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Director of Music’s Inaugural Organ Recital
Saturday 23rd September 2017 at 7:30 pm

Works by Bach, Liszt and Francaix

Free Entry with retiring collection in aid of St. George’s Music

 

Refreshments

There will be a licensed Cash Only bar or bars for this event under the auspices of a TEN licence from Bromley Council. Refreshments may be purchased before the performance and during the interval only.

The usual alcohol licensing law applies.

Artist Information

Marcus Wibberley

St George's Organist and Director of Music

Marcus has just moved to London as Organist & Director of Music here at St George’s Church, Beckenham. Until July, he was Director of Music of Hexham Abbey, where his responsibilities included training and directing the Abbey Choirs. In addition to the four-weekly choral services at the Abbey, he appeared with them in concert both in the UK and in a number of other European countries. Marcus was also Festival Director of the annual Hexham Abbey Festival of Music & Arts, for which he developed the scope of the programme and secured more than £130K in funding from the Arts Council of England.

Marcus was a Chorister of Westminster Abbey under Martin Neary, and his organ teachers included Martin Baker and John Scott Whiteley. He was a music and organ scholar at Dulwich College, and later studied at the University of Hull, where he was University Organ Scholar, graduating with first class honours in Music. He held organ scholarships at Chichester Cathedral, Beverley Minster (while a student in Hull) and latterly York Minster before becoming Sub-Organist of Portsmouth Cathedral and the Music Adviser to The Diocese of Portsmouth in 2005. His BBC broadcasts and CD recordings have been met with wide acclaim.

Marcus is in demand as a recitalist, and has travelled extensively. Recent performances have been given in prominent venues in Japan, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Estonia, as well as most of the major cathedrals and abbeys in the UK.



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