Organ scholar

An organ scholar is a young musician employed as a part-time assistant organist at an institution where regular choral services are held. The idea of an organ scholarship is to provide the holder with playing, directing and administrative experience.

Organ scholars may sometimes be found at a cathedral or a collegiate church. Many colleges at Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin universities, as well as other universities, offer organ scholarships to undergraduates. At some institutions (for example, Christ Church, Oxford, New College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin or King's College, Cambridge), the organ scholar(s) work under the direction of a full-time professional Director of Music. At other institutions, the organ scholar is in charge of running the choir.

Many organ scholars have gone on to notable careers in music and in other fields. Two notable ex-organ scholars who went on to achieve fame in other fields are Edward Heath (who read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford) and Dudley Moore (who read music at Magdalen College, Oxford).

Notable organ scholars at universities and colleges

Name	Institution	Dates	Later appointments	Ref
Allen, Hugh PercyHugh Percy Allen	Christ's College, Cambridge	1892–1895	Organist of St Asaph Cathedral, Ely Cathedral and New College, Oxford; Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and Director of the Royal College of Music	[1]
Archer, MalcolmMalcolm Archer	Jesus College, Cambridge	1972–1975	Organist of Bristol Cathedral, Wells Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral; Director of Chapel Music and Organist of Winchester College
Armstrong, RichardRichard Armstrong	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	1961	Music Director of Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera
Armstrong, ThomasThomas Armstrong	Keble College, Oxford		Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Baker, MartinMartin Baker	Downing College, Cambridge	1985–1988	Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral
Baldock, SarahSarah Baldock	Pembroke College, Cambridge		Organist of Chichester Cathedral
Bankole, AyoAyo Bankole	Clare College, Cambridge	1961–1964	Organist of Lagos Cathedral
Barley, PeterPeter Barley	King's College, Cambridge	1987–1990	Organist of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Barlow, StephenStephen Barlow	Trinity College, Cambridge	1972–1975
Barton, ChristopherChristopher Barton	Worcester College, Oxford	1975–1978	Organist of Newport Cathedral
Bayl, BenjaminBenjamin Bayl	King's College, Cambridge	1997–2000
Beard, KennethKenneth Beard	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	1949–1952	Organist of Southwell Minster
Bertalot, JohnJohn Bertalot	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Lincoln College, Oxford	1955–1958 (Corpus Christi) ? (Lincoln)	Organist of Blackburn Cathedral
Bicket, HarryHarry Bicket	Christ Church, Oxford	1980–1983	Director of The English Concert
Bielby, JonathanJonathan Bielby	St John's College, Cambridge	1963–1967	Organist of Wakefield Cathedral
Blair, HughHugh Blair	Christ's College, Cambridge		Organist of Worcester Cathedral
Blatchly, MarkMark Blatchly	Christ Church, Oxford	1978–1981	Organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Bowen, GeraintGeraint Bowen	Jesus College, Cambridge	1982–1985	Organist of St Davids Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral
Bower, John DykesJohn Dykes Bower	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	1922	Organist of Truro Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral	[2]
Bramma, HarryHarry Bramma	Pembroke College, Oxford	1955–1960	Organist of Southwark Cathedral and Director of the Royal School of Church Music
Brayne, ChristopherChristopher Brayne	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	1975–1978	Organist of Bristol Cathedral
Brewer, HerbertHerbert Brewer	Exeter College, Oxford	1883–1885	Composer, organist of Bristol Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral	[3]
Bridge, Joseph C.Joseph C. Bridge	Exeter College, Oxford		Organist of Chester Cathedral
Briggs, DavidDavid Briggs	King's College, Cambridge	1981–1984	Organist of Truro Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral
Brough, PaulPaul Brough	Magdalen College, Oxford	1983–1986	Organist of Sheffield Cathedral, Director of Music at All Saints, Margaret Street.
Browne, William DenisWilliam Denis Browne	Clare College, Cambridge	1910–1912	Composer and music critic	[4]
Burton, PeterPeter Burton	St John's College, Oxford		Organist of St Albans Cathedral
Butt, JohnJohn Butt	King's College, Cambridge	1979–1982	Gardiner Professor of Music, Glasgow University
Byram-Wigfield, TimothyTimothy Byram-Wigfield	Christ Church, Oxford	1982–1985	Organist of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, St George's Chapel, Windsor. Director of Music at All Saints, Margaret Street
Cantrill, AndrewAndrew Cantrill	College of St. Hild and St. Bede, Durham	1987–1991	Director of Music at Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington and Organist and Master of Choristers at Croydon Minster
Cleobury, NicholasNicholas Cleobury	Worcester College, Oxford	1968–1971	Assistant Organist of Chichester Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Cleobury, StephenStephen Cleobury	St John's College, Cambridge	1967–1971	Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge
Cobb, RossRoss Cobb	King's College London	1991–1995	Director of Music at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
Cocker, NormanNorman Cocker	Merton College, Oxford	1907–1909	Organist of Manchester Cathedral
Cook, E. T.E. T. Cook	The Queen's College, Oxford		Organist of Southwark Cathedral
Cook, JohnJohn Cook	Christ's College, Cambridge		Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario)
Cooke, DeryckDeryck Cooke	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1938-40, 1946-7	Broadcaster and musicologist
Cooper, DavidDavid Cooper	Lincoln College, Oxford	1967–1970	Organist of Norwich Cathedral
Cooper, JosephJoseph Cooper	Keble College, Oxford	1931–1934		[5]
Costin, RobertRobert Costin	Pembroke College, Cambridge	1990–1993	Assistant Organist of Blackburn Cathedral, Director of Music at Ardingly College
Crossland, AnthonyAnthony Crossland	Christ Church, Oxford	1957–1961	Organist of Wells Cathedral
Culley, Arnold DuncanArnold Duncan Culley	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	1891–1894	Organist of Durham Cathedral
Darlington, StephenStephen Darlington	Christ Church, Oxford	1971–1974	Organist of St Albans Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Davis, AndrewAndrew Davis	King's College, Cambridge	1963–1966	Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Davison, NigelNigel Davison	Peterhouse, Cambridge	1950–1954	Organist of the Lord Mayor's Chapel, Bristol and Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Bristol
Dearnley, ChristopherChristopher Dearnley	Worcester College, Oxford	1948–1952	Organist of Salisbury Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral
Dexter, JohnJohn Dexter	Jesus College, Oxford	1972–1975	Organist of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Downes, RalphRalph Downes	Keble College, Oxford	1925–1928	Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music	[6]
Driskill-Smith, CliveClive Driskill-Smith	Christ Church, Oxford	1996–1999	Sub-Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Dunham, Kingsley CharlesKingsley Charles Dunham	Hatfield College, Durham
Dunnett, DavidDavid Dunnett	Clare College, Cambridge	1980–1983	Organist of Norwich Cathedral
Edwards, MatthewMatthew Edwards	Peterborough Cathedral	1997–1998	Organist and Master of the Choristers Dundee Cathedral, now Director of Music at Thomas Coats Memorial, Paisley
Egarr, RichardRichard Egarr	Clare College, Cambridge	1982–1985	Music Director of Academy of Ancient Music
Farnes, RichardRichard Farnes	King's College, Cambridge	1983–1986	Music Director of Opera North
Farr, StephenStephen Farr	Clare College, Cambridge	1984	Organist of Guildford Cathedral
Farrell, ScottScott Farrell	Royal Holloway College, London	1989–1992	Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral
Farrington, IainIain Farrington	St John's College, Cambridge	1996–1999
Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	Peterhouse, Cambridge		Organist of Rochester Cathedral
Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson	Magdalen College, Oxford	1999–2002	Director of Music of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Fielden, ThomasThomas Fielden	Jesus College, Oxford	1905
Filsell, JeremyJeremy Filsell	Keble College, Oxford and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1982–1985	Organist of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Artist-in-Residence at Washington National Cathedral
Fisher, RogerRoger Fisher	Christ Church, Oxford	1959–1962	Organist of Chester Cathedral
Fletcher, E. HowardE. Howard Fletcher	Pembroke College, Cambridge	1954–1957	Organist of Llandaff Cathedral
Gale, NickNick Gale	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford	1993–1996	Director of Music at St George's Cathedral, Southwark & Sunningdale School
Glock, WilliamWilliam Glock	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge		BBC Controller of Music
Goode, DavidDavid Goode	King's College, Cambridge	1991–1994	Organist of Eton College
Goodman, PeterPeter Goodman	Royal College of Music, London	1939–1942	Organist of Guildford Cathedral
Gower, ChristopherChristopher Gower	Magdalen College, Oxford	1958–1961	Organist of Peterborough Cathedral
Grahl, StevenSteven Grahl	Magdalen College, Oxford		Organist & Director of Music at St Marylebone Parish Church, Assistant Organist of New College, Oxford
Gray, ChristopherChristopher Gray	Pembroke College, Cambridge		Director of Music at Truro Cathedral
Grier, FrancisFrancis Grier	King's College, Cambridge	1973–1976	Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Guest, DouglasDouglas Guest	King's College, Cambridge	1935–1939	Organist of Westminster Abbey
Guest, GeorgeGeorge Guest	St John's College, Cambridge	1947–1951	Director of Music of St John's College, Cambridge
Hale, PaulPaul Hale	New College, Oxford	1971–1974	Rector Chori of Southwell Minster
Halls, DavidDavid Halls	Worcester College, Oxford	1981–1984	Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral
Harper, TimTim Harper	Clare College, Cambridge	2004–2007	Assistant Director of Music at St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, Assistant Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral
Harrison, CharlesCharles Harrison	Jesus College, Cambridge	1992–1995	Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral
Harvey, TrevorTrevor Harvey	Brasenose College, Oxford		[7]
Heath, EdwardEdward Heath	Balliol College, Oxford	1935–1939	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Hendrie, GeraldGerald Hendrie	Selwyn College, Cambridge		Founding Professor of Music at the Open University
Herrick, ChristopherChristopher Herrick	Exeter College, Oxford	1959–1962	Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey
Hickox, RichardRichard Hickox	Queens' College, Cambridge	1967–1970	Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Higginbottom, EdwardEdward Higginbottom	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	1966–1970	Director of Music at New College, Oxford
Hill, DavidDavid Hill	St John's College, Cambridge	1976–1979	Master of Music of Westminster Cathedral and at Winchester Cathedral, Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, Director of the BBC Singers
Hill, RichardRichard Hill	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1990–1993	Organist of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace
Hone, TimothyTimothy Hone	Peterhouse, Cambridge	1976–1980	Organist of Newcastle Cathedral, Head of Liturgy and Music at Salisbury Cathedral
How, MartinMartin How	Clare College, Cambridge
Hurford, PeterPeter Hurford	Jesus College, Cambridge	1949–1953	Organist of St Albans Cathedral
Huxley, MarcusMarcus Huxley	Worcester College, Oxford		Organist of St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
Hyde, DanielDaniel Hyde	King's College, Cambridge	2000–2003	Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College, Oxford
Jackson, CarlCarl Jackson	Downing College, Cambridge	1978–1981	Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace
Jackson, NicholasNicholas Jackson	Wadham College, Oxford		Organist of St Davids Cathedral
Jeffcoat, RupertRupert Jeffcoat	St Catharine's College, Cambridge		Organist of Coventry Cathedral, Organist and Director of Music at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane
Johns, ChristopherChristopher Johns	Durham Cathedral	2005–2006	Director of Music at Leicester Cathedral
Johnston, RaymondRaymond Johnston	Peterhouse, Cambridge	1981-1984	Director of Music at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis
Jones, Edward ElwynEdward Elwyn Jones	Emmanuel College, Cambridge		Organist of Harvard University
Jordan, John WilliamJohn William Jordan	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	1959–1962	Organist of Chelmsford Cathedral
Joyce, Robert HenryRobert Henry Joyce	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	1946–1949	Organist of Llandaff Cathedral
Kenworthy, MaxMax Kenworthy	Brasenose College, Oxford	1996–1998	Assistant Organist of Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington
Keys, JohnJohn Keys	New College, Oxford		Organist of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
King, PeterPeter King	Queens' College, Cambridge		Organist of Bath Abbey
Kitson, Charles HerbertCharles Herbert Kitson	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1893	Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Ku, ChristopherChristopher Ku	Trinity College, Toronto	2003−2009	Principal Organist of St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto	[8][9][10]
Lancelot, JamesJames Lancelot	King's College, Cambridge	1971–1974	Organist of Durham Cathedral	[11]
Lamb, AndrewAndrew Lamb	Trinity College, Cambridge	1994–1997	Director of Music, Cokethorpe School; General Secretary of the Trinity College Choir Association
Larkin, MatthewMatthew Larkin	University of Toronto, Trinity College	1982-1984	Director of Music, Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa		Lawrence-King, AndrewAndrew Lawrence-King	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1977–1980
Layton, StephenStephen Layton	King's College, Cambridge	1985–1988	Director of Music, Trinity College, Cambridge
Lepine, David FosterDavid Foster Lepine	St Chad's College, Durham	1949–1952	Organist of Coventry Cathedral
Ley, HenryHenry Ley	Keble College, Oxford	1906–1909	Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Little, IanIan Little	Pembroke College, Cambridge		Organist of Coventry Cathedral
Lloyd, RichardRichard Lloyd	Jesus College, Cambridge	1952–1955	Organist of Hereford Cathedral and Durham Cathedral
Lole, SimonSimon Lole	King's College London		Director of Music at Sheffield Cathedral and Salisbury Cathedral
Lucas, AdrianAdrian Lucas	St John's College, Cambridge	1980–1983	Organist of Portsmouth Cathedral and Worcester Cathedral
Lumsden, AndrewAndrew Lumsden	St John's College, Cambridge	1981–1984	Organist of Lichfield Cathedral and Winchester Cathedral
Lumsden, DavidDavid Lumsden	Selwyn College and St John's College, Cambridge	1948–1951 (Selwyn) 1951–1953 (St John's)	Principal of the Royal Academy of Music
Luttman, Willie LewisWillie Lewis Luttman	Peterhouse, Cambridge	1894–1897	Organist of St Albans Cathedral
MacDonald, SarahSarah MacDonald	Robinson College, Cambridge	1992–1995	Director of Music at Selwyn College, Cambridge
Marlow, RichardRichard Marlow	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1958–1962	Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge
Martin, JudyJudy Martin	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1986–1989	Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Mason, AlexanderAlexander Mason	Worcester College, Oxford		Organist of St Davids Cathedral
McKie, William NeilWilliam Neil McKie	Worcester College, Oxford	1921	Organist of Westminster Abbey
McLean, Hugh JohnHugh John McLean	King's College, Cambridge	1951–1955	Dean, Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario	[12]
Millington, AndrewAndrew Millington	Downing College, Cambridge	1971–1974	Organist of Guildford Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral
Moore, DudleyDudley Moore	Magdalen College, Oxford	1955–1958	Comedian
Morgan, PaulPaul Morgan	Christ Church, Oxford	1965–1968	Organist of Exeter Cathedral
Morley, FelixFelix Morley	Pembroke College, Cambridge	1873		[13]
Murrill, HerbertHerbert Murrill	Worcester College, Oxford	1928–1931	BBC Controller of Music
Neary, MartinMartin Neary	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1958–1963	Organist of Westminster Abbey
Nethsingha, AndrewAndrew Nethsingha	St John's College, Cambridge	1987–1990	Organist of Truro Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral, Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge
Nicholas, MichaelMichael Nicholas	Jesus College, Oxford	1957–1960	Organist of Norwich Cathedral
Nieminski, SimonSimon Nieminski	Pembroke College, Cambridge		Master of the Music at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Organist of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Roman Catholic)
Noon, TimothyTimothy Noon	Christ Church, Oxford	1992–1995	Organist of St Davids Cathedral, Director of Music of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
O'Donnell, JamesJames O'Donnell	Jesus College, Cambridge	1979–1982	Master of Music of Westminster Cathedral, Organist of Westminster Abbey
O'Neill, NicholasNicholas O'Neill	Magdalen College, Oxford	1989–1992	Composer, Former Organist of St George's Cathedral, Southwark, Composer In Residence for the Parliament Choir.
Ord, BorisBoris Ord	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	1920	Organist of King's College, Cambridge
Orr, RobinRobin Orr	Pembroke College, Cambridge	1929–1932	Organist of St John's College, Cambridge
Oxley, HarrisonHarrison Oxley	Christ Church, Oxford	1951–1954	Organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral	[14]
Parnell, AndrewAndrew Parnell	Christ's College, Cambridge	1972–1975	Assistant Organist of St Albans Cathedral
Partington, AdrianAdrian Partington	King's College, Cambridge	1978–1981	Director of Music, Gloucester Cathedral
Paul, Leslie DouglasLeslie Douglas Paul	Keble College, Oxford	1922–1925	Organist of Bangor Cathedral
Perrin, Ronald EdwardRonald Edward Perrin	Christ Church, Oxford	1949–1954	Organist of Ripon Cathedral
Popplewell, RichardRichard Popplewell	King's College, Cambridge	1955–1956	Organist of the Chapel Royal
Posonby, Noel EdwardNoel Edward Posonby	Trinity College, Oxford	1909	Organist of Ely Cathedral
Pouncey, DenysDenys Pouncey	Queens' College, Cambridge		Organist of Wells Cathedral
Preston, SimonSimon Preston	King's College, Cambridge	1958–1961	Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Westminster Abbey
Pryer, JohnJohn Pryer	Keble College, Oxford		Organist of the Birmingham Oratory and Alexandra Palace
Reed, Leslie Henry BretLeslie Henry Bret Reed	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1912	Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Rees, OwenOwen Rees	St Catharine's College, Cambridge	1982–1985	Organist of The Queen's College, Oxford and professor of music Oxford
Rees-Williams, JonathanJonathan Rees-Williams	New College, Oxford	1969–1972	Organist of Lichfield Cathedral and St George's Chapel, Windsor
Reid, AndrewAndrew Reid	St Catharine's College, Cambridge	1991–1994	Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral and Director of the Royal School of Church Music
Richardson, Alfred MadeleyAlfred Madeley Richardson	Keble College, Oxford	1886	Organist of Southwark Cathedral
Robinson, ChristopherChristopher Robinson	Christ Church, Oxford		Organist of Worcester Cathedral and St George's Chapel, Windsor, Director of Music of St John's College, Cambridge
Roper, Edgar StanleyEdgar Stanley Roper	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	1900–1903	Organist of the Chapel Royal
Rose, BernardBernard Rose	St Catharine's College, Cambridge	1935–1939	Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College, Oxford
Ross, AlastairAlastair Ross	New College, Oxford
Ross, Wallace MichaelWallace Michael Ross	Balliol College, Oxford	1939	Organist of Derby Cathedral
Runnett, BrianBrian Runnett	St John's College, Cambridge	1960–1963	Organist of Norwich Cathedral
Rushforth, PhilipPhilip Rushforth	Trinity College, Cambridge	1991–1994	Director of Music at Chester Cathedral
Saunders, BenBen Saunders	Downing College, Cambridge	1989–1992	Director of Music at Leeds Cathedral
Sanders, JohnJohn Sanders	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1952–1956	Organist of Gloucester Cathedral
Scott, JohnJohn Scott	St John's College, Cambridge	1974–1978	Organist of St Paul's Cathedral, Director of Music at St Thomas Church, New York
Scriven, PhilipPhilip Scriven	St John's College, Cambridge	1990–1993	Organist of Lichfield Cathedral and Winchester Cathedral
Seal, RichardRichard Seal	Christ's College, Cambridge		Organist of Salisbury Cathedral
Sharpe, RobertRobert Sharpe	Exeter College, Oxford	1991–1994	Director of Music, York Minster
Shaw, GeoffreyGeoffrey Shaw	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1898–1901
Shearmur, EdwardEdward Shearmur	Pembroke College, Cambridge	1984–1987
Smith, MichaelMichael Smith	Christ Church, Oxford		Organist of Llandaff Cathedral
Stancliffe, DavidDavid Stancliffe	Trinity College, Oxford and Lincoln College, Oxford	1961	Anglican Bishop of Salisbury	[15]
Stanford, Charles VilliersCharles Villiers Stanford	Queens' College, Cambridge	1870	Professor of Music, University of Cambridge
Stevens, DavidDavid Stevens	Oriel College, Oxford	2003–2006	Acting Sub-Organist of Guildford Cathedral; Director of the Girls' Choir and Sub-Organist at Newcastle Cathedral; Master of the Choristers of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Stewart, Charles HyltonCharles Hylton Stewart	Peterhouse, Cambridge	1903	Organist of Rochester Cathedral
Stocken, FrederickFrederick Stocken	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Stoddart, MichaelMichael Stoddart	Magdalen College, Oxford	1981–1984	Organist of Newcastle Cathedral
Tanner, RichardRichard Tanner	Exeter College, Oxford	1989–1992	Organist of Blackburn Cathedral	[16]
Teague, AndrewAndrew Teague	Worcester College, Oxford		Retired Organist of Bradford Cathedral
Thomas, JamesJames Thomas	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1982–1985	Organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Thurlow, AlanAlan Thurlow	University of Sheffield		Organist of Chichester Cathedral
Trepte, PaulPaul Trepte	New College, Oxford	1972–1975	Organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Ely Cathedral
Trotter, ThomasThomas Trotter	King's College, Cambridge	1976–1979	Birmingham City Organist
Turner, JohnJohn Turner	Jesus College, Cambridge	1957–1960	Organist of Glasgow Cathedral
Vaughn, JonathanJonathan Vaughn	St John's College, Cambridge	2000–2003	Assistant organist of Wells Cathedral
Vincent, RobertRobert Vincent	Magdalen College, Oxford	1961–1964	Organist of Manchester Cathedral
Vivian, JamesJames Vivian	King's College, Cambridge	1993–1997	Director of Music at St George's Chapel, Windsor
Wadeley, Frederick WilliamFrederick William Wadeley	Selwyn College, Cambridge	1900–1903	Organist of Carlisle Cathedral
Walsh, ColinColin Walsh	Christ Church, Oxford	1974–1978	Organist of St Albans Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral
Wardell, MarkMark Wardell	Royal Holloway College, London		Assistant Organist at Chichester Cathedral
Watson, SydneySydney Watson	Keble College, Oxford	1922–1925	Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Webber, GeoffreyGeoffrey Webber	New College, Oxford	1977–1980	Director of Music of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
White, PeterPeter White	St John's College, Cambridge	1956–1960	Organist of Leicester Cathedral
Whitehead, WilliamWilliam Whitehead	University College, Oxford	1990–1993	Sub-Organist of Rochester Cathedral
Wicks, AllanAllan Wicks	Christ Church, Oxford	1941–1946	Organist of Canterbury Cathedral
Wilder, AndrewAndrew Wilder	St John's College, Durham	1974-1976	Organist of Kristiansand Cathedral, Norway
Willcocks, DavidDavid Willcocks	King's College, Cambridge	1939–1940, 1945–1947	Organist of Salisbury Cathedral, Worcester Cathedral and King's College, Cambridge, Director of the Royal College of Music	[17]
Williams, HuwHuw Williams	Christ's College, Cambridge	1989–1992	Sub-Organist of St Paul's Cathedral; Director of Music of the Chapel Royal
Wilson, Archibald WayettArchibald Wayett Wilson	Keble College, Oxford	1890	Organist of Manchester Cathedral
Whiteley, John ScottJohn Scott Whiteley	Royal Holloway, London	1968-1971	Organist Emeritus, York Minster
Wood, CharlesCharles Wood	Selwyn College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge	1888–1889 (Selwyn) 1889–1894 (Gonville and Caius)	Professor of Music, University of Cambridge
Wright, Paul LeddingtonPaul Leddington Wright	St Catharine's College, Cambridge	1969–1972	Organist of Coventry Cathedral, Principal Conductor of the BBC's Songs of Praise
Wright, PeterPeter Wright	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	1973–1976	Organist of Southwark Cathedral

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