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==Southwell Minster==
==Southwell Minster==
At [[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 a historic title.
===List of ''Rectores Chori''===
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* Lawrence Pepys 1499
* Rev George Vincent 1519
* George Thetford 1568
* John Mudd 1582
* Thomas Foster 1584
* William Colbecke 1586
* John Beeston 1594
* Edward Manestie 1596
* Francis Dogson 1622
* John Hutchinson 1628
* Edward Chappell 1661
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* George Chappell 1690
* William Popeley 1699
* William Lee 1718-1754
* Samuel Wise 1754-1755
* [[Edmund Ayrton]] 1755-1764
* [[Thomas Spofforth]] 1764-1818
* [[Edward Heathcote]] 1818-1835
* [[Frederick Gunton]] 1835-1841
* [[Chappell Batchelor]] 1841-1857
* [[Herbert Stephen Irons]] 1857-1872
* [[Cedric Bucknall]] 1872-1876
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* William Weaver Ringrose 1876-1879
* W Arthur Marriott 1879-1888
* Robert William Liddle 1888-1918
* Harry William Tupper 1918-1929
* George Thomas Francis 1929-1946
* [[Robert Ashfield|Robert James Ashfield]] 1946-1956
* [[David Lumsden (musician)|David James Lumsden]] 1956-1959
* [[Kenneth Beard|Kenneth Bernard Beard]] 1959-1989
* [[Paul Robert Hale]] 1989-
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===List of Organists===
===List of Organists===
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*Philip Rushforth 1994 - 2002 (now Director of Music at [[Chester Cathedral]])
*Philip Rushforth 1994 - 2002 (now Director of Music at [[Chester Cathedral]])
*Simon Bell 2002 - 2008 (now Director of Music of the Schola Cantorum at [[Tewkesbury Abbey]])
*Simon Bell 2002 - 2008 (now Director of Music of the Schola Cantorum at [[Tewkesbury Abbey]])
In 2008 the title of Assistant Organist was replaced with Assistant Director of Music, in line with other Cathedrals.
Assistant Directors of Music:
Assistant Directors of Music:
*Philip White-Jones 2008 - 2012 (previously Assistant Organist at [[Winchester Cathedral]])
*Philip White-Jones 2008 - 2012 (previously Assistant Organist at [[Winchester Cathedral]])
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===Organ Scholars===
===Organ Scholars===

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Charles Harrison Organ Scholarship
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Charles Harrison Organ Scholarship
*Matthew Halls 1992-3 (later director of The King's Consort, now the Retrospect Ensemble)
*Matthew Halls 1992-3 (later director of The King's Consort, now the Retrospect Ensemble)
*David Soar 1994-5 ''(now Professional Operatic Bass)''
*David Soar 1994-5 (now Professional Operatic Bass)
*David Gostick 1995-6 (now Musical Director of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Organist and Master of the Choristers, Wimborne Minster)
*David Gostick 1995-6 (now Musical Director of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Organist and Master of the Choristers, Wimborne Minster)
*[[Tom Wiggall|Thomas Wiggall]] 1997-8 (now Composer and Teacher of Music Surbiton High School, Surrey)
*[[Tom Wiggall|Thomas Wiggall]] 1997-8 (now Composer and Teacher of Music Surbiton High School, Surrey)
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*Stephen Moore 2003-4 (now Organist and Director of Choral Music at Felsted School and Director of Music, St Matthew's Church Northampton)
*Stephen Moore 2003-4 (now Organist and Director of Choral Music at Felsted School and Director of Music, St Matthew's Church Northampton)
*Dr Emma Gibbins 2004-5 (now Director of Music St. George's Church, Belfast)
*Dr Emma Gibbins 2004-5 (now Director of Music St. George's Church, Belfast)
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*Simon Earl 2005-6 (now Assistant Director of Music, [[Wakefield Cathedral]])
*Simon Earl 2005-6 (now Assistant Director of Music, [[Wakefield Cathedral]])
*Daniel Battle 2006-7 (now Associate Organist and Choirmaster , St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick)
*Daniel Battle 2006-7 (now Associate Organist and Choirmaster , St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick)
*Richard Moore 2007-8 (then Organ Scholar, St John's College, Oxford, now Organ Scholar, [[St Paul's Cathedral]])
*Richard Moore 2007-8 (then Organ Scholar, St John's College, Oxford, now Organ Scholar, [[St Paul's Cathedral]])
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*Peter Holder 2008-9 (now Organ Scholar, [[Westminster Abbey]])
*Peter Holder 2008-9 (now Organ Scholar, [[Westminster Abbey]])
*Jonathan Turner 2009–11 (now Director of Music, St Stephen's Church, London)
*Jonathan Turner 2009–11 (now Director of Music, St Stephen's Church, London)
*Hilary Punnett 2011- (previously Assistant Organist, Christchurch Cathedral, Montreal)
*Hilary Punnett 2011-2013 (previously Assistant Organist, Christchurch Cathedral, Montreal)
*David Quinn 2013- (previously Organ Scholar, St Peter's College, Oxford)
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Revision as of 20:24, 8 March 2013

The cathedrals of England have a long history liturgical music, often played or accompanied by the organ. The role of cathedral organist is a salaried appointment, the organist often also serving as choir master. There is also an assistant organist, and often an organ scholar.

The pipe organ of Chester Cathedral
Pipe organ in Gloucester Cathedral rebuilt by Henry Willis (1874)

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

Assistant Organists

Bristol Cathedral

Organists at Bristol Cathedral have included the writer and composer Percy Buck and the conductor Malcolm Archer.

Organists

Assistant organists

Canterbury Cathedral

Organists and Assistant Organists at Canterbury Cathedral have included composers Clement Charlton Palmer, Gerald Hocken Knight and Philip Moore (organist) and musical directors Allan Wicks and Stephen Darlington.

Organists

Assistant organists

Carlisle Cathedral

Notable organists at Carlisle Cathedral have included the composer, astronomer and mathematician Thomas Greatorex and founder of the Royal School of Church Music, Sir Sydney Nicholson.

Organists

Assistant Organists

Chester Cathedral

Notable organists of Chester Cathedral include the composers Robert White and John Sanders and the recording artist Roger Fisher.[7][8]

Organists

Assistant organists

Chichester Cathedral

Notable organists at Chichester Cathedral have included composer Thomas Weelkes and conductors John Birch and Nicholas Cleobury.

Organists and Masters of the Choristers

Assistant Organists

Organ Scholars

In common with nearly all cathedrals in the UK, Chichester appoints an organ scholar each year to take a share of the playing of services in the cathedral and the training of the choristers and probationers in the Prebendal School. The organ scholarship is a one year non-renewable post usually held by someone in their gap year between school and university, or in the first couple of years after graduation. The organ scholar gives a solo recital in the cathedral during the course of the year.

Durham Cathedral

Notable organists at Durham Cathedral have included the composer Richard Hey Lloyd and choral conductor David Hill.

Organists

Assistant organists

Ely Cathedral

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

Organists

Assistant organists

Directors of Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir

Exeter Cathedral

Notable organists at Exeter Cathedral include hymn writer Samuel Sebastian Wesley, educator Ernest Bullockand conductor Thomas Armstrong.

Organists / Directors of Music

Assistant Organists (Organist from 1999)

Assistant Directors of Music

Assistant Organists

  • 1994 Stephen Tanner (Assistant Organist)

Gloucester Cathedral

Notable among the organists of Gloucester Cathedral are composers and choral conductors of the Three Choirs Festival, Sir Arthur Herbert Brewer, Herbert Sumsion 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.


Assistant organists

Guildford Cathedral

Organists at Guildford Cathedral have included the composer Philip Moore.

Organists

Sub-Organists

  • 1927-40 Walter William Lionel Baker [25]
  • 1954-???? Harry Taylor
  • 1965(?)-1970 Gavin Williams
  • 1970-77 James Anthony Froggatt (later Organist of Portsmouth Cathedral)
  • 1977-89 Peter Wright (later Organist of Southwark Cathedral)
  • 1989-2002 Geoffrey Morgan (later Organist of Christchurch Priory)
  • 2002-03 Louise Reid (later Director of Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir)
  • 2003-09 David Davies (later Assistant Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral)
  • 2009-present Paul Provost

Hereford Cathedral

Notable organists of Hereford Cathedral include the 16th century composers John Bull and John Farrant, the conductor and advocate of British composers Meredith Davies and the editor of Allegri's Miserere, Ivor Atkins.

Organists

Assistant organists

Lichfield Cathedral

Notable organists of Lichfield Cathedral include the 17th century composer Michael East, and the musical educator and choral conductor William Henry Harris who conducted at the coronations of both Elizabeth II and George VI

Directors of music

  • 2010 Ben and Cathy Lamb

Organists

Assistant organists

Lincoln Cathedral

Notable organists of Lincoln Cathedral have included the Renaissance composers William Byrd and John Reading and the biographer of Mendelssohn, William Thomas Freemantle.

Organists

From 2003 the post was divided: Colin Walsh became Organist Laureate and Aric Prentice was appointed Director of Music.

Assistant organists

Articled pupils fulfilled the role of assistant organist until 1893 when the Chapter formalised the position of assistant organist.

London, St Paul's Cathedral

The many distinguished musicians who have been organists, choir masters and choristers at St Pauls Cathedral include the composers John Redford, Thomas Morley, John Blow, Jeremiah Clarke and John Stainer, while well known performers have included Alfred Deller, John Shirley-Quirk, Anthony Way and the conductors Charles Groves and Paul Hillier and the poet Walter de la Mare.

Organists and directors of music

Sub-organists and assistant organists

Assistant sub-organists and sub-organists

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