Edward-Rhys Harry - Musical
DirectorBiography |
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Gareth Hancock Musical Director (2009 - 2010) (biography) |
Kenneth
Bowen Conductor Emeritus (retired) (biography) |
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Trew Piano |
Edward Kemp Luck Organ |
Jenny Trew ~ Pianist
Jenny
was born in Swansea and after two years as a scholarship holder at Chetham’s
School of Music, she went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music with
Christopher Elton. While there, she was awarded several prizes for her solo
playing, including the John Ireland Prize and the Frank Britton Scholarship.
With the support of the Welsh Arts Council and a scholarship from the Guildhall
School of Music, she spent two post-graduate years specialising in
accompaniment. She now freelances in London and has given recitals throughout
the UK supported by the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme. Overseas work has
taken her on tours in Italy, France, Russia and the Czech Republic. Television
and radio broadcasts include a live recital on Classic FM and Channel 4’s Late
Late Show.
Edward Kemp Luck ~ Organist
Having begun his organ studies at Dovercourt, near Harwich in Essex, Edward then trained with Harrison Oxley at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. He was an organ scholar of The Queen’s College, Oxford, under James Dalton and subsequently gained his FRCO while studying with Catherine Ennis at St Lawrence Jewry. He won the Walford Davies organ prize at the Royal College of Music, participated in master classes at Haarlem, Alkmaar, St Albans, Oundle and the London Organ Day, and studied historic organ performance practice in Holland with a scholarship from the Rotary Foundation. He has given many recitals in London and the south-east, and is also active as a continuo player and choral accompanist, working with the choirs at Morley College, Richmond Parish Church (including '..from scratch' workshops with Sir David Willcocks) and St John’s, Islington, and with the City of Canterbury Chamber Choir (including new commissions by composer-in-residence Cecilia McDowall and performances at the Presteigne Festival). He currently works at the Royal Academy of Music and is a freelance organist, playing regularly for the Welsh Metropolitan Congregation at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf, and for churches throughout east and north London.