Roger Fisher is a concert organist and pianist from Woodford, Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

.

He attended Bancroft's School

Bancroft's School

Bancroft's School is a co-educational independent school in Woodford Green, London. The school has around 1,000 pupils aged between 7 and 18...

 and went on to 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 with Herbert Howells

Herbert Howells

Herbert Norman Howells CH was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.-Life:...

 and Harold Darke

Harold Darke

Dr Harold Edwin Darke was an English composer and organist.Darke was born in Highbury, London the youngest son of Samuel Darke & Arundel Bourne...

. He gained ARCM, FRCO and CHM diplomas, and also won the Geoffrey Tankard Prize for Organ playing. He went on to Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...

, having gained an organ scholarship.

He lived in Hereford

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

 and was the Assistant Organist at Hereford Cathedral

Hereford Cathedral

The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079. Its most famous treasure is Mappa Mundi, a mediæval map of the world dating from the 13th century. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.-Origins:...

 and Assistant Lecturer in Music at the College of Education

Hereford College of Education

Hereford College of Education was a teacher training college in the English city of Hereford. The college was established in 1902 and was the only higher education institution in the county of Herefordshire throughout its existence. It provided in-service training for teachers, particularly in the...

. In 1967 he became Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, and is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly St Werburgh's abbey church of a Benedictine monastery, is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary...

. In 1970 he started recording for occasional BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 broadcasts and record labels such as EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

, Decca

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

 and RCA

RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...

. He retired from the Cathedral in 1996 and now lives in Wales.

Recordings

• Jubilate Deo - Music for Men's Voices (The Lay Clerks of Chester Cathedral)
• Roger Fisher at Wells Cathedral
• Roger Fisher Plays French Organ Music
• Edwin H Lemare Symphony No 1 and Other Romantic Rarities
• Organ Music from Chichester Cathedral
• A Celebration of Organ Music from Hull City Hall
• English Organ Music from Hull City Hall
• Roger Fisher plays the Cavaillé-Coll Organ
• Ystym Colwyn Hall
• Whitlock Organ Music
• The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
• Harold Darke - Organ Works
• Organ Music from the Parish Church of St Laurence, Ludlow
• Walford Davies
• Klassik & Romantik
• Early Twentieth Century German Organ Music
• Twentieth Century British Organ Music
• Romantic Masterpieces for Organ
• The Romantic Organ - Chester Cathedral
• Music at the Old Chapel
• Organ Showcase from Hull City Hall (Volume 2) - Music by J S Bach & Louis Vierne