Officers 2026-2027
President: John Talbot
Vice President: Robert Anderson
Junior Vice President: Isaac Powell
Treasurer: Richard Powell
Secretary: Eric Tyson
John graduated in music, with a specialism in piano performance, from Surrey University in 1992. After a brief school teaching career, he worked in Southampton as a piano teacher, accompanist and organist.
John has taught the piano for over 30 years. He runs a thriving private teaching practice in Westbury Park and teaches the piano at Badminton School, Clevedon School and Westbury Park School. He is also Director of Music and Organist at the United Parish of Abbots Leigh & Leigh Woods, where he has also organised and performed in many concerts.
John is in demand as an organist and pianist for choral concerts. He accompanies the Bristol Gilbert & Sullivan Society and Bristol Cabot Choir in their concerts. He has also played for Westbury Singers, The Clifton Singers, Worle Chorale, Nomine, Clifton High School Choral Society and Portishead Choral Society.
John regularly played the harpsichord in an ensemble called Zalifenta for a number of years, performing Baroque trio sonatas.
In addition to his active membership of the Bristol & District Organists’ Association, John maintains his professional development by participating in events run by the Bristol branch of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, continuing his own piano studies and engaging in reflective discussion with other music professionals.