The Organ Project’s 2023 Organ Recital series continues at 7pm on 10th November, with a recital given by John Sharples, Assistant Organist at Arundel Cathedral.
Join us for a fantastic free recital, performed on our recently-restored 1889 J.W. Walker & Sons pipe organ. Refreshments are included, with no booking required. For programme details, visit The Organ Project’s website.
John Sharples began organ lessons in Halifax Parish Church, in Yorkshire, while still at school. As a student he was organ scholar at Chester College, and sang in the choirs at Chester Cathedral. Later John continued his organ studies with Ian Curror in London.
Having held organist/choirmaster posts in a number of churches in the Southeast of England since 1984, he joined the music team playing for services in Arundel Cathedral in 2015. Between 1984 and 2000 John regularly played for services in the chapel in Lambeth Palace.
John has accompanied many choirs and choral societies, as well as giving solo recitals in this country and abroad, most notably in St Paul’s Cathedral in London and St Thomas’ Church in New York’s 5th Avenue. John is a Fellow of London College of Music and holds the Associate Diploma of the Royal College of Organists.
