THE COURSE LEADERS
MALCOLM ARCHER
Malcolm Archer, organist, conductor and composer, is renowned as one of the foremost church musicians of his generation. From 2004 to 2007 he was Organist and Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and, prior to that, he was organist and Master of Choristers at Wells Cathedral for eight years as well as being the musical director of Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society.
Further information can be found at www.malcolmarcher.com
DAVID BEDNALL
David is a busy composer and organist, combining an extensive freelance career with the position of Sub Organist at Bristol Cathedral and PhD Studies at the University of Bristol. He studied with Dr. Naji Hakim and David Briggs and between 2002 and 2007 was at Wells Cathedral, initially as Sub Organist and then as Assistant Organist.
Further information can be found at www.davidbednall.com
HILARY LLYSTYN JONES
Having studied singing, piano and harp at Chethams School of Music, Manchester, Hilary continued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Noelle Barker.
Hilary has taught the choral scholars and students of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and young singers in the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music. She is the only female who specialises in vocal training with many cathedral and other choirs in England including Westminster, Wells, Bristol, Winchester, Salisbury, Winchester College, Ely, Lincoln, Tewkesbury Abbey, Jesus College Cambridge, York Minster, St. Mary’s Warwick and St George’s Chapel Windsor.
BRENDA DEAN
Brenda Dean is a retired teacher who has sung in choirs all her life. A trained singer, she has set up choirs and directed choral and stage productions in the UK and the Middle East. She was a consultant with the Learning and Skills Network in London, organising Citizenship training events throughout England, and she is Events Coordinator for the Wingrave Singers in Buckinghamshire (www.bucksinfo.net/wingravesingers).
Brenda is President of the Association ‘Les Amis de Jean Langlais’ (www.jeanlanglais.eu) in la Fontenelle and, with the help of her French committee, she has organised over 50 concerts in Brittany during the Langlais International Festivals of 2005 to 2011, including four very successful choral courses.