Speakers

Iain Farrington

Iain Farrington has a busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. Iain has recently arranged works for various orchestras, including the Philharmonia, the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Abel Selaocoe.

Sessions

Panel Discussion: Where words fail, music speaks

Lucy Walker

In 2022, Lucy Walker was appointed Composer-in-Residence with St Martin’s Voices, the flagship professional vocal consort based at St-Martin-in-the-Fields, and, alongside, has won numerous high-profile commissions, including writing for the BBC Singers, VOCES8, The Sixteen, various UK Cathedral Choirs, and Anna Lapwood and the Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Lucy’s works have been frequently broadcast on national radio, featured on commercial recordings, and are gaining popularity in performance across Europe and the US.

Sessions

Panel Discussion: Where words fail, music speaks

Matthew Owens

Matthew Owens is a conductor, composer, and organist, and Music Director of the Ulster Consort. He previously served as Director of Music at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Wells Cathedral, and Belfast Cathedral. Under his leadership, Wells Cathedral Choir was named by Gramophone as the world’s best choir with children. Educated at Chetham’s School of Music, Oxford, the Royal Northern College of Music, and Amsterdam Conservatorium, he has conducted ensembles including the London Mozart Players and Ulster Orchestra, made over 30 recordings, and given international recitals. He has conducted more than 250 world premieres and is published by Oxford University Press and Novello.

Sessions

Panel Discussion: Where words fail, music speaks

Peter Moger

Peter Moger was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire.  He read Music at Merton College, Oxford and, after postgraduate study in composition, worked as a schoolteacher before training for ordination at St John’s College, Durham.  After a curacy at Whitby, he served as Precentor at Ely Cathedral, as a parish priest, then as Secretary of the Church of England Liturgical Commission.  From 2010-2019 he was Canon Precentor (and latterly Acting Dean) of York Minster, and from 2019-2023 served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as priest on the Isle of Lewis.  He returned to England in 2023 where he is Sub Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.

Peter is the author of Crafting Common Worship, the editor of the Church of England’s Lectionary, and was until recently commissioning editor of the popular series Reflections for Daily Prayer.  He contributed several hymn tunes to the 2013 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern.  He has a keen interest in the interface of music and theology, and in particular the transmission of Biblical texts through musical settings.

Sessions

Keynote Speech: Deeper into the heart of God: music’s engagement with the divine

Hugh Morris

Hugh Morris has been Director of the RSCM since August 2018. His role is to act as CEO of the charity, and as well having direct responsibilities for managerial and strategic leadership, also acts as a public figurehead for the RSCM.
Hugh is himself an accomplished professional musician, with significant experience as a church musician in a wide range of contexts from churches to cathedrals; and also has a background in education, having spent many years working as a qualified teacher.

Sessions

Illustrated Lecture: All my hope on God is founded