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Bangor Cathedral

The 14th century poet
Dafydd ap Gwilym Dafydd ap Gwilym ( 1315/1320 – 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages. Life R. Geraint Gruffydd suggests 1315- 1350 as the poet's dates; others place him a little ...
wrote of the organ and choir of
Bangor Cathedral Bangor Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor) is a cathedral in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since ...
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Organists

*1644 Thomas Bolton *1689 (A Vicar Choral) ? *1691 Thomas Roberts *1705 ? Priest *1708 ? Smith *1710 ? Ferrer *1713 John Rathbone *1721 Thomas Rathbone *1750 Thomas Lloyd *1778 Richard Jarred *1782
William Shrubsole William Shrubsole (1760–1806) was an English musician and composer. Life The youngest son of Thomas Shrubsole, a farrier, he was born at Canterbury, and baptised on 13 January 1760. He was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral from 1770 to 177 ...
*1784 Edmund Olive *1793 Joseph Pring *1842 James Sharpe Pring *1868 Robert Roberts *1872 Roland Rogers *1892 T. Westlake Morgan *1906 Roland Rogers (reappointed) *1928 Leslie Douglas Paul *1970 John Hywel *1972 Andrew John Goodwin *2009 Graham Eccles *2014 Martin Brown Director of Music *2014 Paul Booth *2021 Joe Cooper


Brecon Cathedral

Brecon Cathedral Brecon Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Aberhonddu), in the town of Brecon, Powys, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and seat of the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Previously the church of Brecon Priory ...
is the cathedral of the Church in Wales
Diocese of Swansea and Brecon The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon was established as a Diocese of the Church in Wales in 1923 with Brecon Priory as the cathedral. The area of the diocese had formerly been the Archdeaconry of Brecon within the Diocese of St Davids. The dio ...
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Organists

*1923 John Humphrey Carden *1956 David Gwerfyl Davies (formerly organist of The Church of St. Nicholas, Kings Norton) *1963 Michael Bryan Hesford (later organist of St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray) *1966 David Patrick Gedge *2007 Mark Duthie *2017 Stephen Power


Assistant organists

*1968 Hazel Davies *2007 Meirion Wynn Jones *2012 Paul Hayward *2014 Stephen Power *2017 Tom Coxhead *2018 Jonathan Pilgrim


Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral

Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David, also known as St David's Cathedral, Cardiff, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales, and is the centre of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff. Located in Charle ...
is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.


Directors of Music and Organists

*1974 Hellier Johns *1980 David Neville *2016 Dominic Neville *2017 Jeffrey Howard


Assistant Organists

*1974 Nigel Davies *1976 Keith Lowe


Master of the choristers

*2016 James Neville


Organ Scholar

*2009-2012 James Wall *2016 - 2017 Joseph Cavalli-Price


Llandaff Cathedral

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 Peter ...
has only dedicated choir school in the Church in Wales.


Organists and Masters of the Choristers

*1861 John Bernard Wilkes *1866
Francis Edward Gladstone Francis Edward Gladstone (2 March 1845 – 6 September 1928)
, reprint of obituary in ''RCM Magazine'' 24/3 (1928 ...
*1870 Theodore Edward Aylward *1876 Charles Lee Williams *1882 Hugh Brooksbank *1894 George Galloway Beale *1937 William Henry Gabb *1946 Albert Vernon Butcher *1949 Thomas Hallford *1950 Eric Arthur Coningsby *1952 Charles Kenneth Turner *1957 Eric Howard Fletcher *1958 Robert Henry Joyce *1974 Michael John Smith *2000 Richard Moorhouse *2014 Jonathan Bielby (interim) *2016 Stephen Moore


Assistant Organists

*1894
Arthur Charles Edwards Arthur Charles Edwards FRCO (1869 – 1940) was an organist and composer based in England. Life He was born in 1869 in Peterborough, the son of Amos Edwards, Bookseller, and Sarah Elizabeth. He was educated at King's School, Peterborough. He t ...
*1940 R. M. Powney *1966–1970 Graham John Elliott (afterwards organist of St Asaph Cathedral) *1970–1980 Anthony Burns-Cox (later organist of Romsey Abbey) *1980–2010 Michael Hoeg M.B.E *2010–2012 James Norrey (afterwards Assistant Director of Music at
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. ...
) *2012–2013 Sachin Gunga (post dissolved December 2013)


Assistant Director of Music

*2021 Aaron Shilson


Newport Cathedral

Newport Cathedral Newport Cathedral (Welsh; ''Eglwys Gaderiol Casnewydd''), also known as St Gwynllyw's or St Woolos' Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales, and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. Its official title is ...
is the cathedral of the Church in Wales
Diocese of Monmouth The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport — the Cathedral Church of St Woolos. Reasons for not choosing the title of Newport included the existence of ...
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Organists

*1964−1979 Donald Bate *1979 Christopher Barton *2015 Dr. Emma Gibbins


Assistant organists

*2006
Ronny Krippner Ronny Krippner is a German-born British organist, conductor, teacher and composer who currently serves as Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral. Early career and education Krippner was born and educated in Marktredwitz, Germany, and studied or ...
(later Director of Music at
Croydon Minster Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon. There are currently more than 35 churches in the borough, with Croydon Minster being the most prominent. It is Grade I listed. Six Archbishops of Canterbury are b ...
; currently Director of Music at
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 ...
) *2007 Christopher Denton *2010 Jeremy Blasby


St Asaph Cathedral

In 2018 St Asaph Cathedral made its professional music staff redundant.


Organists

*1620 John Day *1630 Abednego D. Perkins *1631 John Wilson *1669 Thomas Ottey *1680 William Key *1686 Thomas Hughes *1694 Alexander Gerard *1738 John Gerard *1782 John Jones *1785 Edward Bailey *1791 Charles Spence *1794 Henry Hayden *1834 Robert Augustus Atkins *1889 Llewellyn Lloyd *1897 Hugh Percy Allen *1898 Archibald Wayet Wilson *1901 Cyril Bradley Rootham *1902 William Edward Belcher *1917
Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks (21 October 1884 – 1956) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St Asaph Cathedral. Background Stocks was born in Essendon, Hertfordshire. He was the son of Marian Stocks and Walter Fryer Stocks, an ...
*1956 Robert Duke Dickinson *1962 James Roland Middleton *1970 Graham John Elliott *1981 John Theodore Belcher *1985 Hugh Davies *1998 Graham Eccles *2004 - 2018 Alan McGuinness *2018 Christopher Enston and Director of Music 2019 Paul Booth


Assistant organists

*1875–1889 Llewelyn Lloyd *1897–1901 F. Walton Evans *1978–1982
Patrick Larley Patrick Larley (born 1951) is a British composer. Biography He was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, England and lived at Fearnhead in Warrington. Patrick is the third of the four children of Ian A. and Helen Dunsmuir/Larley: Larley studied org ...


Assistant Director of Music

*2004–2018 John Hosking; later Director of Music at Holy Trinity, Southport (2018 - 2022) then Organist in Residence at Blackburn Cathedral.


St Davids Cathedral

Organists at
St Davids Cathedral St Davids Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is situated in St DavidsBritain's smallest city in the county of Pembrokeshire, near the most westerly point of Wales. Early history The monastic community was founded by Saint David, Abbot ...
include the father of the composer
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 m ...
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Organist and Master of the Choristers

*1490 Priest Vicars *1509 John Norman *1563 Thomas Elliot *1570–1586 Thomas Tomkins (father of the composer
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 m ...
) *1713 R. Mordant *1714 Henry Mordant *1719 Richard Tomkins *1719 Williarn Bishop *1720 Henry Williams *1725 Matthew Maddox *1734 Matthew Philpott *1793 Arthur Richardson *1827 John Barrett *1851 William Peregrine Propert *1883 Frederick Garton *1894 D. John Codner *1896 Herbert C. Morris *1922 Joseph Soar *1953 Peter Boorman *1977 Nicholas Jackson *1984 Malcolm Watts *1990
Kerry Beaumont Kerry Jason Beaumont (born 5 April 1957) is a British organist and choir director. Early life and training Born in Cambridge, England, Beaumont emigrated to Canada with his family 1970. His musical education included studies in organ improvisati ...
(later Organist 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 ...
and
Coventry Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The cur ...
) *1995 Geraint Bowen (currently Director of Music at
Hereford Cathedral Hereford Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Hereford in Hereford, England. A place of worship has existed on the site of the present building since the 8th century or earlier. The present building was begun in 1079. ...
) *2001 Timothy Noon (later Organist of
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 ...
; currently Organist of
Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 14 ...
) *2007 Alexander Mason (currently Director of Music at Lancing College) *2011 Daniel Cook (later Sub-Organist of
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 United ...
; currently Organist of
Durham Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, County Durham, England. It is the seat of t ...
) *2013 Oliver Waterer (currently Organist of
Selby Abbey Selby Abbey is an Anglican parish church in the town of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. It is Grade I listed. Monastic history It is one of the relatively few surviving abbey churches of the medieval period, and, although not a cathedral, ...
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Director of Music

*2022 Simon Pearce


Assistant Organist

*1991 Michael Slaney *1998 Simon Pearce


Assistant Director of Music

*2022 Laurence John


Organ Scholars

*1991-1994 Andrew Lamb (subsequently Organ Scholar of
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. ...
) *2016 Aaron Shilson (currently 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 Peter ...
) *2017 Rupert Jackson (currently music student at
Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the ...
) *2018 Emily India Evans (subsequently Organ Scholar of
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wif ...
) *2019 Joshua Roebuck (now Organist of Westwood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles) *2020 Michael D'Avanzo (subsequently Organ Scholar of
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 ...
) *2021 Thomas Hawkes (Acting Assistant Director of Music) *2022 James Watson (subsequently Organ Scholar 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. ...
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Swansea Cathedral

St Joseph's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia


Diocesan Director of Music

* Paul Brophy


Wrexham Cathedral

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows is the cathedral of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham The Diocese of Wrexham, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Wales. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff. History The diocese was erect ...
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Choir director

* Paul Booth


See also

*
List of musicians at English cathedrals The cathedrals of England have a long history of liturgical music, often played on or accompanied by the organ. The role of cathedral organist is a salaried appointment, the organist often also serving as choirmaster. There is also an assis ...


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