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Andrew
Lumsden - Music Director succeeded
David Hill as our conductor and Director of Music in September 2002.
Born in 1962, Andrew was educated at Winchester College and
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before going up to St
John's College, Cambridge as Organ Scholar. Whilst there, he was assistant
to Dr George Guest in training the Choir and in playing the organ
for services, concerts, broadcasts, and tours.
After
three years as Assistant Organist at Southwark Cathedral, he was
appointed Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey, where he played the
organ for many important national occasions, including the 50th
anniversary of the Battle of Britain and memorial services for Lord
Olivier and Dame Peggy Ashcroft. He was a regular broadcaster on
the BBC's Daily Service and Choral Evensong and also appeared in
the English National Opera's production of Busoni's Dr Faust.
Andrew
Lumsden took the position of Organist and Master of the Choristers
at Lichfield Cathedral in 1992, a post he has combined with regular
recital work at home and abroad. During his time at Lichfield, the
Cathedral Choir recorded five CDs and toured France, Germany, Italy
and visited Washington DC. The Choir appeared regulary on radio
(Choral Evensong, Daily Service and Radio 4's Morning Service) and
television and, in December 1998, it broadcast no fewer than eight
times (seven live, one recorded) in four weeks, including a highly
acclaimed series of four live TV programmes for BBC1 on all four
Sundays in Advent. The choir also appeared with Dama Kiri te Kanawa
and Sir Simon Rattle. While at Lichfield he also conducted the Cathedral's
Special Choir which premiered new commissioned works from Malcolm
Archer and Paul Spicer.
In
September 2002, Andrew left Lichfield to take up his appointment
of the Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral.
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a soloist, he has appeared with the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall,
the ECO at the Barbican, and the CBSO in Symphony Hall. He was the
one of the youngest people to broadcast a solo recital on Radio 3
(he was 17 at the time) and he frequently tours abroad - recital venues
have included such diverse places as Bergen, San Francisco, Harare
and Sydney. His hobbies include wine, cricket, and travel, particularly
flying, and one of his long-term ambitions is to gain his private
pilot's licence. |
