1 E-mail addresses of cathedral and church musicians

 
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1 Jan 1999
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Cathedral
Organists

Overseas
Cathedral
Organists and Musicians
  • Philip Matthias, organist and master of the choristers at Newcastle Cathedral, NSW, Australia
  • Indra Hughes M.A.(Oxon.), F.R.C.O.(CHM)
    (Was Organist and Director of Music at Auckland Cathedral, New Zealand. Before that Indra was at Blackburn Cathedral under David Cooper; Organist of Holy Trinity, Coventry for 2 years; and before that Organ Scholar of Oriel College Oxford.)
    Snail mail: PO Box 37148, Auckland; Cathedral telephone +64 9 303 9508. Indra has recently been made redundant from Auckland cathedral, and it appears the choir has left with him. Full details may be found on this website devoted to the bizarre goings-on.
  • Timothy Gilbert, Organist & Choirmaster, St. Paul's Anglican Church, Stratford, Ontario; Chairman of the Niagara & Southwestern Ontario Branch of RSCM; Chair of Music - Stratford Central Secondary School
  • Steven Morris, layclerk at St David's Cathedral, Hobart, Australia and the Director of Choral Music at The Hutchins School (the oldest school for boys in Australia and where St David's choristers are educated). In May-June 1998, the Hutchins Chapel Choir (the only all-male SATB choir in Tasmania)  toured the UK. Details of their visit to All Saints, Leamington Spa can be found here . Steven writes, "We were very fortunate to be able to sing Evensong in Wells Cathedral and then after attending an Evensong at Worcester we were asked if we could sing Evensong there the following night. We of course, were most honoured. We were very fortunate to see a lot of England (and a little of Wales) and soak up lots of Cathedral music and visit heaps of attractions. The English hospitality was outstanding and we were made very welcome everywhere we went."
  • Peter de Blois, Director of Music: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (RC), Wellington New Zealand. Snailmail: PO Box 1937, Wellington, New Zealand, phone +64 4 496 1700/fax +64 4 496 1719
  • Valerie Hall, Director of Music and Organist at St. John's Cathedral, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Previously held same position at St Matthew's Cathedral, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Began training as Organ Scholar at St John's College, University of Manitoba, Canada.
  • Ken George, Organist, All Saints Anglican Church, Geelong, Australia. Currently Head of Curriculum at Wesley College, Melbourne and formally Organist at Geelong Grammar School, Corio. Before migrating to Australia in the 1970s, he was an organ scholar at Llandaff Cathedral.
  • James R. Metzler, Organist & Choirmaster, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Director of The Canterbury Singers, USA.
    The Canterbury Singers, USA will be singing for services as the choir in residence at York Minster during the early part of August. They sing for Evensong on Tuesday (4 Aug), Wednesday (5 Aug), Eucharist on Thursday (6 Aug - Feast of the Transfiguration), Evensong on Friday (7 Aug), Saturday (8 Aug) and for the Sunday Eucharist, Matins and Evensong on Sunday (9 Aug). For many of the singers, this will be their sixth tour to England. James serves as Director, and Henry Hokans as Organist.
  • John Martin Marks, organist of Grace & St. Peter's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, USA . John also has his own web pages .
  • Greg Peyroux, a former organ scholar and now organist of Cantores in Ecclesia - formed from St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, NZ, after a dispute at the cathedral when all of the choir left with the organist and choirmaster. Greg's site is http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/9210/ .
  • Dr Raymond White,  BMus (hons) (Otago), Ph.D( St Andrews), FTCL, LRSM, ARCO, ARSCM, has been a cathedral organist for 25 years before being controversially sacked from St Paul's cathedral, Dunedin and now is director of Cantores in Ecclesia - New Zealand's only traditional male cathedral style choir. More details may be found at http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/9210/News.htm#Profile .
  • Michael Kellner, Master of the Choirs and Organist (Interim), St John's Church, Huntingdon, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, appointment from 1 July 1998, renewable.
  • Philip Walsh, Organist and Director of Music, Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand
  • Mark Peterson, Director of the Netherlands Radio Boys Choir
  • NEW!Martin Setchell, has been music director at St Barnabas church, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand for  the last 10 years, and is also the organ curator of the Rieger pipe organ  in the Christchurch, Town Hall. His he his own website and the Rieger website is  http://www.nzorgan.com .

Others
  • Me, David Perry
  • Adrian M. Wall, (Tenor Lay Clerk, Newcastle Cathedral Choir, owner of the Lay Clerks List)
  • Stephen Layton
  • Martin Neary formerly Organist, Westminster Abbey
  • Martin Baker, Acting Organist, Westminster Abbey
  • Carl Jackson, Organist, Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace
  • Andy Judge, choir member, St James the Greater, Leicester
  • Andy Brough, choir member, St Mary's, Warwick
  • Jeremy Dawson, Songman, Sheffield Cathedral
  • Revd Tony Whatmough, Vicar of St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. Trained as a musician, studying the organ with John Sanders at Gloucester, and read music at Exeter University with the unforgettable Arthur Hutchings! Subsequently taught music at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, where he was sub organist at Old St. Paul's Church, when Richard Holloway was the Rector. Moved to St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury before coming to Bristol 5 years ago. Tony has his own web pages .
  • John Henderson (Hon.Librarian RSCM, author of A Directory of Composers for Organ.) Visit his own site  - originally designed as an advertisement for his book. However it has now become an "appendix" to the book with brief bios of over 1000 composers, links to all current publishers of organ music who have web-sites and a regularly updated composer necrology. Another 130 composer bios and worklists will be added in February 98.
  • Clive Dickinson, Headmaster of Exeter Cathedral Choir School
  • William Armiger, Senior Lay-Clerk at Gloucester Cathedral.
    Bill writes, "I joined Gloucester Cathedral Choir as a Bass lay-clerk in 1971, having spent several enjoyable years at Southwark Cathedral under Harold Dexter. Having taken early retirement from the position of Headmaster of a local grammar school in Gloucester, I have recently been appointed to succeed Antony Boden as Secretary of the Gloucester Three Choirs' Festival - that is after this year's festival, which includes a tremendously varied programme of music, both choral and orchestral. The role of Secretary is an extremely demanding one, and involves liaising with David Briggs in constructing, negotiating and managing the entire week's programme. What a great job !"
  • Andrew Butler, Organist & Choirmaster at St Andrew's RC Church, Tenterden, Kent and Teacher of Organ and Piano.
  • Ralph Allwood, Precentor (Director of Music and Choirmaster) of Eton College Chapel
  • Tom Winpenny, Eton College Choir
  • Stuart Kime, and I am a tenor lay-clerk at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Stuart writes, "Contrary to what you may be thinking right now, I am, in fact English! I am in Pittsburgh just for the year, and singing at Trinity for that time. When I return to England, I will be looking for a cathedral job, and will inform you as and when my situation changes."
  • Jan Payne, RSCM Assistant Regional Director for Cambs and St Albans and Director of Music at St Andrew's Church, Chesterton. Member of the resident music team for the Lambeth Conference.
    Jan has her own Home page .
  • The Revd Canon Professor John Bartlett, Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
  • William Harrison, Alto Choral Scholar at Lincoln Cathedral. William has a second e-mail address at the BBC and his own web-site .
  • Eric Osborne, the Bevan Organ Scholar at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in Canada. Our college chapel maintains the English cathedral tradition in its liturgy and music. The chapel choir, under the direction of Dr Willis Noble, Director of Music, sings at choral evensong every Wednesday during term. Our repertoire ranges from the middle ages through to the present day. We also perform many Canadian works, past and present. As the organ scholar here I play the daily services in the chapel for the faculty of divinity and accompany the chapel choir in services and concerts.

    I have served at many Anglican churches in Southwestern Ontario which keep the Anglican tradition of fine music. I am also a freelance recitalist performing across Canada, the United States, and in the United Kingdom.

    I am an organ performance and church music student at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. I am currently studying with William Wright. I have studied with Richard Hansen, Ian Sadler, and John Tuttle.


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