This year for our Annual Lunch we have booked the Cathedral Chapter House from 12 noon to 3pm, and the same Caterers that we have used in the past. David Saint, Chairman of the IAO, will be our guest speaker. There will be a ground level tour of the cathedral for us at 11.00am
Members will have received full details by email, with menu and booking form.
David Saint studied the organ with Clifford Hartley, Dr Alan Spedding and Dame Gillian Weir. He was awarded the Royal College of Organists’ Turpin Prize for the FRCO diploma at the age of 20 and was Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral’s first Organ Scholar. Since 1978, David has been Organist and Director of Music at St Chad’s Cathedral and until 2015 he was Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
A regular recitalist, he has also made a significant contribution to the YouTube archive of Thursday Live performances from St Chad’s Cathedral (https://www.youtube.com/ThursdayLiveOrganRecitals).
A former trustee and past Chairman of the Royal College of Organists, David was awarded FRSCM in 2012 and Fellowship of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (FRBC) in 2015. David is Chair of the Incorporated Association of Organists (IAO), The Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition and the Young Organ Scholars’ Trust (YOST) and was the 2018-19 President of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM).
Don’t miss this great opportunity to dine in the prestigious Chapter House, one of the oldest parts of the Cathedral, and to hear a knowledgeable, talented and widely experienced speaker.
Please return your payment and booking by email or post to Eric Tyson before Friday 27 February.