Organist for your Wedding - Adam Hughes
Adam started his musical career as a violinist at the age of 8 and has played both jazz / classical piano and organ for the last 13 years. He has already performed at well over 2000 engagements all round Europe since the age of 13, including many weddings ceremonies and receptions.
Adam has played organ in large cathedrals (Winchester, Ely, Rochester) and is comfortable with most church organs. However, if there is not an organ available, and for civil ceremonies Adam can bring a portable electronic organ.
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Areas covered: London & South East
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Organists
An organist is a term for a musician who performs on any type of organ. Although organists often perform solo, it is common for an organist to accompany a choir, or even an orchestra! Organists perform during church services across the world every day of the week accompanying the hymns and church choirs.
The majority of organists are amateurs and are principally involved in church music. The pipe organ is the instrument most people would associate with an organist, as it is used widely in traditional Christian worship two accompany the hymns, anthems and other special parts of worship.
Organists for weddings
A wedding organist will normally perform prior to the ceremony, then hymns during the ceremony, background music during the signing of the registers and exit music on the way out.
Wedding music for organ comes in a large variety of forms, from traditional music such as the wedding march, to custom arrangements of popular songs that the bride and groom particularly like.
As the majority of music for organ has been written for worship purposes, if you want a particular song for your wedding, it is advisable to give your organist as much notice as possible so that they can arrange a suitable version for the particular organ at your church.
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Organist for your Wedding - Dale Hambridge
Dale started playing the piano at the age of seven and has been playing in public since the age of ten. He started his career as a classically trained pianist and soon took up organ as well. He studied with Philip Fowke at Trinity College of Music in London. He is currently resident pianist at the North Pole in Greenwich, London as well as performing in live engagements all over London and south of England specialising in classical wedding music for wedding ceremonies. To date Dale has played hundreds of gigs as a solo jazz pianist, an organist for wedding ceremonies, a classical recitalist and an accompanist.
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Organist organisations
The oldest institution of organ studies in the United Kingdom is The Royal College of Organists (RCO). If you are looking for a cocktail pianist the please use this link: Cocktail Pianist. For more information on the church organ itself please visit this page - The church/cathedral organ. Another good resource can be found here - National Pipe Organ Register.
Church or cathedral organists
A church organist is often also choirmaster at that particular church. They are commonly still known by the ancient title “master of the choristers” (choristers are members of the church choir). In contrast, cathedral musicians are now generally titled “Director of Music”. This is often very true as most church or cathedral choirs can’t afford to have an organist and a choirmaster to direct the choir. There are a number of other ancient titles that are still currently in use today:
Rector Chori
Master of Music
Master of the Music
Master of the song school
Informator Choristarum
Organist & Master of the Chorister
We highly recommend the two musicians above for any type of wedding or service. Please get in touch with us if you require any further information, help or advice.
