List of musicians at Welsh cathedrals
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Bangor Cathedral
The 14th century poet Dafydd ap Gwilym wrote of the organ and choir of Bangor Cathedral.
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
- 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
Director of Music
- 2014 Paul Booth
Brecon Cathedral
Brecon Cathedral is the cathedral of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.
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Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.
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Llandaff Cathedral
Llandaff Cathedral has only dedicated choir school in the Church in Wales.
Organists and Masters of the Choristers
- 1861 John Bernard Wilkes
- 1866 Francis Edward Gladstone[1]
- 1870 Theodore Edward Aylward[2]
- 1876 Charles Lee Williams[3]
- 1882 Hugh Brooksbank[4][a]
- 1894 George Galloway Beale[5]
- 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)[6]
- 2016 Stephen Moore[7]
Assistant organists
- 1894 Arthur Charles Edwards[8]
- 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[9]
- 2010–2012 James Norrey (afterwards Assistant Director of Music at Newcastle Cathedral)[10][11][12]
- 2012–2013 Sachin Gunga (post dissolved December 2013)[13][14]
Newport Cathedral
Newport Cathedral is the cathedral of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth.
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St Asaph Cathedral
In 2018 St Asaph Cathedral made its professional music staff redundant.
Organists
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St Davids Cathedral
Organists at St Davids Cathedral include the father of the composer Thomas Tomkins.
Organists and Masters of the Choristers
- 1490 Priest Vicars
- 1509 John Norman
- 1563 Thomas Elliot
- c.1570–c.1586 Thomas Tomkins (father of the composer Thomas Tomkins)
- 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 (later Organist of Ripon Cathedral; currently Organist of Coventry Cathedral)
- 1995 Geraint Bowen (currently Organist of Hereford Cathedral)
- 2001 Timothy Noon (later Organist of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; currently Organist of Exeter Cathedral)
- 2007 Alexander Mason (currently Director of Music at Lancing College)
- 2011 Daniel Cook (later Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey; currently Organist of Durham Cathedral)
- 2013 Oliver Waterer
Assistant Directors of Music
- 1998 Simon Pearce
Organ Scholars
- 2016 Aaron Shilson (currently Assistant Organist to the Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir and Assistant Organist at Selwyn College, Cambridge)
- 2017 Rupert Jackson (currently Organ Scholar of Magdalen College, Oxford)
- 2018 Emily India Evans (currently Organ Scholar of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle)
- 2019 Joshua Roebuck
Swansea Cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
Diocesan Director of Music
- Paul Brophy[15]
Wrexham Cathedral
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham.
Choir director
- Paul Booth[16]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 129.
- ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 14.
- ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 351.
- ^ a b Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 46.
- ^ "A Durham Gentleman Appointed as the New Organist". Evening Express. 15 August 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Llandaff: Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dyfrig, Teilo & Euddogwy". Friends of Cathedral Music. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "Appointment of Director of Music".
- ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 101.
- ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Who's Who at the Cathedral". Rochester Cathedral. 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Music". Cathedral Church of St. Joseph. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Choir". Diocese of Wrexham. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
Sources
- Evans, Robert; Humphreys, Maggie (1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.
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