St Davids Cathedral organ

Bangor Cathedral

The 14th century poet Dafydd ap Gwilym wrote of the organ and choir of Bangor Cathedral.

Organists

Director of Music

Brecon Cathedral

Brecon Cathedral is the cathedral of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.

Organists and Directors of Music[edit]

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]

Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral

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
  • 2016 Dominic Neville

[1]

  • 2017 Jeffrey Howard

Assistant Organists[edit]

  • 1974 Nigel Davies
  • 1976 Keith Lowe
  • 1988-1997 Steven Maxson

Master of the choristers[edit]

  • 2016 James Neville[1]

Organ Scholar

Llandaff Cathedral

Llandaff Cathedral has only dedicated choir school in the Church in Wales.

Organists and Masters of the Choristers

Assistant Organists

Assistant Director of Music

Newport Cathedral

Newport Cathedral is the cathedral of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth.

Organists[edit]

  • 1964−1979 Donald Bate
  • 1979 Christopher Barton
  • 2015 Dr. Emma Gibbins

Assistant organists[edit]

St Asaph Cathedral

In 2018 St Asaph Cathedral made its professional music staff redundant.

Organists

and Director of Music 2019 Paul Booth

Assistant organists

Assistant Director of Music

St Davids Cathedral

Organists at St Davids Cathedral include the father of the composer Thomas Tomkins.

Organist and Master of the Choristers

Director of Music[edit]

Assistant Organist

Assistant Director of Music

Organ Scholars

Swansea Cathedral

St Joseph's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia

Diocesan Director of Music

Wrexham Cathedral

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham.

Choir director

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Brooksbank was the organiser of the first Cardiff Music Festival.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Choir staff". Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 129.
  3. ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 14.
  4. ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 351.
  5. ^ a b Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 46.
  6. ^ "A Durham Gentleman Appointed as the New Organist". Evening Express. 15 August 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Llandaff: Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dyfrig, Teilo & Euddogwy". Friends of Cathedral Music. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Appointment of Director of Music".
  9. ^ Evans & Humphreys 1997, p. 101.
  10. ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Who's Who at the Cathedral". Rochester Cathedral. 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "Cathedral Music". Llandaff Cathedral. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ "Assistant Director of Music Appointed". Llandaff Cathedral. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Music". Cathedral Church of St. Joseph. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Choir". Diocese of Wrexham. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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