Alan Thurlow

Alan Thurlow

Alan Thurlow is an organist born in Essex, England.

Education

Thurlow was educated at Bancroft's School,Woodford Green. He read Music at Sheffield University before going on to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, for a period of research into pre-Reformation English Church Music.

Appointments

Durham

In 1973 he was appointed Sub-Organist at Durham Cathedral, and whilst there combined his duties at the Cathedral with those of Director of Music at the Chorister School and part-time Lecturer in Music at Durham University.

Chichester

In 1980 Thurlow succeeded Dr John Birch as Organist & Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral. [ [http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/Chichester.htm History of Chichester cathedral choir school – of choristers ancient and modern ] ] He is also a member of the Executive of the Friends of Pallant House Gallery, an Organ Adviser for the Diocese of Chichester and an area representative for The Royal School of Church Music. He has travelled with the Cathedral Choir and the RSCM to France, Holland, Germany, South Africa and the United States of America.

For twelve years Thurlow was Chairman of the national charity, The Friends of Cathedral Music, and for two years he served as President of the Cathedral Organists' Association. Nationally, he has served as Chairman of the Organs Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and honorary Fellow of both The Guild of Church Musicians and The Guild of Church Musicians and Singers, and in 2005 he received the award of a Lambeth Doctorate from The Archbishop of Canterbury. [ [http://www.chichestercathedral.co.uk/cgi-bin/frameit.pl?page=/dyn/_pages/_folder3/page_4.html The Official Chichester Cathedral Website ] ]

Thurlow retired from Chichester Cathedral in 2008 [http://www.diochi.org.uk/news/071206-alanthurlow.htm] .

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