Jeremy Woodside, Sir Gil Simpson Organ Scholar at ChristChurch Cathedral, presents a programme of organ music with a Valentine’s Day theme on St Luke’s 100-year-old pipe organ.
Date: Sunday 15 February, 2009
Time: 2pm (concert approx. 1 hour)
Admission: $12/$8 (concession, children free), includes a programme and refreshments with the artist afterwards.
Jeremy Woodside
Jeremy first became interested in the pipe organ as a chorister at ChristChurch Cathedral
when he was 10. Formal lessons began with Russell Kent seven years ago, and Jeremy passed his Licentiate with Trinity College, London, with distinction in 2005.
In 2007, Jeremy held the position of Junior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral under Matthew Owens and worked with the Cathedral School’s Chapel Choir. Recent performances have seen Jeremy play in such venues as Wells and Manchester Cathedrals, United Kingdom, The American Cathedral and Notre Dame, Paris, and various venues in Switzerland and Austria.
He has participated in masterclasses with Christopher Herrick, has been involved in performances with Fiona Pears, Dame Malvina Major, Hayley Westenra, and has accompanied concerts with world-class trumpeter Crispian Steele Perkins, and was the rehearsal accompanist for the John Rutter Requiem in Wells, with the composer as the conductor.
Recently, Jeremy was the organist for the ChristChurch Cathedral Choir tour of the United Kingdom, playing for services and concerts in such buildings as Bath Abbey, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, Exeter Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey.
This year, Jeremy is in his second year at the University of Canterbury, studying towards a music degree, and is also the Sir Gil Simpson Organ Scholar at ChristChurch Cathedral.
He is currently recording two CDs, due for release in April.
Grant Hutchinson (concert coordinator)
Cell phone: 021 154 6923
grant.hutchinson@xtra.co.nz