List of musicians at Welsh cathedrals
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Bangor Cathedral
[edit]The 14th century poet Dafydd ap Gwilym wrote of the organ and choir of Bangor Cathedral.
Organists
[edit]- 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
- 2014 Martin Brown
Director of Music
- 2014 Paul Booth
- 2021 Joe Cooper
Brecon Cathedral
[edit]Brecon Cathedral is the cathedral of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.
Organists and Directors of Music
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1968 Hazel Davies
- 2007 Meirion Wynn Jones
- 2012 Paul Hayward
- 2014 Stephen Power
- 2017 Tom Coxhead
- 2018 Jonathan Pilgrim
Sub-Organists
[edit]- 2023 Dr. August Guan (later principal organist of St Gregory's Church, Cheltenham)
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral
[edit]Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.
Directors of Music and Organists
[edit]- 1974 Hellier Johns
- 1980 David Neville
- 2005 Dominic Neville
Organ Scholar
[edit]- 2009-2012 James Wall
- 2016 - 2017 Joseph Cavalli-Price
Llandaff Cathedral
[edit]Llandaff Cathedral has only dedicated choir school in the Church in Wales.
Organists and Masters of the Choristers
[edit]- 1861 John Bernard Wilkes
- 1866 Francis Edward Gladstone[2]
- 1870 Theodore Edward Aylward[3]
- 1876 Charles Lee Williams[4]
- 1882 Hugh Brooksbank[5][a]
- 1894 George Galloway Beale[6]
- 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)[7]
- 2016 Stephen Moore[8]
Assistant Organists
[edit]- 1894 Arthur Charles Edwards[9]
- 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[10]
- 2010–2012 James Norrey (afterwards Assistant Director of Music at Newcastle Cathedral)[11][12][13]
- 2012–2013 Sachin Gunga (post dissolved December 2013)[14][15]
Assistant Director of Music
[edit]- 2021 Aaron Shilson[16]
Newport Cathedral
[edit]Newport Cathedral is the cathedral of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth.
Organists/Choirmasters
[edit]- 1894-1934 J A Gaccon
- 1934-1941 C J Ball
- 1941-1963 Charles St Ervan Johns
- 1964−1979 Donald Bate
- 1979 Christopher Barton
- 2015 Dr. Emma Gibbins
- 2024 Thomas Coxhead
Assistant organists
[edit]- 2006 Ronny Krippner (later Director of Music at Croydon Minster; currently Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral)
- 2007 Christopher Denton
- 2010 Jeremy Blasby
St Asaph Cathedral
[edit]In 2018 St Asaph Cathedral made its professional music staff redundant.
Organists
[edit]- 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
- 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
- 2019 Paul Booth - Director of Music
Assistant organists
[edit]- 1875–1889 Llewelyn Lloyd
- 1897–1901 F. Walton Evans
- 1978–1982 Patrick Larley
Assistant Director of Music
[edit]- 2004–2018 John Hosking; later Director of Music at Holy Trinity, Southport (2018 - 2022) then Organist in Residence at Blackburn Cathedral.
St Davids Cathedral
[edit]Organists at St Davids Cathedral include the father of the composer Thomas Tomkins.
Organist and Master of the Choristers
[edit]- 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 and Coventry Cathedral)
- 1995 Geraint Bowen (currently Director of Music at 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 (currently Organist of Selby Abbey)
Director of Music
[edit]- 2022 Simon Pearce
Assistant Organist
[edit]- 1991 Michael Slaney
- 1998 Simon Pearce
Assistant Director of Music
[edit]- 2022 Laurence John
Organ Scholars
[edit]- 1991-1994 Andrew Lamb (subsequently Organ Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge)
- 2016 Aaron Shilson (currently Assistant Director of Music at Llandaff Cathedral)
- 2017 Rupert Jackson (subsequently Organ Scholar of Magdalen College, Oxford)
- 2018 Emily India Evans (subsequently Organ Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)
- 2019 Joshua Roebuck (now Organist of Westwood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles)
- 2020 Michael D'Avanzo (subsequently Organ Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge)
- 2021 Thomas Hawkes (Acting Assistant Director of Music)
- 2022 James Watson (subsequently Organ Scholar of Newcastle Cathedral)
- 2024 Felix Petheu
Swansea Cathedral
[edit]St Joseph's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
Diocesan Director of Music
[edit]- Paul Brophy[17]
Wrexham Cathedral
[edit]The Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham.
Choir director
[edit]- Paul Booth[18]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Choir staff". Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Assistant Director of Music Appointed". Llandaff Cathedral. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Music". Cathedral Church of St. Joseph. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Choir". Diocese of Wrexham. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
Sources
[edit]- Evans, Robert; Humphreys, Maggie (1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.