DaveHarries 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2016 A quick heads-up: the music list on the website of Exeter Cathedral says that tomorrow (10th January) at 4pm will be the installation of Tim Noon as the new DoM. The music list for this service reads: Responses: Bernard Rose Hymns: 57, 48 (NEH) Psalm: 46 Canticles: Herbert Brewer in D Anthem: There shall a star (Mendelssohn) Voluntary: Final (Symphonie I) - Vierne The service sounds like it may be a fairly full house as it also includes the installation of the new headmaster of the Cathedral School and new choristers. I would probably go if I didn't live in Bristol as I have never heard either Brewer's Canticles or the anthem by Mendelssohn. Dave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Drinkell 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2016 Brewer in a D is a fun setting - very Elgarian - and the Mendelssohn is likewise a good sing and a good listen. Bristol is only up the road - you should go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Cooke 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2016 ... absolutely... and the Vierne will be a good romp too! Didn't they have a new 32ft reed when Exeter was rebuilt? If so, you'll have a chance to hear that in this piece for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJJ 0 Report post Posted January 28, 2016 According to their website Michael Stoodart from Newcastle Cathedral succeeds Timothy Noon at Auckland Cathedral, New Zealand. A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Drinkell 0 Report post Posted January 29, 2016 Regarding Dave Harries' Exeter posting, a new edition of Brewer in D has just appeared on CPDL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2016 Follow-up to my post #46:Kris Thomsett is now Acting DoM at Newcastle, following Michael Stoddart's departure to Auckland, New Zealand (Holy Trnity Cathedral). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Oakley 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2016 There has been quite a clear-out (or should it be exodus?) from Newcastle Cathedral in recent years. Scott Farrell and James Norrey to Rochester and now the departure of Michael Stoddart. Perhaps there's unfavourable news regarding the restoration of the pipe organ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel parkin 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2016 I see that Exeter Cathedral are advertising for an Assistant DoM in today's church Times. Does anyone know what's happening to David Davies? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pcnd5584 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2016 ... absolutely... and the Vierne will be a good romp too! Didn't they have a new 32ft reed when Exeter was rebuilt? If so, you'll have a chance to hear that in this piece for sure! The new 32ft. reed (Contra Trombone, an extension of the existing Trombone) arrived at the previous rebuild, in 1999-2000. It is a useful stop and, despite being half-length in the 32ft. octave, is a suitable foundation to the tutti. Low B is an odd, slightly unpleasant note, otherwise the stop is well worth having. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Positif 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2016 Dan Hyde to St Thomas's Fifth Avenue: http://www.saintthomaschurch.org/about/news/475/new-director-of-music-appointed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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David Cynan Jones 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2016 Gloucester Cathedral Facebook page are reporting that former Organ Scholar Ben Morris will succeed David Pipe as Assistant Director of Music at York Minster https://yorkminster.org/about-us/working-with-us/news/york-minster-announces-new-assistant-director-of-music.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirusnantwich 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2016 Yes, not only former Gloucester organ scholar, but current York organ scholar just getting a leg up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2016 I was totally appalled to see this news from one of my favourite cathedrals today, where our daughter was one of their founding Girl Choristers. http://lackcompassion.blogspot.co.uk/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Robinson 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2016 I was totally appalled to see this news from one of my favourite cathedrals today, where our daughter was one of their founding Girl Choristers. http://lackcompassion.blogspot.co.uk/ Did they give a reason? Does that mean that the girls' choir is being disbanded? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2016 I know very little, other than what one can read on the Blogspot post and the comments on it.Rumour has it (and I can't confirm this) that something like this was mentioned in the Job Spec for the new DoM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vox Humana 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2016 Rumour has it (and I can't confirm this) that something like this was mentioned in the Job Spec for the new DoM. I remember seeing the Job Spec for the DoM and someone pointing out to me a tacit implication that the organ loft personnel were being reduced from three to two. Typically such reorganisations happen due to personalities (which doesn't seem to be the case here) or money. I wonder if, in due course, they will appoint an organ scholar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DHM 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2016 I think one of the many comments on Blogspot implied that they would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Drinkell 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2016 If it's not presumptuous to mention it, after thirteen years at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland, I have been appointed to Christchurch Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick. It's a fine, cruciform church, partly by Butterfield, modelled on Snettisham Church, Norfolk, and has a very nice four-manual Casavant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vox Humana 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2016 Congratulations, David! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Cooke 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2016 If it's not presumptuous to mention it, after thirteen years at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland, I have been appointed to Christchurch Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick. It's a fine, cruciform church, partly by Butterfield, modelled on Snettisham Church, Norfolk, and has a very nice four-manual Casavant. And someone else that we both know, I think, David — Ian Sadler — has recently been appointed to St James' Cathedral, Toronto. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Cynan Jones 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2016 Tim Parsons, Organ Scholar at Winchester appointed to succeed David Davies as Assistant DOM at Exeter. Confirmation in Dean's Newsletter at Winchester. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Furse 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2016 Congrats: in a way, you’re going home to East Anglia, David ! Confusingly, the Cathedral website shows a 3-manual (acoustic guitar superimposed), whereas an interweb search provides good shots of the instrument: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMP86A_Christ_Church_Cathedral_Organ_Fredericton_NB. I’m sure, once you have your feet firmly under the bench, you’ll provide us here with some kind of organ tour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Newnham 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2016 If it's not presumptuous to mention it, after thirteen years at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland, I have been appointed to Christchurch Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick. It's a fine, cruciform church, partly by Butterfield, modelled on Snettisham Church, Norfolk, and has a very nice four-manual Casavant. Congratulations. Enjoy the new challenges. Every Blessing Tony Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saundersbp 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2016 Congratulations for George Ford! http://www.dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk/news/fullstory.php?newsid=208 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
