March 2019
Oliver Macfarlane started playing the piano at the age of eight and later took up the organ. His fulltime music education began at Winchester School of Art followed by four years at the Royal College of Music, where he studied organ with Richard Popplewell. Oliver joined the staff of the
Find out moreApril 2019
Botley Choral Society is a thriving choir of around 100 members, formed in 1923, which relishes in the rich tradition of choral music in this country. Concerts are given three times a year – at Easter, when performances are held at All Saints Church, Botley and another local venue, and
Find out moreMay 2019
Peter Gould was born in Portsmouth in 1952 and studied piano and cello before going to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where, after only ten lessons, he passed his A.R.C.O. and changed to organ. He became organist of St Margaret’s Church in Putney as a student and then
Find out moreJune 2019
Dr. Anthony Hammond is a critically acclaimed English concert organist, composer and musicologist. His principal organ studies were with Roger Fisher and David Briggs in England, and with Dr. Naji Hakim in Paris. As a performing and recording artist in Europe and the USA he is known particularly for his
Find out moreDavid Saint was born in Jarrow in the northeast of England in 1954, and read music at Hull and Liverpool Universities. He studied the organ with Alan Spedding and Dame Gillian Weir. He gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) at the age of 20, winning the
Find out moreJuly 2019
Andrew graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1990. Whilst there he was Organ Scholar at Norwich Cathedral and he worked with the Norwich Philharmonic Choir and the Aldeburgh Festival Chorus. In 1990 he moved to study Organ and Early Music at the RCM, directing the vocal ensemble Nouve
Find out moreAugust 2019
The Michael Overbury was born in 1953 in Surrey and was educated in Farnham and Cambridge (where he was organ scholar at Corpus Christi College). Whilst there he was also a founding member of Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge, with whom he toured extensively abroad. After holding the position of Assistant
Find out moreOctober 2019
November 2019
Dr Anthony Gritten was an organ scholar and research student at Cambridge University, writing his doctorate under Alexander Goehr on Stravinsky. He is currently Head of Undergraduate Programmes at the Royal Academy of Music, having previously worked at the University of East Anglia, and the Royal Northern College of Music.
Find out more