jackaubrey 0 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I haven't seen an ad for the DoM job at Exeter which will be available in September I believe. Has an appointment been made? Link to post Share on other sites
Contrabombarde 0 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 St Peter and St Pauls Lavenham have just said farewell to their organist - the organ there started life as a three manual Father Willis transplanted from another church, with a fourth manual Solo apparently coming from the remains of a one manual local instrument. Link to post Share on other sites
biggestelk 0 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 St Peter and St Pauls Lavenham have just said farewell to their organist - the organ there started life as a three manual Father Willis transplanted from another church, with a fourth manual Solo apparently coming from the remains of a one manual local instrument. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11524243/Church-organists-sacking-strikes-a-sour-note-as-choir-walk-out-en-masse.html Wonder what the actual story is..... Link to post Share on other sites
innate 0 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Apologies to our hosts if this is considered not appropriate for this board but after reading the Lavenham story in the linked article I tried to Google "Organist dismissal Muswell Hill Bate" [without the quote marks] and got no relevant hits. I thought legal precedents had been set in that earlier case. Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Am I right in thinking there has been a recent change of musical management at St John's RC Cathedral in Norwich? Link to post Share on other sites
AJJ 0 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 New Diocesan DoM coming from Leeds Cathedral sometime this year I think. A Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Butler 0 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 New Diocesan DoM coming from Leeds Cathedral sometime this year I think. A Daniel Justin - starting this month according to cathedral newsletter Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I haven't seen an ad for the DoM job at Exeter which will be available in September I believe. Has an appointment been made? It has just appeared on the Exeter Cathedral website. Link to post Share on other sites
Positif 0 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Ralph Allwood is to become DoM at Queens' Cambridge. I wonder if this can dovetail with his work at Trinity Laban. Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Ben Bloor, currently Organ Scholar at Westminster Cathedral, previously Organ Scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor and New College, Oxford, to be the Michael James Assistant Sub-Organist at Rochester Cathedral from 1 September 2015. This new position replaces the posts of Cathedral Organist (currently held by Adrian Bawtree) and Organ Scholar (currently Jack Spencer). Link to post Share on other sites
iy45 0 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I haven't seen an ad for the DoM job at Exeter which will be available in September I believe. Has an appointment been made? I was at Evensong there yesterday. The chap sitting just behind me was wearing a badge that said "Tim Noon". Ian Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I was at Evensong there yesterday. The chap sitting just behind me was wearing a badge that said "Tim Noon". Ian Quote from the said Mr Noon's Facebook page today: "Very thrilled that from January I will be Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral." Link to post Share on other sites
AJJ 0 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Matthew Martin will be moving to Keble College, Oxford to be Its DoM. A Link to post Share on other sites
DaveHarries 0 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Quote from the said Mr Noon's Facebook page today: "Very thrilled that from January I will be Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral." Confirmed also by the website of Exeter Cathedral: http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/content/homepage-news/new-director-of-music-appointed.ashx Dave Link to post Share on other sites
jackaubrey 0 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 George Richford to Romsey Abbey Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Douglas Tang (Kings, Cambridge) to be College Organist at Haileybury (according to Mr Tang's Facebook page today). Link to post Share on other sites
DaveHarries 0 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 George Richford to Romsey Abbey Robert Fielding (who was my organ teacher when I started out) spent quite a few years there and I didn't realise he had gone. Has he retired, or simply gone elsewhere? And when did he finish? Dave Link to post Share on other sites
pcnd5584 0 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Robert Fielding (who was my organ teacher when I started out) spent quite a few years there and I didn't realise he had gone. Has he retired, or simply gone elsewhere? And when did he finish? Dave As far as I know, he is still in-post, until the end of term. I believe that he is moving into property developing. (He has also run a wedding car hire firm for a number of years.) George Richford was formerly Director of Music at Saint Mary's, Newark, Notts. Link to post Share on other sites
AJJ 0 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 As far as I know, he is still in-post, until the end of term. I believe that he is moving into property developing. (He has also run a wedding car hire firm for a number of years.) George Richford was formerly Director of Music at Saint Mary's, Newark, Notts. ....and Dartford PC. A Link to post Share on other sites
David Drinkell 0 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Dr. Stephen Tympany has been appointed Organist & Master of the Choristers at Armagh Cathedral (CofI), in succession to Theo Saunders. Stephen has been covering for some time while Theo was on sick leave. He has been a leading light in church music in Northern Ireland for many years and was for a long time in charge of the music at Banbridge Parish Church. This sounds to me to be a very good appointment. Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Kris Thomsett, currently Organ Scholar at Salisbury, to be Assistant DoM at Newcastle Cathedral. Formerly 6th form Organ Scholar at King's, Rochester (and an excellent Alto in the Cathedral Voluntary Choir), then Chelmsford (gap-year) and Norwich (UEA). Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Murray 0 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 David Pipe has been appointed as Director of the Organ School and Organist of Leeds Cathedral from May 2016. David is to head the new Organ School, a partnership between the Diocese of Leeds Music Department and The Royal College of Organists, the national body for accrediting and training organists and choir directors, with an international reputation for excellence. Posted on the RCO Website Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 James Norrey to be the Michael James Assistant Sub-Organist at Rochester from January 2016 in succession to Ben Bloor.Ben, who joined us in September, has been appointed Organist of the London Oratory. Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Treloar 0 Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Benjamin Chewter, assistant DoM Chester, will shortly be leaving "to become freelance". Advertisements for a replacement are already being placed. Link to post Share on other sites
sbarber49 0 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 David Pipe to be Director of the Diocese of Leeds Organ School and Organist of Leeds Cathedral from May 2016. https://www.rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=234 Link to post Share on other sites
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