Music Staff
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DIRECTOR OF MUSIC James Wilkinson James makes music as singer, conductor, composer and organist. He read music at Bristol University, was a Choral Scholar at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, a Lay Clerk at Southwell Minster and Assistant Director of Music in the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich during which time he directed a number of vocal ensembles. In 2005 he gained a postgraduate scholarship to study voice with Linda Hirst at Trinity College of Music. As a conductor he is Director of Music to Dartford Parish Church in Kent as well as working with his own group The Bishop’s Consort. He has been Director of Music to several parish churches and has formed a number of choirs. He has gained a reputation for his lively and inspiring approach to choir training having worked with choral societies and church based choirs across the country. As a singer he has a particular passion for English Song as well as enjoying his consort work. His most recent solo engagements include Handel Messiah, Finzi Before and after summer and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs. He also sings in the Schola Cantorum at the annual Edington Music Festival. P.A. to the DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Tracey Connell
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