David M Stevens BA (Oxon) MA (Lond)

David is the Director of the Girls Choir & Sub-Organist at Newcastle Cathedral, and Director of Campus Music at Northumbria University. He also teaches Choral Conducting to organ scholars at Oxford University. David is a prize-winning graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, from where he obtained an MA in Choral Conducting, with distinction, in 2009. Previously, he read Music and was Organ Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford. He has conducted the BBC Singers, the choir of the London Oratory, the Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir, the choir of New College, Oxford, and the Arcadian Singers of Oxford University. Before moving to London, David spent a year as Organ Scholar and acting Sub-Organist of Guildford Cathedral, where he played the organ for services and assisted with the training and conducting of the cathedral choirs. David holds the Associate Diploma of the Royal College of Organists, and maintains a busy schedule of recitals throughout the country. He has recently given recitals in Bristol, Lichfield, Truro, Bradford and Southwark cathedrals, York Minster, and Hull City Hall.

Forthcoming events: 17^th January 2011, 13:00 Newcastle Cathedral Organ Recital 25^th February 2011, 13:00 Doncaster Minster Organ Recital 14^th March 2011, 13:00 Newcastle Cathedral Organ Recital 21st, 22nd & 23^rd March 2011 CD Recording Sessions The Choral Works of Clifford Harker The Girls and Men of Newcastle Cathedral Choir Conducted by David Stevens 3^rd April 2011, 18:00 Newcastle Cathedral Charles Wood: St. Mark Passion The Girls and Men of Newcastle Cathedral Choir Conducted by David Stevens 9^th April 2011, 10:00 – 17:00 Newcastle Cathedral Newcastle and District Society of Organists Conducting Workshop The Girls and Men of Newcastle Cathedral Choir Led by David Stevens 15^th June 2011, 13:00 The Queen’s College, Oxford Organ Recital J.S. Bach: Praeludium & Fugue G-moll, BWV 535 P. Müller-Zürich: Praeludium & Fugue, op. 22 A. Vivaldi, arr. J.G. Walther: Concerto H-moll H. Genzmer: Concerto 1^st July 2011, 19:30 St. George’s, Gateshead Organ Recital 2^nd July 2011, 13:00 Hexham Abbey Organ Recital 1^st October 2011, 13:00 St. John’s, Grainger Street, Newcastle Organ Recital To include: P. Hindemith: Sonate I