Truro Cathedral Music
Organists
The Organist and Director of Music at Truro Cathedral is Robert Sharpe. He is assisted by Christopher Gray, who is Assistant Director of Music and by an Organ Scholar who this year is David Moore.
This team of three is responsible for making music happen at the cathedral:
- Daily rehearsal and training of the boy choristers
- Planning of all the service music
- Directing and accompanying the daily services
- Overseeing the administration of the music department
In addition, the cathedral’s musicians are responsible for recruiting boys and men for the cathedral choir, for planning recording projects and tours and arranging concerts in the cathedral and around the diocese.
The music department is a busy one with lots going on and lots of people and events to co-ordinate!
Robert Sharpe is the ninth organist of Truro Cathedral. Before him were G R Sinclair 1881-1890 (later organist of Hereford Cathedral), M J Monk 1890-1920, H S Middleton 1920-1926 (later organist of Ely Cathedral and Trinity College, Cambridge), John Dykes Bower 1926-1929 (later organist of New College, Oxford, Durham Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral), Guillaume Ormond 1929-1970, John Winter 1971-1988 (Organist Emeritus), David Briggs 1989-1994 (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral and now International Concert Organist) and Andrew Nethsingha 1994-2002 (now organist of Gloucester Cathedral).
