Andrew Reid appointed director of the Royal School of Church Music

Andrew Reid has been appointed director of the Royal School of Church Music, succeeding Lindsay Gray.

Reid has been director of music at Peterborough Cathedral since 2004. Before that he served in a number of assistant organist posts, including at both Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.

Originally from Sevenoaks in Kent, he studied at Cambridge University, where he held organ scholarships at St. Catharine’s and Robinson Colleges, studying organ with Peter Hurford and David Sanger. In 1994 he performed the complete organ works of Bach in one 25-hour recital. As assistant master of music at Westminster Cathedral from 1996, and four years later as sub-organist of Westminster Abbey, he accompanied both resident choirs in recordings, broadcasts, and on tour.

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