Appointments 2

[Shropshire Lad]

I'm presuming that Christopher Allsop is moving on to pastures new from Worcester Cathedral? Anybody know where yet?

He'll be very much missed, the choir speak very highly of him. He's also a very underrated organist and hopefully we'll get to hear more of his playing in the future to show off his talents. 

[DaveHarries]

2 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said:

I'm presuming that Christopher Allsop is moving on to pastures new from Worcester Cathedral? Anybody know where yet?

He'll be very much missed, the choir speak very highly of him. He's also a very underrated organist and hopefully we'll get to hear more of his playing in the future to show off his talents. 

Worcester will still have the talents of Mr. Allsop: he isn't moving too far. Just across the College Green in fact.

http://rscmworcester.com/moving-to-pastures-new-across-college-green/

Dave

[David Cynan Jones]

Not quite sure what the circumstances are behind Tom Coxhead moving on but an opportunity to work with a vibrant choral foundation in a beautiful setting in Brecon.

https://www.breconcathedral.org.uk/news/could-you-be-our-new-assistant-organist/

[David Cynan Jones]

This from the Peterborough Cathedral Website and Facebook page this morning.

http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/newsarticle.aspx/41/dom

[Marc Murray]

And David Hardie as Head of Music at Birmingham Cathedral via the cathedrals Facebook page and Twitter account.

[Vox Humana]

13 minutes ago, Marc Murray said:

And David Hardie as Head of Music at Birmingham Cathedral via the cathedrals Facebook page and Twitter account.

For clarification, that's St Philip's Cathedral, not St Chad's. I only mention this because I managed to confuse myself over it.

[David Cynan Jones]

This appeared this morning on Twitter.

http://www.rhinegoldjobs.co.uk/job/8605/director-of-chapel-music?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_content=content-listing-link&utm_campaign=listing-approved

[JJK]

Hot off the press

http://slippedisc.com/2018/05/just-in-cambridge-names-stephen-cleoburys-successor/

[Vox Humana]

Link to King's College's announcement: http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/daniel-hyde-appointed-director-of-music.html

[petergunstone]

Simon Leach, currently organist of the Holy Name (Manchester), to be organist of St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh.

https://www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk/news/2018/5/10/sixth-sunday-of-easter-year-b

[David Drinkell]

1 hour ago, Vox Humana said:

Link to King's College's announcement: http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/daniel-hyde-appointed-director-of-music.html

A good appointment!  Best of luck to Daniel.  A hard act to follow, but I think he will do well.

[DHM]

From Rochester Cathedral's website today:

https://www.rochestercathedral.org/job-vacancy-input/2018/5/24/assistant-director-of-music-and-sub-organist

[Martin Cooke]

Nicholas Freestone, presently Acting Sub-Organist of St Paul's Cathedral, has announced his appointment as Assistant Director of Music and Assistant Organist of Worcester Cathedral.

[Martin Cooke]

And just seen in a tweet... Dan Mathieson, current Organ Scholar at Salisbury Cathedral is joining the music department at Radley College, and Benjamin Cunningham, OS at Westminster Abbey, is joining the music department at Winchester College. Nicholas, above, Dan and Ben are all former Organ Scholars of Worcester College, Oxford. 

[Positif]

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[DHM]

Jon Pilgrim to be Assistant at Brecon.
https://www.breconcathedral.org.uk/news/jon-pilgrim-appointed-new-assistant-organist/

[DHM]

Jeremy Lloyd, currently Assisting Organist at York Minster, to succeed Claire Innes-Hopkins as Assistant DoM and Sub-Organist at Rochester from September.

[Tony Price]

Appointment of new Director of Music
Posted: 19 Jun 2018
The Dean of St George's Cathedral, Southwark is delighted to announce that Jonathan Schranz has been appointed to be the Cathedral Director of Music with effect from January 2019. 
Canon Richard Hearn says, "Jonathan will bring a great deal to the role and I am confident that he will build upon the great work that his predecessor Norman Harper has done both in developing the choir and enhancing the music tradition at St George's Cathedral".

[David Cynan Jones]

On 27/05/2018 at 13:01, Martin Cooke said:

Nicholas Freestone, presently Acting Sub-Organist of St Paul's Cathedral, has announced his appointment as Assistant Director of Music and Assistant Organist of Worcester Cathedral.

 

[David Cynan Jones]

Another with a St Paul's connection 

New Assistant Director of Music

 

[John Robinson]

21 hours ago, David Cynan Jones said:

Another with a St Paul's connection 

New Assistant Director of Music

 

Great!  The more female organists, the better.

[Christopher Allsop]

All change at Worcester Cathedral - yesterday I finished as Assistant Director of Music to move to the new post of Assistant Director of Music across College Green at the King's School, Worcester, and Peter Nardone announced that he has stood down as Director of Music, also with effect from yesterday (see the cathedral website, www.worcestercathedral.org.uk) to pursue freelance singing, conducting and composing. 

Nicholas Freestone takes over the Assistant post next week (as previously mentioned on this thread I think), and I believe the cathedral will be making an announcement in due course about interim arrangements before the process begins to appoint a new Organist and Director of Music.

[Richard Fairhurst]

Heavens - wasn't expecting that.

[David Cynan Jones]

Looking at the Worcester Cathedral Service list for September it seems that James Lancelot is named as Interim Director of Music following Dr Peter Nardone's unexpected departure mentioned earlier in this thread. I, for one, am pleased that the Foundation will have someone of his calibre to lead them through what must be a difficult time until the process of electing a successor to Dr. Nardone is completed. Our thought and prayers must go out to all who sing and serve at Worcester.

[DaveHarries]

21 hours ago, David Cynan Jones said:

Looking at the Worcester Cathedral Service list for September it seems that James Lancelot is named as Interim Director of Music following Dr Peter Nardone's unexpected departure mentioned earlier in this thread. I, for one, am pleased that the Foundation will have someone of his calibre to lead them through what must be a difficult time until the process of electing a successor to Dr. Nardone is completed. Our thought and prayers must go out to all who sing and serve at Worcester.

Presumably he moved down to / near Worcester after leaving Durham. Good choice for interim DoM.

Dave