Russell Arthur Missin (15 July 1922 – 28 November 2002) was an English cathedral organist, who served in

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. ...

Background

He was born in

Wisbech Wisbech ( ) is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bordering Norfolk and only 5 miles ...

, Cambridgeshire on 15 July 1922. Missin's parents lived in a small village, Gorefield just outside Wisbech. He was awarded his FRCO CHM in 1947 and took a Doctor in Theology (Church Music) degree from Geneva Theological College, America. He also held the A.D.C.M. (Archbishop of Canterbury's Diploma in Church Music) He was married to Muriel, and they had two sons.

Career

Assistant organist at Ely Cathedral 1945 - 1949 Organist of: *St Mary's Church,

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* St Giles, Cambridge *

Holbeach Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England. The town lies from Spalding; from Boston; from King's Lynn; from Peterborough; and by road from Lincoln. It is on the junction of the ...

Parish Church *

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1950 - 1956 * St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1957 – 1967The Organs and Organists of St. Mary’s Church Nottingham. Abbott and Whittle. Rylands Press. 1993 *

1967 – 1987 * Christ Church, North Shields 1989 - 1999

References

English classical organists British male organists Cathedral organists 1922 births 2002 deaths People from Wisbech Fellows of the Royal College of Organists Musicians from Cambridgeshire 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century English musicians 20th-century organists 20th-century British male musicians Male classical organists {{organist-stub