into a musical family. His father, also James Kendrick Pyne (1810–1893) was organist at Bath Abbey for 53 years ...

* 1908

(later Sir

organist of

and founder of the

) * 1919 Archibald W. Wilson * 1943 Norman Cocker * 1954 Allan Wicks (later organist of Canterbury Cathedral) * 1962 Derrick Edward Cantrell * 1977 Robert Vincent * 1980–1981 Stephen Pinnock (organist) * 1980–1996 Stuart Beer (Master of the Choir) * 1981–1992 Gordon Stewart (Organist) * 1992–1996 Christopher Stokes (Organist) * 1996– Christopher Stokes (Organist and Master of the Choristers)

Assistant organists

* 1869–1871 Joseph Cox Bridge (later organist of

) * 1876 R.H. Wilson * ?–1881 Minton Pyne * Samuel Myerscough * Richard Henry Mort * 1895–1896 Herbert C. Morris (later organist of St David's Cathedral) * Harold Mitchell Dawber (later organist St George’s Stockport) * Frank Radcliffe (later organist of St. Wulfrum's Church, Grantham, and St. Mary's Church, Nottingham) * 1908–1912 Richard Henry Coleman (later organist of

) * 1912–1919

(later organist of Exeter Cathedral and

) * 1919 Arnold Goldsbrough * 1920–1922 Norman Cocker (also 1923–1943, afterwards organist here) * 1922–1923 Thomas Armstrong (afterwards organist of St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London, later organist of Exeter Cathedral * 1943–1946 William Oswald Minay * 1946– Edward Fry * 1950– Douglas Steele * 1961– John Wenlock Gittins * 1968–1970 Jonathan Bielby (afterwards organist of

Wakefield Cathedral Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds. Originally the pa ...

) * 1970–1974 Brian Hodge * 1972–1974 John Wenlock Gittins (also, Alto Lay Clerk at this time) * 1975–1980 Stephen Drew Pinnock (afterwards Director of Music at Ardingly College) * 1996–1999 Matthew Owens * 1999–2014 Jeffrey Makinson * 2015 Geoffrey Woollatt

Newcastle Cathedral

Notable organists at

have included

Charles Avison Charles Avison (; 16 February 1709 (baptised)9 or 10 May 1770) was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St. Nicholas's Church (later Newcas ...

and Colin Ross.

Organists

* 1687 Samuel Nichols * 1736

* 1770 Edward Avison * 1776 Matthias Hawdon * 1789 Charles Avison Jnr * 1795 Thomas Thompson * 1834 Dr Thomas Ions * 1857 William Ions * 1894 George Huntley * 1895 John Jeffries * 1918 William Ellis * 1936 Kenneth Malcolmson * 1955 Colin Ross * 1967 Dr. Russell Missin * 1987 Timothy Hone * 2002 Scott Farrell * 2008 George Richford (Acting) * 2009 Michael Stoddart * 2016 Ian Roberts

Assistant organists

* 1928–1933 Thomas Christy (afterwards organist of

Hexham Abbey Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed place of Christian worship dedicated to St Andrew, in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in the North East of England. Originally built in AD 674, the Abbey was built up during the 12th century into its curre ...

) * 1936 Clifford Harker (afterwards organist at

) * 1959–1960 Michael Bryan Hesford (afterwards organist at Brecon Cathedral) * 1960–1980 Graeme East (afterwards Organist St Chad's Gateshead then Warnham Parish Church. d.2010) * 1980–1984 Keith Downie (Lay Clerk and sub-Assistant 1972–1980 & 1984–1988): now St Helen's Gateshead * 1984–2009 Michael Dutton (afterwards Director of Music at

Dame Allan's Schools Dame Allan's Schools is a collection of independent day schools in Fenham, in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It comprises a coeducational junior school, single-sex senior schools and a coeducational sixth form. Founded in 1705 a ...

)

Director of the Girls Choir and Sub-Organist

* 2008-2010 George Richford, Founder Director of the Girls Choir * 2010–2012 David Stevens (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Belfast Cathedral, and Sub-Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral)

Assistant Director of Music

*2012–2015 James Norrey (became Assistant Sub-Organist at Rochester Cathedral) *2015 Kris Thomsett

Norwich Cathedral

Notable organists of

have included

Zechariah Buck Dr. Zechariah Buck (9 September 1798 – 5 August 1879), was an English organist and choir director who is remembered as a preeminent trainer of boys' voices. Early life and family Born to Jeremiah Buck (a tradesman) and Sarah Astbury in Norwich, N ...

and Brian Runnett, and composers

, Heathcote Dicken Statham, Alfred R. Gaul and

Arthur Henry Mann Dr. Arthur Henry Mann (16 May 1850 – 19 November 1929), known affectionately as "Daddy Mann", was an English organist, choirmaster, teacher and composer who served as Director of Music at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, for more than 5 ...

Organists and Masters of the Music

* 1313 Adam the Organist * 1424 Thomas Wath * 1445 John Skarlette * 1542 Thomas Grewe * 1560 Edmund Inglott * 1583

* 1593 William Baker * 1594 William Cobbold * 1608 William Inglott * 1621 Richard Gibbs * 1661 Richard Ayleward * 1664 Thomas Gibbs * 1666 Richard Ayleward * 1670 Thomas Pleasants * 1689 James Cooper * 1721 Humphrey Cotton * 1749 Thomas Garland * 1808

John Christmas Beckwith John Christmas Beckwith (25 December 1759 – 3 June 1809) was an English organist and composer. Life Beckwith was born in Norwich on 25 December 1759, son of Edward Beckwith (1734–1793). His father and uncle were lay clerks at Norwich Cathedra ...

* 1809

John Charles Beckwith John Beckwith may refer to: Music * John Christmas Beckwith (1750–1809), English organist and composer * John Charles Beckwith (organist) (1788–1819), English organist * John Beckwith (composer) (1927–2022), Canadian composer Politics * Joh ...

* 1819

* 1877 Francis Edward Gladstone * 1881 Frederick Cook Atkinson * 1885 Frank Bates * 1928 Heathcote Dicken Statham * 1967 Brian Runnett (died while in office) * 1971 Michael Nicholas * 1994 David Anthony Cooper * 1995 Neil Taylor (Acting) * 1996 David Dunnett * 2007 David Lowe (Master of Music), David Dunnett continues as organist * 2011 David Dunnett (Acting Organist and Master of the Music) * 2012 Ashley Grote (Master of Music), David Dunnett continues as organist

Assistant Organists

* 1815–1819

(afterwards organist) * Thomas Wolsey White * ????-1845

George Augustus Löhr George Augustus Löhr (20 April 1821 - 20 August 1897) was an organist and composer based in England. Life Born in Norwich, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a chorister and then Leipzig University and Munich University. H ...

* 1850s Alfred R. Gaul * 1850s Frederick Cook Atkinson * 1855–1877 Edward Bunnett *

(later organist and director of music,

) * Philip Chignell * A. Miller Potts * 1895 C. H. Duffield * Claude Alan Forster * Herbert J. Dawson * 1903–1905 Alfred Heath * 1906 Richard John Maddern-Williams * 1907–1908 Nelson Victor Edwards * 1910–1914 Wilfrid Greenhouse Allt (later organist of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh) * 1978–1983

(later successively organist of

Wells Cathedral Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose cathedra it holds as mother church of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Built as a ...

and

and organist and director of music at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...

) * 1983–1990 Adrian Lucas (later organist of

) * 1990–1997 Neil Taylor (later organist of

) * Katherine Dienes-Williams (later organist of

) * Julian Thomas * Ben Giddens * Tom Primrose

Oxford, Christ Church

First among the notable organists of Christ Church, Oxford is the

composer

John Taverner John Taverner ( – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. He is best-known for ''Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas'' and ''The Western Wynde Mass'', and ''Missa Coro ...

. Other significant composers and conductors are Basil Harwood, Sir William Henry Harris, Sir Thomas Armstrong, Sydney Watson, Francis Grier,

Simon Preston Simon John Preston (4 August 1938 – 13 May 2022) was an English organist, conductor, and composer.
...

and

Organists

* 1530

* 1564 Bartholomew Lant * 1611 Matthew White * 1613 William Stonard * 1630 Edward Lowe * 1682 William Husbands * 1690 Charles Husbands * 1691 Richard Goodson (Sr) * 1718 Richard Goodson (Jr) * 1741 Richard Church * 1776 Thomas Norris * 1790

William Crotch William Crotch (5 July 177529 December 1847) was an English composer and organist. According to the American musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotchwas "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most dist ...

* 1807 William Cross * 1825 William Marshall * 1846 Charles William Corfe * 1882 Charles Harford Lloyd * 1892 Basil Harwood * 1909

Henry George Ley Henry George Ley (30 December 188724 August 1962) was an English organist, composer and music teacher.William Henry Harris * 1933 Thomas Armstrong * 1955 Sydney Watson * 1970

Simon Preston Simon John Preston (4 August 1938 – 13 May 2022) was an English organist, conductor, and composer.
...

* 1981 Francis Grier * 1985

* 2018 Steven Grahl

Sub-Organists

Assistant Organist (1753–1990) * 1753 William Walond Sr. * 1924 Sidney Thomas Mayow Newman * 1928 ? * 1938 Ivor Christopher Banfield Keys * 1940 ? * 1943 Alec Wyton (later Organist, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, USA) * 1946 Ivor Christopher Banfield Keys * 1947 ? * 1953 Harrison Oxley (later organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral) * 1955 ? * 1957 Anthony Crossland (later organist of

) * 1958 Michael J. Smith * 1961 ? * 1972

* 197? Francis Grier * 1983 Catherine Ennis * 1984 Robin Bowman * 1986 Simon Lawford Sub-Organist (1990–present) * 1990 Stephen Farr * 1996 David Goode * 2001 Clive Driskill-Smith * 2020 Benjamin Sheen

Precentors

* 1938–1945

Wilfrid Oldaker Wilfrid Horace Oldaker (13 June 1901 – 28 September 1978) was a clergyman of the Church of England, classical scholar, author, schoolmaster, Chaplain at Clifton College, Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, headmaster of Christ Church ...

Peel Cathedral (Isle of Man)

Organists at

Peel Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint German or Peel Cathedral, rebranded as Cathedral Isle of Man, is located in Peel, Isle of Man. The cathedral is also one of the parish churches in the parish of the West Coast, which includes the town of Peel. Built ...

have included the following.

Organists and Choirmasters

* 1983 Mike Porter * 1986 Bernard Clark * 1991 Mark Roper * 1992 Stephen Dutton * 1993 Edward Coleman * 1995 Harvey Easton * 2001 Mike Porter Between 1991 and 1994 the job was combined with the Head of Music position at King Williams College.

Organists and Directors of Music

* 2008 Donald Roworth * 2012 Peter Litman

Associate Organist

* 2018–present Stuart Corrie

Peterborough Cathedral

Notable organists of

have included Stanley Vann, Sir

Malcolm Sargent Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated include ...

and Sir Thomas Armstrong.

Masters of the Music

* 1540 Richard Storey * 1569 John Tyesdale * 1574 Richard Tiller * 1584 John Mudd * 1631 Thomas Mudd * 1632 David Standish * 1643 ''Vacant'' * 1661 David Standish * 1677 William Standish * 1691 Roger Standish * 1714 James Hawkins * 1750 George Wright * 1773 Garter Sharp * 1777 James Rogers * 1784

* 1785 John Calah * 1799 Samuel Spofforth * 1808 Thomas Knight * 1812 Edmund Larkin * 1836 John Speechley * 1870 Dr

Haydn Keeton Haydn Keeton (26 October 1847, in Mosborough – 27 May 1921, in Peterborough) was a cathedral organist, who served at Peterborough Cathedral. Background Haydn Keeton was born in Mosborough. His father Edwin Keeton was organist at Eckington Pa ...

* 1921 Dr Richard Henry Coleman * 1944 Charles Cooper Francis * 1946 Douglas Edward Hopkins (later Organist of Canterbury Cathedral) * 1953 Dr Stanley Vann * 1977 Christopher Gower * 2004 Andrew Reid (Director of Music) * 2013 Robert Quinney (later Organist and Director of Music New College, Oxford) * 2014 Steven Grahl * 2018– Tansy Castledin

Assistant Masters of the Music

* Samuel Round * 1895 George Pattman * 1900–1902 H. M. Goodacre * 1902–1903 Arthur Griffin Claypole * 1905–1910 Charles Cooper Francis (later appointed Master of the Music) * 1911–1914

(Articled Pupil/Assistant to Haydn Keeton, later knighted) * 1915–1917 Thomas Armstrong (Articled Pupil/Assistant, subsequently Organist of Exeter Cathedral, later knighted, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music) * 1918–1925 Eric John Fairclough * 1930–1931 J. Durham Holl * 1932–? R. Shield * ca. 1938 Derek John Clare * ca. 1938 Desmond Swinburn * 1950–1953 John Malcolm Tyler''Who's Who in Music''; 4th ed. 1962; p. 216. (later Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral) * 1954–1955 Philip Joseph Lank (later Organist of

St Wulfram's Church, Grantham St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, is the Anglican parish church of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building and has the second tallest spire in Lincolnshire after Louth's parish church. In his book ''England's ...

) * 1956–1959 Malcolm Ernest Cousins (later Organist of

St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mansfield St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mansfield is a parish church in the Church of England located in the town centre of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building ...

) * 1960 Eric Howard Fletcher (later Professor of Music in USA) * Richard Latham (later Assistant Organist at Gloucester Cathedral) * 1964–1971 Barry Ferguson (later Organist of

) * 1971–1980 Andrew Robert Newberry * 1980–1986 Simon Lawford (later Director of Music at St George's Cathedral, Perth) * 1986–1992? Gary Sieling (later Director of Music at

St Peter's Church, Nottingham St Peter's Church, formally The Church of St Peter with St James, is an Anglican parish church in the city centre of Nottingham, England. It is part of the parish of All Saints', St Mary's and St Peter's, Nottingham. The church is Grade I lis ...

and Bromley Parish Church) * 1993–1995 Simon Bowler * 1994–2007 Mark Duthie (later Organist of Brecon Cathedral, subsequently Director of Music at

) * 1998–2002 Thomas Moore (Assistant Organist, later Director of Music at

) * 2002–2007 Oliver Waterer (Assistant Organist, later Organist of St Davids Cathedral) * 2007–2011 Francesca Massey (Assistant Director of Music, later Sub Organist of Durham Cathedral) * 2011–2020 David Humphreys * 2020– Christopher Strange

Plymouth Cathedral

Organists at

Plymouth Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface in Plymouth, England, is the seat of the Bishop of Plymouth and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth, which covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The Diocese ...

have included the following.

Organists & Directors of Music

* 1990 Neville Allen * 1996 Robert Osmond (formerly Director of Music at Sacred Heart and S Thérèse, Paignton) * 1998 Kevin Holmes (formerly Director of Music at the Birmingham Oratory) * 2001 Christopher Fletcher (formerly Director of Music at Totnes Parish Church) * 2020 Robert Osmond (formerly Director of Music at this Cathedral – returning for a second term)

Assistant Organists

* 1996–1998 Brian Apperson (formerly Director of Music at St Augustine's, Kilburn, London NW6)

Organists

* 1995–1997 Timothy J Lewis (formerly an Anglican Priest and now a Catholic Priest & Canon Precentor of this Cathedral) * 1950s Webster Mansfield (formerly Organist at Holy Cross Plymouth)

Portsmouth Cathedral

Notable organists at Portsmouth Cathedral have included Adrian Lucas and David Price.

Organists

* 1927 Hugh Burry * 1933 T. H. Newboult * 1944 John Davison * 1959 Maxwell Menzies * 1964 Peter Stevenson * 1968 Christopher Gower * 1977 Anthony Froggatt * 1990 Adrian Lucas * 1996 David Price

Sub-Organists

* 1930 Mr Pease * 1963 Hugh Davis * 1978 David Thorne * 1999 Rosemary Field * 2005

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 for ...

* 2012 Oliver Hancock * 2018 Sachin Gunga

Ripon Cathedral

Notable organists of

Ripon Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, i ...

have included composers Charles Harry Moody and Ronald Edward Perrin.

Organists

* 1447 Thomas Litster (priest) * 1478 Lawrence Lancaster * 1511 John Watson * 1513 William Swaine * 1520 Adam Bakehouse * 1540 William Solber * ''1548 Interregnum'' * 1613 John Wanlass * ''ca. 1643 Interregnum'' * 1662 Henry Wanlass * 1670 Wilson * 1674 Alexander Shaw * 1677 William Sorrell * 1682 John Hawkins * 1690 Thomas Preston (sen) * 1731 Thomas Preston (jun) * 1748 William Ayrton * 1799 William F. M. Ayrton (elder son) * 1802 Nicholas T. D. Ayrton (younger son) * 1823 John Henry Bond * 1829 George Bates * 1874 Edwin John Crow * 1902 Charles Harry Moody, CBE (formerly organist of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry) * 1954

* 1957 Philip Marshall * 1966 Ronald Edward Perrin * 1994 Kerry Beaumont * 2002 Andrew Bryden (Acting) * 2003 Simon Morley * 2003 Andrew Bryden * 2020 Peter Wright (Acting) * 2022 Ronny Krippner

Assistant Organists/Assistant Directors of Music

* Edward Brown * 1876–1881 Henry Taylor * ???? J. William-Render * William Rains * William Edward Cave * Edgar Alfred Lane * ????-1887 Herbert Arthur Wheeldon * 1887–1890 Charles Morton Bailey * Edgar Watson * ca. 1908 C. Richards * David Lamb * 1925–1927 Leonard Bagguley (formerly assistant organist of St Mary's Church, Nottingham, afterwards organist of Paignton Parish Church) The post of assistant organist was informal until 1928 when it made official. * 1928–1935 Dennis Cocks * 1935–1939 Alfred H. Allsop * World War Two (1939–1947) * 1947–1952 Alex Forrest * 1952–1955 Paul Mace * 1955–1956 Keith Bond * 1956–1958 Peter Anthony Stanley Stevenson * 1958–1963 Laurence Gibbon * 1963–1974 Alan Dance * 1974–1986 Marcus Huxley (later organist of St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham) * 1986–1998 Robert Marsh * 1998–2003 Andrew Bryden (then organist) * 2003-2004 Stephen Power (Acting) * 2004–2008 Thomas Leech * 2009–2013 Edmund Aldhouse * 2013–2014 Ben Horden (acting) * 2014– Tim Harper

Rochester Cathedral

Among the composers, conductors and concert performers who have been organists at

are Bertram Luard-Selby, Harold Aubie Bennett, Percy Whitlock and William Whitehead.

Organists

* 1559 James Plomley * 1588 Roper Blundell * 1599 John Williams * 1614 John Heath * 1672 Charles Wren * 1674 Daniel Henstridge * 1699 Robert Bowers * 1704 John Spain * 1721 Charles Peach * 1753 Joseph Howe * 1781 Richard Howe * 1790 Ralph Banks * 1841 John Larkin Hopkins * 1856 John Hopkins * 1900 Bertram Luard-Selby * 1916 Charles Hylton Stewart * 1930 Harold Aubie Bennett * 1956 Robert Ashfield * 1977 Barry Ferguson * 1994

Roger Sayer Roger Sayer is an English organist and Director of Music at the Temple Church in central London. He was previously Organist and Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral. Sayer began his musical career as a chorister in Portsmouth and then studied ...

* 2008 Scott Farrell * 2018 Adrian Bawtree (Interim Director of Music) * 2019 Francesca Massey * 2022 Adrian Bawtree

Assistant Organists

* Henry Edmund Ford * 1850–1856 Philip Armes (later organist of Durham Cathedral) * 1859–1865 Frederick Bridge,Dictionary of Organs and Organists p. 252. (later Sir Frederick Bridge organist of

) * Alfred Alexander * ca.1868 Joseph Bridge (later organist of

) * 1899–1901 Glanville Hopkins * 1902–1908 Hector E. Shallcross * 1919–1921 Alfred H. Allen * 1921–1930 Percy Whitlock (then organist of

St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth St Stephen's Church is an Anglican church in Bournemouth, Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). The liturgical life of the Church is rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. The Church has a noted Lady Chapel, and celebrates Marian masses, benediction ...

) * 1930–1977 James Alfred Levett * 1977–1981 David Poulter (subsequently Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral,

, and

) * 1982–1989 Paul Hale (later organist and ''rector chori'' of

) * 1989–1994

* 1994–1998 William Whitehead * 1998–2001 Sean Farrell * 2001–2002 James Eaton (acting) * 2002–2006 Edmund Aldhouse * 2006–2010 Dan Soper * 2010–2014 Samuel Rathbone * 2014–2018 Claire Innes-Hopkins * 2018 Jeremy Lloyd

Cathedral Organists

* 2008–2013

* 2014–2015 Adrian Bawtree

Assistant Sub-Organists

* 2015 Ben Bloor * 2016–2018 James Norrey

St Albans Cathedral

The posts of organist and master of the music at

have been held by a number of well-known musicians, including Peter Hurford,

and

. Andrew Lucas is the current Master of the Music. Since 1963 the cathedral has been home to the

St Albans International Organ Festival The International Organ Festival (IOF) is a biennial music festival and organ competition held in St Albans, England since 1963. Originally held annually, it was changed to every two years in 1965 due to the complexity of organising the increasin ...

, winners of which include Dame

Gillian Weir Dame Gillian Constance Weir (born 17 January 1941) is a New Zealand-British organist. Biography Weir was born in Martinborough, New Zealand, on 17 January 1941. Her parents were Clarice Mildred Foy ( Bignell) and Cecil Alexander Weir. She re ...

, Thomas Trotter and

Naji Hakim Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim (Arabic: ''ناجي صبحي حكيم'' 'Naji Sobhi Hakim'' born 31 October 1955) is a Franco-Lebanese organist, composer, and improviser. He studied the organ under Jean Langlais at the Conservatoire de Paris, a ...

Organists

* 1302 Adam * 1498 Robert Fayrfax * 1529 Henry Besteney * 1820 Thomas Fowler * 1831 Edwin Nicholls * 1833 Thomas Fowler * 1837 Thomas Brooks * 1846 John Brooks * 1855 William Simmons * 1858 John Stocks Booth * 1880 George Gaffe * 1907 Willie Lewis Luttman * 1930 Cuthbert E. Osmond * 1937 Albert Charles Tysoe * 1947

* 1951 Claude Peter Primrose Burton * 1957 Peter Hurford * 1978

* 1985 Colin Walsh * 1988

* 1998 Andrew Lucas

Assistant Organists

* 1908–1909 John Cawley * 1921–1930 George C. Straker * 1936–1939 Sydney John Barlow * 1945–1951 Frederick Carter * 1951–1970 John Henry Freeman * 1970–1975

Simon Lindley Simon Lindley (born 10 October 1948) is an English organist, choirmaster, conductor and composer. He was Leeds City Organist from 1976 to 2017 (named City Organist Emeritus in Summer 2017) and is Organist Emeritus of Leeds Minster, having been o ...

* 1972-1973 Anthony Jennings * 1975–1976 John Clough * 1976–2001 Andrew Parnell * 2001–2008 Simon Johnson (later Assistant Director of Music St Paul's Cathedral) * 2008–present Tom Winpenny

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

This list of organists of St Edmundsbury Cathedral also includes organists of the parish church of St James before it was elevated to Cathedral status in 1914 with the creation of the

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). The cathedral is St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and the bishop is the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is part ...

Organists and Directors of Music

* 1760 Mr Nair * 1785 Thomas Harrington * 1815 John Harrington * 1841 Philip Harrington * 1863 Frederick Fearnside * 1877 Mr Sydenham * 1883 Edward Iles * 1892 Revd J Lord * 1896 Harold Shann * 1937 Percy Hallam * 1958 Harrison Oxley * 1985 Paul Trepte * 1990 Mark Blatchly * 1993 Mervyn Cousins * 1997

* 2020-2021 Vacant * 2021 Timothy Parsons

Assistant Organists and Assistant Directors of Music

* 1867–1877 B Fearnside * 1917 Wilfred Mothersole * 1971 Mary Slatter * 1973 John Scott Whiteley * 1975 Geoffrey Hannant * 1986 Mervyn Cousins * 1993 Scott Farrell * 1999 Michael Bawtree * 2004 Jonathan Vaughn * 2007 David Humphreys * 2011 Daniel Soper * 2016 Alexander Binns * 2019 Richard Cook

Salisbury Cathedral

Among the notable organists of Salisbury Cathedral have been a number of composers and well-known performers including Bertram Luard-Selby,

Charles Frederick South Charles Frederick South (1850 – August 1916) was a cathedral organist, who served at Salisbury Cathedral. A couple of Anglican chants by him are still in use. Background Charles Frederick South was born on 6 February 1850 in London. He recei ...

, Sir

Walter Galpin Alcock Sir Walter Galpin Alcock (29 December 186111 September 1947) was an English organist and composer. He held a number of prominent positions as an organist and played at the coronations of three monarchs. He was professor of organ in the Royal Co ...

, Sir David Valentine Willcocks, Douglas Guest, Christopher Hugh Dearnley, Richard Godfrey Seal and the BBC presenter Simon Lole.

Organists

* 1463 John Kegewyn * 1563 Robert Chamberlayne * 1568 Thomas Smythe * 1587 John Farrant (Senior) * 1592 Richard Fuller * 1598 John Farrant (Junior) * 1602–1610 John Holmes (previously organist of Winchester Cathedral) * 1618 Edward Tucker * 1629 Giles Tompkins * 1668–1687 Michael Wise * 1689 Peter Isaacke * 1692–1698 Daniel Roseingrave * 1700 Anthony Walkley * 1718 Edward Thompson * 1746 John Stevens * 1781 Robert Parry * 1792 Joseph Corfe * 1804 Arthur Thomas Corfe * 1863 John Elliott Richardson * 1881 Bertram Luard-Selby * 1883

* 1916 Sir

, MVO * 1947 David Valentine Willcocks, CBE, MC (later knighted) * 1950 Douglas Albert Guest * 1957 Christopher Hugh Dearnley * 1968 Richard Godfrey Seal * 1997 Simon Lole * 2005 David Halls (Director of Music)

Assistant Organists

* 1845?–1863 John Elliott Richardson (then organist) * Thomas Bentinck Richardson (later organist of St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds * 1881–1884 Albert Edward Wilshire * 1886–1889 George Street Chignell * 1917

Herbert Howells Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music. Life Background and early education Howells was born in Lydney, Gloucest ...

* 1917–1927 Cuthbert Edward Osmond (later organist of

) * 1933–1947

(later organist of Exeter Cathedral) * 1947–1950 John Charles Stirling Forster * 1947–1954 Ronald Tickner * 1954–1957 Christopher Hugh Dearnley (later organist here, subsequently organist of

) * 1957–1966 Richard Hey Lloyd * 1967–1974 Michael John Smith (then organist of

) * 1974–1978 Jonathan Rees-Williams (later organist of

and

) * 1978–1985 Colin Walsh (later organist of

and Lincoln Cathedral) * 1985–2005 David Halls (later organist, now Director of Music) * 2005–2011 Daniel Cook (Assistant Director of Music, later Sub-Organist of

, now Organist of Durham Cathedral) * 2011–2012 Vacant * 2012–present John Challenger (Assistant Director of Music)

Sheffield Cathedral

Notable organists at

have included

Edwin Lemare Edwin Henry LemareFrequently misspelled "Lamare" in early publications (9 September 1865 – 24 September 1934) was an English organist and composer who lived the latter part of his life in the United States. He was one of the most highly regard ...

and Reginald Tustin Baker.

Organists and Directors of Music

* 1805 John Mather * 1810 Jonathan Blewitt * 1811 Robert Bennett * 1819 John Camidge * 1819 Mr Gledhill * 1820 Joseph Bottomley * 1860 George Henry Smith * 1875 Thomas Tallis Trimnell * 1886

* 1892 Thomas William Hanforth * 1937 Reginald Tustin Baker * 1967 Graham Hedley Matthews * 1991 Paul Brough * 1994 Simon Lole * 1997 Neil Taylor * 2016 Joshua Hales (acting) * 2017 Tom Corns * 2019 Joshua Stephens (acting, appointed Master of Music from March 2020, resigned June 2020) * 2021 Ian Seddon (acting)

Assistant Directors of Music

* 2013 Joshua Hales * 2018 James Kealey (Interim) * 2018 Joshua Stephens * 2020 Ian Seddon

Assistant Master of the Music

* 1992–1995 Tim Horton * 1995–1999 Chris Betts * 1999 Mark Pybus * 1999–2005 Peter Heginbotham * 2005–2012 Anthony Gowing

Sub Organists

* ?–1976 Hubert Stafford * 1975-1979 David G Read * 1979–1985 Paul Parsons * 1989–1992 Martin Colton

Southwark Cathedral

Among the organists of

are Edgar Tom Cook, known for his lunchtime organ broadcasts on the BBC, and the organ designer and noted teacher

Ralph Downes Ralph William Downes CBE KSG (16 August 1904 – 24 December 1993) was an English organist, organ designer, teacher and music director and was Professor of Organ in the Royal College of Music. Biography Downes was born in Derby and studied ...

Organists

* 1897 Alfred Madeley Richardson * 1908 Edgar Tom Cook * 1953 Sidney Schofield Campbell * 1956 Harold Dexter * 1968 Ernest Herbert Warrell * 1976

Harry Wakefield Bramma Harry Wakefield Bramma (born 11 November 1936, Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a British organist and composer of Anglican church music. He served as director of the Royal School of Church Music from 1989 to 1998 and as director of music at All Sain ...

* 1989 Peter Wright * 2019 Ian Keatley

Assistant Organists

* F. Stanley Winter * 1908–1917 Charles Edgar Ford * 1917–1922 Francis W. Sutton * 1922 J.C. Bradshaw 1922 * 1923–1925 Ralph William Downes (later Organist of the London Oratory, Brompton, organ consultant and designer, including designer and curator of the Royal Festival Hall organ) * 1934–1935 Philip Miles * 1936 Ernest F.A. Suttle * 1937–1954 Ernest Herbert Warrell * 1955–1956 William Allen Humpherson * 1957–1959 Denys Darlow * 1959–1962 John Flower, Alan Dance, John Oxlade * 1962–1970 Arthur Newell * 1971–1974 Christopher Jenkins * 1975–1978 Nicholas Woods * 1978–1985 John Scott * 1985–1988 Andrew Lumsden * 1988–1997 Stephen Layton * 1997 Stephen Disley

Southwell Minster

, the term Rector Chori is used rather than Director of Music, or Master of the Choristers. It literally means Ruler of the Choir, and is an historic title.

Rectores Chori

* 1499 Lawrence Pepys * 1519 Rev George Vincent * 1568 George Thetford * 1582 John Mudd * 1584 Thomas Foster * 1586 William Colbecke * 1594 John Beeston * 1596 Edward Manestie * 1622 Francis Dogson * 1628 John Hutchinson * 1661 Edward Chappell * 1690 George Chappell * 1699 William Popeley * 171? William Lee * 1754 Samuel Wise * 1755 Edmund Ayrton * 1764–1781 Thomas Spofforth * 1818 Edward Heathcote * 1835 Frederick Gunton * 1841 Chappell Batchelor * 1857 Herbert Stephen Irons * 1872 Cedric Bucknall * 1876 William Weaver Ringrose * 1879 W. Arthur Marriott * 1888 Robert William Liddle * 1918 Harry William Tupper * 1929 George Thomas Francis * 1946 Robert Ashfield * 1956 David Lumsden * 1959 Kenneth Beard * 1989 Paul Robert Hale * 201
Simon Hogan
(acting) * 201
Paul Provost
(formerly Sub-Organist of

)

Organists

Assistant Organists: * ????-1861 W.D. Hall * W.L. Dodd 1861–1865 (afterwards organist of

St Alkmund's Church, Derby Saint Alkmund's Church was a Victorian church, which stood in a Georgian square between Bridgegate and Queen Street in Derby; this was the only Georgian square in the city. The church and its yard were demolished in 1968 for construction of a roa ...

) * ca. 1868 E.D. Hoe * ca. 1870 H. Nicholson * ????-1885 G. Fletcher * 1890–1897 Alfred Winterbotham * 1897–1902 Lawrence Frederick Baguley * 1903–1904

Sydney Weale Sydney Harry Franz Weale (1881–1943) was a cathedral organist, who served in St Columb's Cathedral, Derry and was borough organist for Stoke on Trent. Background He was educated at Ludlow in Shrosphire. Career Assistant organist of: *St Davi ...

(formerly assistant organist at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent) * Oswald Steele * Cecil Wyer ???? – 1919 * 1958–1994 Peter Wood * 1994–2002 Philip Rushforth (now Director of Music at

) * 2002–08 Simon Bell (later Assistant Director of Music at

, now Director of Music of the Schola Cantorum at

Tewkesbury Abbey The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury–commonly known as Tewkesbury Abbey–is located in the English county of Gloucestershire. A former Benedictine monastery, it is now a parish church. Considered one of the finest examples of No ...

) In 2008 the title of Assistant Organist was replaced with Assistant Director of Music, in line with other Cathedrals. Assistant Directors of Music: * 2008–2012 Philip White-Jones (previously Assistant Organist at

) * 2012–201
Simon Hogan
(previously Organ Scholar at St Paul's Cathedral) * 2019–present Jonathan Allsopp (previously Organ Scholar at

)

Truro Cathedral

The Diocese of Truro was established in 1876 and Truro Cathedral was consecrated in 1887. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin occupied the site before the cathedral was built, and had an organ: its organists included Charles William Hempel and his son Charles Frederick Hempel.

Organists and Masters of the Choristers

* 1881

(later organist of Hereford Cathedral : the ''G. R. S.'' of

Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

Enigma Variations Edward Elgar composed his ''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36, popularly known as the ''Enigma Variations'', between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Elgar ...

) * 1890 Mark James Monk * 1920 Hubert Stanley Middleton (later organist of Ely Cathedral and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

) * 1926 John Dykes Bower (later Sir John Dykes Bower organist of St Paul's Cathedral, London) * 1929 Guillaume Ormond * 1971 John Charles Winter (later Organist Emeritus) * 1989 David Briggs (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral) * 1994

(currently Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge) * 2002 Robert Sharpe (currently Director of Music at

) * 2008 Christopher Gray

Assistant Organists

* 1885–1886

(later knighted, and Organist of

) * 1902–1907 Frederick Rowland Tims * 1907–1911 William Stanley Sutton * 1911 Mr. Hall * Donald Behenna * 1922–1926

(later Organist of Canterbury Cathedral and subsequently Director of the

) * Arthur William Baines * 1950–1971 John Charles Winter (later Organist and Organist Emeritus) * 1971–1991 Henry Doughty * 1991–2000 Simon Morley * 2000–2008 Christopher Gray * 2008–2017

Luke Bond Luke Bond (born 2 February 1980) is a British organist and is currently Assistant Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, where he played prominently for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke ...

* 2017–2019 Joseph Wicks * 2019–2020 Michael Butterfield * 2020–present Andrew Wyatt

Wakefield Cathedral

Organist of

have included the following.

Organists

* 1886 Joseph Naylor Hardy * 1930–1945 Newell Smith Wallbank * 1945–1970 Percy George Saunders * 1970–2010 Jonathan Bielby MBE * 2010–2020 Thomas Moore * 2020–2021 James Bowstead (Acting) * 2021- Ed Jones

Assistant Organists

* 1896–1900

* 1961–1971 John Holt * 1975–1983 Peter David Gould * 1983–1985 Gareth GreenHorsforth Music Festival 2008
Music adjudicator * 1985–1991 Keith Wright * 1991–1996 Sean Farrell * 1996–2002 Louise Reid (née Marsh) * 2002–2010 Thomas Moore * 2010 Daniel Justin * 2011–2015 Simon Earl * 2015–2017 Sachin Gunga * 2018–2020 James Bowstead * 2020–2021 Robert Pecksmith * 2021- James Bowstead

Wells Cathedral

The first record of an organ at

dates from 1310, with a smaller organ, probably for the Lady Chapel, being installed in 1415. In 1620 a new organ, built by

Thomas Dallam Thomas Dallam (1575 - after 1620) was an English organ-builder. Dallam served an apprenticeship and became a member of London's Blacksmiths' Company. He travelled frequently to build organs on site, going as far as Turkey. Family Dallam was ...

, was installed at a cost of £398 1s 5d, however this was destroyed by parliamentary soldiers in 1643 and another new organ was built in 1662, which was enlarged in 1786, and again rebuilt in 1855, a substantial early work of 'Father'

Henry Willis Henry Willis (27 April 1821 – 11 February 1901), also known as "Father" Willis, was an English organ player and builder, who is regarded as the foremost organ builder of the Victorian era. His company Henry Willis & Sons remains in busin ...

. In 1909–1910 a new organ was built by Harrison & Harrison with the best parts of the old organ retained (approximately one-third of the stops being by Willis), and this has been maintained by the same company since.

Organists

* 1416–1418 Walter Bagele (or Vageler) * 1421–1422 Robert Cator * 1428–1431 John Marshal * 1437–1462 John Marchell * 1461–1462 John Menyman (joint) * 1461–1462 Richard Hygons (joint) * 1497–1507 Richard Hygons * 1507–1508 Richard Bramston * 1508 John Clawsy (or Clavelleshay) * 1514 William Mylwhard * 1515–1531 Richard Bramston * 1534–1538 John Smyth * 1547–1554 Nicholas Prynne * 1556–1557 John Marker * 1558 Robert Awman * 1559–1562 William Lyde * 1563 Thomas Tanner * 1568 Matthew Nailer * 1587 John Clerk * 1600 Thomas Hunt * 1608 James Weare * 1613 Edmund Tucker * 1614 Richard Brown * 1619–1642 John Oker (or Okeover) * Commonwealth period (1642-1663) * 1663 John Brown * 1674 Mr Hall * 1674 John Jackson * 1688 Robert Hodge * 1690 John George * 1713 William Broderip * 1726 Joseph Millard * 1727 William Evans * 1741 Jacob Nickells * 1741 John Broderip * 1771 Peter Parfitt * 1773 Robert Parry * 1781 Dodd Perkins * 1820 William Perkins * 1859 Charles Williams Lavington * 1896 Percy Carter Buck * 1899 Revd. Canon Thomas Henry Davis * 1933 Conrad William Eden * 1936

Denys Pouncey Denys Pouncey (1906–1999) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Wells Cathedral Background Denys Duncan Rivers Pouncey was born on 23 December 1906 and was educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge. In 1935 he ...

* 1971 Anthony Crossland * 1996

* 2004 Rupert Gough (acting) * 2005 Matthew Owens * 2020– Jeremy Cole (acting Organist and Master of the Choristers since 2017)

Assistant Organists

* 1842–1859 Charles William Lavington * J. Summers * c. 1880 Frederick Joseph William Crowe (later organist of

) c.1880 * 1894–1895 Charles Harry Moody (then acting organist 1895) * 1896–1897 Frederick William Heck (afterwards organist of Bedminster Parish Church) * W. J. Bown * 1904–1906 Richard John Maddern-Williams (later sub-organist of

). * 1906 Kenneth J Miller * 1908 F.P. Wheeldon * Frank W. Porkess * 1920–1925 Marmaduke Conway (later organist of Ely Cathedral) * 1926–1927 C.H. Trevor * 1927–1933 Conrad William Eden (then organist here and later organist of Durham Cathedral) * 1938 J.W. Martindale-Sidwell (later organist of St Clement Danes, London) * 1946–1953 Michael Peterson * 1961–1970 Anthony Crossland (later organist) * 1977–1983 David Anthony Cooper (later organist of

) * 1983–1990 Christopher Brayne (later organist of Bristol Cathedral) * David Ponsford * 1990–1994

* 1994–2005 Rupert Gough * 2002–2007 David Bednall (Senior Organ Scholar 2002 – 2004) * 2007–2017 Jonathan Vaughn * 2017–2019 Jeremy Cole * 2019– James Gough (temporary) * 2020– Alexander Hamilton (Assistant Director of Music)

Sub-Assistant Organists

* 2019–2020 David Stevens (formerly Organist and Master of the Choristers of Belfast Cathedral) * 2021 Adam Wilson (formerly Assistant Master of the Music of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh)

Winchester Cathedral

The earliest known organist of

is John Dyer in 1402. Later organists include

Christopher Gibbons Christopher Gibbons ( bapt. 22 August 1615 – 20 October 1676) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. He was the second son, and first surviving child of the composer Orlando Gibbons. Life and career Background Chri ...

whose patronage aided the revival of church music after the Interregnum, John Reading, Daniel Roseingrave, James Kent,

, the composer of sacred music, who was also responsible for the acquisition of the Cathedral organ,

Martin Neary Martin Gerard James Neary LVO is an English organist and choral conductor. Neary was born in London, and read theology and music at Cambridge University. He was Organist and Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral from 1972 to 1988, and Org ...

, who arranged the music for the

funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started on Saturday 6 September 1997 at 9:08am in London, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey started tolling to signal the departure of the cortège from Kensington Palace. The coffin was carried ...

, and choral director David Hill.

Organists

Organists were formerly titled "Organist and Master of the Choristers" then, briefly, "Organist and Master of the Music" and now "Organist and Director of Music" * 1402 John Dyer * ???? Richard Wynslade * 1572 John Langton * ???? John Holmes * 1602 John Lante * 1615 George Bath * 1631 Thomas Holmes * 1638

* 1661 John Silver * 1666 Randolph Jewitt * 1675 John Reading * 1681 Daniel Roseingrave * 1693 Vaughan Richardson * 1729 John Bishop * 1737 James Kent * 1774 Peter Fussell * 1802 George William Chard (also

Mayor of Winchester The Office of Mayor of Winchester is the second oldest mayoralty in England, dating back to the period when Winchester was the capital of Wessex and England. The Mayor of Winchester thus stands second only to the Lord Mayor of the City of Lond ...

) * 1849

* 1865 George Benjamin Arnold * 1902 William Prendergast * 1933 Harold Rhodes * 1949

Reginald Alwyn Surplice Reginald Alwyn Surplice (20 August 1906 – 21 April 1977) was an English organist and composer.Martin Neary Martin Gerard James Neary LVO is an English organist and choral conductor. Neary was born in London, and read theology and music at Cambridge University. He was Organist and Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral from 1972 to 1988, and Org ...

* 1988 David Hill * 2002 Andrew Lumsden

Assistant Organists

Sometimes the appointment has been as "Sub-organist" or, in recent years, "Assistant Director of Music" * 1787–1802 George William Chard (later Organist) * 1851–1854 George Mursell Garrett (later Organist of Madras Cathedral, subsequently Organist of St John's College, Cambridge and Organist to

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...

) * 1863–?? Thomas Somerford * ????-1869 E.H. Birch * 1876 Charles Lee Williams (later Organist of

and Gloucester Cathedral) * William Prendergast (later Organist) * 1898–?? Alfred Ernest Floyd * E. Gilbert * 1902–1904 Louis H. Torr * 1906 George C. Macklin * 1906–1913 Howard Roscoe Eady * 1908–?? James Frederick Parsons * Henry William Radford * 1912–1921

Henry William Stubbington Henry William Stubbington FRCO LRAM ARCM LTCL (b. 1891) was an organist and composer based in England. Life He was born in Upham in Hampshire in 1891, the son of Edward Stubbington and Eliza Jane. He was educated at Durham University. He was d ...

(later Organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham) * 1919 Hilda Bird * Horace Hawkins (later organist of

) * W. Brennand Smith * Cyril John Tucker Fogwell * Gillian Skottowe (now Gillian Earl) * 1958–1967 Graham Hedley Matthews (later Organist of

) * 1967–?? Clement McWilliam * 1975–1985 James Lancelot (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Durham Cathedral, also

and now Lay Canon Organist Emeritus there also, from September 2018, Interim Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral) * 1985–1991 Timothy Byram-Wigfield (later successively Organist of

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly known as St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Anglican Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its foundation stone was laid in Palmerston Place, in the city's ...

St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the O ...

, and

All Saints, Margaret Street All Saints, Margaret Street, is a Grade I listed Anglo-Catholic church in London. The church was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built between 1850 and 1859. It has been hailed as Butterfield's masterpiece and a pioneering buil ...

, London) All Saints’ Parish Newsletter, January 2020. * 1991–1996 David Dunnett (later Organist and Master of the Music at

) * 1996–1998 Stephen Farr (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at

, Organist of Worcester College, Oxford and from April 2020 Organist and Director of Music

, London) * 1999–2002 Philip Scriven (later Organist and Master of Choristers at

) * 2002–2008

(later Organist and Master of Choristers at

) * 2003–2008 Philip White-Jones (later Assistant Director of Music at

) * 2008 Richard McVeigh (Assistant Organist) * 2008–2012 Simon Bell (Assistant Director of Music, later Director of Music of the 'Schola Cantorum' at

) * 2012–2021 George Castle (Assistant Director of Music) * 2017 Richard Moore (Assistant Organist) * 2017- Claudia Grinnell (Assistant Organist 2017-2021) (Sub Organist 2021- )Cathedral website * 2022- Joshua Stephens (Sub Organist)

Worcester Cathedral

Organists of

have included Sir Ivor Atkins, Douglas Guest, Christopher Robinson, the composers

Thomas Tomkins Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort mus ...

, William Hayes,

Hugh Blair Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the ...

, and conductors Sir David Willcocks, Donald Hunt and Adrian Lucas.

Organists (and Directors of Music from 2012)

* 1240 Thomas the Organist * 1415 T. Hulet * 1468 Richard Grene * 1484 John Hampton * 1522 Daniel Boyse * 1541 Richard Fisher * 1569 John Golden * 1581

Nathaniel Giles Nathaniel Giles (1558 – 1633 or 1634) was an English Renaissance organist and composer. He was the organist for Worcester Cathedral and wrote Anglican anthems. While Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal he took over Blackfriars Theatre in ...

* 1585 Robert Cotterell * 1590 Nathaniel Patrick * 1595 John Fido * 1596

* ''1649'' ''Vacant'' * 1661 Giles Tomkins * 1662 Richard Browne * 1664 Richard Davis * 1686 Vaughan Richardson * 1688 Richard Cherington * 1724 John Hoddinott * 1731 William Hayes * 1734 John Merifield * 1747 Elias Isaac * 1793 Thomas Pitt * 1806 Jeremiah Clark * 1807 William Kenge * 1813 Charles E. J. Clarke * 1844 William Done * 1895

* 1897 Sir Ivor Atkins * 1950

David Willcocks Sir David Valentine Willcocks, (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambr ...

(later knighted) * 1957 Douglas Guest * 1963 Christopher Robinson * 1974 Donald Hunt * 1996 Adrian Lucas * 2012 Christopher Allsop (Acting Director of Music) * 2012–2018 Peter Nardone * 2019 Samuel Hudson

Assistant Organists (and Assistant Directors of Music from 2012)

* 1835–1844 William Done (later organist) * 1846–1847 John Roberts Boulcott * c. 1860

Alfred James Caldicott Alfred James Caldicott (26 November 1842 – 24 October 1897) was an English musician and composer of operas, cantatas, children's songs, humorous songs and glees. Early life and education He was born in Worcester, the eldest son of William Cald ...

* 1865 Robert Taylor * ????-1876 William Edward Wadeley * 1879 Mr. Garton * James Henry Caseley (later organist of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon) * Henry Holloway * 1887–1895

(later organist) * 1893–1899 Frank Alfred Charles Mason * 1893–1896 George Street Chignell * 1904–1909 Edgar Thomas Cook (later organist of

) * ????-1912 Alexander E. Brent Smith * 1912–1962 Edgar F.Day * 1962–1963 Christopher Robinson (later organist; then successively organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle and St John's College, Cambridge) * 1963–1976 Harry Bramma (later organist of

) * 1976–1981 Paul Trepte (later organist of Ely Cathedral) * 1981–1991

(later organist of Gloucester Cathedral) * 1991–1998 Raymond Johnston (later Canon Musician of St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis) * 1998–2004 Daniel Phillips * 2004–2018 Christopher Allsop (subsequently Assistant Director of Music, King's School, Worcester) * 2018– Nicholas Freestone

Sub-Assistant Organists (and Voluntary Choir Choirmasters)

* 2007–2008 Simon Bertram * 2008–2012 George Castle (later Assistant Director of Music at

) * 2012–2014 James Luxton (later Assistant Director of Music at

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King and locally nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam", is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Li ...

) * 2014–2016 Justin Miller * 2017–2019 Richard Cook * 2019–2021 Ed Jones

Organists of the Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir

* 1981–2021 John Wilderspin

York Minster

Among the notable organists of

are four members of the Camidge family who served as cathedral organists for over 100 years, and a number of composers including James Nares, Edwin George Monk, John Naylor, Thomas Tertius Noble and Francis Jackson.

Organists

The organists of York Minster have had several official titles, including "Master of the Music"; the job description roughly equates to that of Organist and Master of the Choristers. They will have an Assistant Organist, who may be titled simply "Organist". The names of Organists prior to 1633 have been copied from the list of Organists of York Minster on the wall of the North Transept. * 1475 John Austan * 1484 John Symson * 1510 John Usher * 1527 Robert Holmes * 1531 Thomas Kirkby * 1541 John Thorne * 1573 Henry Thorne * 1598 Cuthbert Byas * 1605 Henry Farrande * 1607 William Browne * 1616 Thomas Kingston * 1633 James Hutchinson * 1662 J. H. Charles * 1667 Thomas Preston * 1691 Thomas Wanless * 1695 J.Heath * 1715 Charles Murgatroyd * 1721 William Davies * 1722 Charles Quarles * 1734 James Nares * 1756 John Camidge * 1799 Matthew Camidge * 1842 John Camidge * 1848 Thomas Simpson Camidge * 1859 Edwin George Monk * 1883 John Naylor * 1897 Thomas Tertius Noble * 1913 Sir Edward Bairstow * 1946 Francis Jackson * 1983 Philip Moore * 2008 Robert Sharpe

Assistant Organists

* 1842–1848 Thomas Simpson Camidge * ????-1878 Edward Johnson Bellerby * ????-1879 Mark James Monk * 1891–1892 Thomas William Hanforth * 1892 Charles Legh Naylor * ????-1902 Frederick Flaxington Harker * 1902–1906 Edwin Fairbourn * 1906–1910 William Green * 1910–1914 Cyril Francis Musgrove * 1917–1923 Harold Aubie Bennett * 1924–1929 J. Lawrence Slater * 1929–1941, 1946 Owen Le Patourel Franklin * 1946 Francis Jackson (later Organist and Master of the Music) * 1947–1954 Allan WicksWho's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 228. (later organist of Canterbury Cathedral) * 1954–1957 Eric Parsons * 1957–1966 Ronald Edward Perrin (later organist of

) * 1966–1967 Peter J. Williams * 1969–1971 A. Wilson Dixon * 1971–1975 Geoffrey Coffin * 1976–2002 John Scott Whiteley (Organist, 2001–2010) * 2010–2016 David Pipe (later organist of

Leeds Cathedral Leeds Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Anne, commonly known as Saint Anne's Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds. It is in the city of Leeds, West ...

) * 2016 Benjamin Morris

Assisting Organists

* 2016–2018 Jeremy Lloyd * 2018–2020 Christopher Strange

Notes

References

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