Charles Andrews (Organist)
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Charles Edwards Andrews is a British Organist born September 1989 and is Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music
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for five years. Andrews was Assistant Organist of Chelmsford Cathedral
, Essex and is now Organist of St John's Hyde Park, London. Andrews holds the Douglas & Kyra Downie Award at the Royal College of Music
, studying Piano with John Blakely
and Organ with David Graham and Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin.
While studying Andrews has participated in masterclasses at the Royal College of Music
, the London Oratory and St Albans International Organ Festival
with Lionel Rogg
, Pieter van Dijk, Gillian Weir
, Olivier Latry
and Bine Bryndorf. Andrews' playing has been broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and 3 as well as featuring on two CDs.
Andrews and Roger Sayer have given concerts in the UK, Russia and the US as the Midas Touch Organ Duo. In December 2007 they were guests on BBC Radio 3's In Tune. Their CD of organ duo music was featured on The Organist Enterains.
In 2011 Andrews and Sayer will perform a new piece composed for them by David Briggs (English musician).
Recent solo recitals by Andrews include St Paul's Cathedral
, Westminster Cathedral
, Southwark Cathedral
, Winchester Cathedral
, St Michael, Cornhill
, Birmingham Cathedral
, Brentwood Cathedral
and Ripon Cathedral
.
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
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Biography
Educated at King's School Rochester, Andrews later became Organ Scholar at Rochester CathedralRochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Norman church in Rochester, Kent. The bishopric is second oldest in England after Canterbury...
for five years. Andrews was Assistant Organist of Chelmsford Cathedral
Chelmsford Cathedral
Chelmsford Cathedral in the county town of Chelmsford, Essex, England is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd. It became a cathedral when the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914 and is the seat of the Bishop of Chelmsford....
, Essex and is now Organist of St John's Hyde Park, London. Andrews holds the Douglas & Kyra Downie Award at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
, studying Piano with John Blakely
John Blakely
John Blakely is an English pianist with "an international reputation as a chamber musician and accompanist".-References:...
and Organ with David Graham and Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin.
While studying Andrews has participated in masterclasses at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
, the London Oratory and St Albans International Organ Festival
St Albans International Organ Festival
The International Organ Festival is a biennial music festival and organ competition held in St Albans, England since 1963. Originally held annually, it was changed to every two years in 1965 due to the complexity of organising the increasingly ambitious programme...
with Lionel Rogg
Lionel Rogg
Lionel Rogg is a Swiss organist, composer and teacher of musical theory. Among many other distinctions, he has recorded the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach three times....
, Pieter van Dijk, Gillian Weir
Gillian Weir
Dame Gillian Constance Weir DBE is a New Zealand organist.-Biography:Gillian Weir was a co-winner of the Auckland Star Piano Competition at 19, playing Mozart. A year later she won a scholarship of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in London...
, Olivier Latry
Olivier Latry
Olivier Latry is a French organist, improviser and Professor of Organ in the Conservatoire de Paris. Latry was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France...
and Bine Bryndorf. Andrews' playing has been broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and 3 as well as featuring on two CDs.
Andrews and Roger Sayer have given concerts in the UK, Russia and the US as the Midas Touch Organ Duo. In December 2007 they were guests on BBC Radio 3's In Tune. Their CD of organ duo music was featured on The Organist Enterains.
In 2011 Andrews and Sayer will perform a new piece composed for them by David Briggs (English musician).
Recent solo recitals by Andrews include St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...
, Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral in London is the mother church of the Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Church and Cathedral of the Archbishop of Westminster...
, Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge....
, Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe...
, St Michael, Cornhill
St Michael, Cornhill
St Michael, Cornhill is a medieval parish church in the City of London with pre-Norman Conquest parochial foundation. The medieval structure was lost in the Great Fire of London and the current church was designed by Sir Christopher Wren between 1670-1677....
, Birmingham Cathedral
Birmingham Cathedral
Birmingham Cathedral may refer to:In Birmingham, England:*St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham *St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham *Birmingham Orthodox CathedralIn Birmingham, Alabama:...
, Brentwood Cathedral
Brentwood Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen is the Roman Catholic cathedral in the English town of Brentwood, Essex. It is the seat of the Diocese of Brentwood.-History:...
and Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the mother church of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, situated in the small North Yorkshire city of Ripon, England.-Background:...
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