LINDLEY, SIMON (b 1948 )Simon Lindley's many recitals, recordings and broadcasts have established his reputation as a player of distinctive style. He is Organist of Leeds Parish Church and of Leeds Town Hall. His duties at the Church include the direction of its world-famous Choir, and he has given over 200 recitals since his appointment as City Organist in 1976. He came to Leeds early in 1975 to succeed Dr Donald Hunt at the Parish Church, and now combines his work there with a senior post in the City Council's Leisure Services Department, working on a wide variety of concerts and projects in the office of the award-winning Leeds International Concert Season.
Closely concerned with all the leading institutions for the organ and choral music, especially that for the Anglican liturgy, Simon Lindley is a long-serving Councillor of and Examiner to the Royal College of Organists, and Secretary of the Church Music Society. He has travelled the world in his capacity as a Special Commissioner of the Royal School of Church Music, and is a persuasive writer and speaker on matters musical.
Simon Lindley was born in London, the son of an Anglican priest and a writer, and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and the Royal College of Music. He was Assistant Organist of St Albans Cathedral and Director of Music to St Albans School from 1970 to 1975, and also served for some time as Deputy Organist at Westminster Cathedral and accompanist to the BBC Chorus. In addition to his solo playing, he is widely regarded as one of Britain's leading exponents of the neglected arts of organ accompaniment and continuo playing.
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