The next organ recital in St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh will be given by Mr Phillip Elliott on Sunday 19 April 2015 at 4.15pm. Phillip received his early musical training on the organs of Manchester and Derby Cathedrals. He was awarded the ARCO diploma while still at school, and read Music at Oxford University, where he was Organ Scholar at Hertford College and Clothworkers’ Scholar at St Catherine’s College. After a year of teacher training, he began work as Assistant Director of Music at Bradford Grammar School, West Yorkshire, and moved to Northern Ireland in 1999, also gaining the FRCO diploma in that year.
Phillip is Vice-Principal of the Collegiate Grammar School, Enniskillen, and still manages to find time to show his love of music as the Organist of St Mark’s Parish Church, Tandragee, and as a performer on BBC and RTE radio and television, and in Belfast Cathedral and the Ulster Hall. He is also a regular accompanist for many local choirs, including the Priory Singers, Counterpoint and the Lowry Singers and was Organ Tutor for the Armagh Church Choir Union for some years.
His programme for Armagh Cathedral will include works by Salomé, JS Bach, Hollins and Hurford.
The Very Revd Gregory Dunstan, Dean of Armagh, said, “Phillip’s work as both a teacher and performer is well known. Only last month he joined The Priory Singers in the Cathedral for a beautiful evening of music for Lent and Passiontide. It’s a great pleasure to welcome him back to the Cathedral, for a solo performance.”
As with all the recitals in this series, admission is free, with a retiring collection towards the further endowment of the Cathedral Choir through the Archbishop’s Choir Fund.
For further information, please contact:
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh: Tel. 028 37523142