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The phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the organists and choral directors listed below are given on a password-protected area of our site, which is reserved for our Members and Associates. (Note that entries are optional, and we have many more active Members on our mailing list than are shown below.) [Update your entry].

Elizabeth Burgess

Former organ scholar of Christ Church, Oxford (2002-2005) and Assistant Organist of Winchester College (2001-2002). Now freelance organist / piano accompanist / choral director in London.

Benjamin Chewter

Currently Assistant Organist at Lincoln Cathedral. Former Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Canterbury Cathedral. Holds DipChD and FRCO diplomas.

Julian Collings

Currently Organist at St Augustine's Church, Queen's Gate, Kensington and former organ scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge. Available weekdays, evenings and weekends (except Sunday mornings) as organist, accompanist and conductor.

Julian Cooper

Organist available for weddings, Sunday evening services and concerts (solo playing, accompanist and continuo). Harpsichord and/or virginal also available for use if required. Prizewinner at ARCO and FRCO and currently Assistant Director of Music at the Church of St Thomas-on-The Bourne, Farnham, Surrey.

Ian Curror

Experienced organist, specialising in choral accompaniment and continuo. Can supply own Copeman-Hart electronic chamber organ or hire it out very economically. Also choral director.

James Davey

Available 24-7, reliable and pleasant to work with. James is an experienced freelance choral director, proficient in all styles of choral music; early, classical, jazz, 20th-century, pop, world, etc. Any work considered. James works regularly for the BBC Singers, the Blackheath Conservatoire of Music & the Arts, and Chantage - BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2006.

Will Dawes

Choral director (not an organist). Graduate of the choral conducting course at the RAM. Currently resident in Oxford as a baritone lay clerk of Christ Church Cathedral. Regularly used as a choral fixer for a wide variety of projects. Approachable and keen.

Stephen Farr

Director of Music, St Paul's Knightsbridge; Chapel Music Consultant, Worcester College Oxford. Held posts at Christ Church Oxford, Winchester and Guildford Cathedrals (Director of Music). Extensive experience as organ soloist in UK and Europe; accompanist and continuo player (BBC Singers, AAM etc) and also available for directing engagements.

Sean Farrell

Director of Music, Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich; Director of Performance Studies, Trinity College of Music. Available as organist or DM except Sunday mornings.

Ian Miles

Organist/DoM, All Saints' Sutton Courtenay (Oxon); repetiteur, Wantage Choral and Abingdon Operatic Societies; former DoM, Oxford Welsh MVC. Generalist freelance tutor in day and term times but often able/willing to accommodate interesting one-off projects. Wide tastes, good reader, sensitive accompanist.

Oliver Piper

Choral director. Conductor, Durham University Chamber Choir; Bass Choral Scholar, Durham Cathedral.

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