Gareth Green MA (Oxon), FRCO(CHM), FLCM,
ARCM
Gareth Green achieved his first musical diplomas at the age of
fifteen. By
the age of 18, he had collected the Dixon and Turpin prizes for
FRCO and
was already engaged as a recitalist around Europe.
Following his time as a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal College
of Music,
Gareth spent a year at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London as
Organ Scholar,
before going up to Worcester College Oxford, again as Organ Scholar.
On
graduation, he became Organ Scholar at Canterbury Cathedral before
taking
up the position of Assistant Organist at Wakefield Cathedral in
1983.
In 1985, he was appointed Director of Music at Queen Elizabeth
Grammar
School, Wakefield, leaving in 1990 to pursue his free-lance interests
as
an organ recitalist, adjudicator, Associated Board examiner, and
composer/arranger. He has also worked for BBC Religious Broadcasting
as a
musical director for `Daily Service` and as an organist & pianist
on
`Songs of Praise`, `Sunday Half Hour` etc. Gareth has released
various
recordings, both as a soloist and choral accompanist, and his musical
endeavours have taken him as far afield as America, Bermuda and
Singapore.
Gareth offers consultation lessons at his home in South Yorkshire
and also
teaches theory of music online. In his spare time, he enjoys reading,
walking, swimming, driving his Morris Minor and consuming blue
Yorkie bars.