Church Music
Director of Music: Andrew Earis
Direct line: 020 7766 1111
Email: andrew.earis@smitf.org
Assistant Organist: Martin Ford
Direct line: 020 7766 1142
Email: martin.ford@smitf.org
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CHURCH MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES
Music has always played a central part in the life of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Our recently completed restoration and renewal programme with new state of the art music rehearsal spaces means it’s a time of tremendous musical growth for us.
There are currently vacancies in the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields, a mixed voluntary group which sings to a professional standard at the Sunday services, as well as for regular broadcasts and recordings. Please enquire to the Director of Music in the first instance.
Music has always played a central part in the life of this famous London church. There has been an organ here since before 1500, Handel and possibly even Mozart both played on the Schreider organ of 1727; and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields was founded here in the 1950’s by Sir Neville Mariner and the then Master of Music John Churchill. Historically, our organists were shared with Westminster Abbey, but more recently eminent musicians such as W.T. Best, Arnold Goldsborough and Martin Shaw have been resident organists.
Since 1990, with the installation of two new Walker organs and a Steinway “model D” grand piano, the introduction of a Choral and Organ Scholarship programme, and the establishment of a pattern of six or seven concerts and four choral services each week we have seen a flowering of music, both sacred and secular. The recently completed Renewal Project will encourage further development and growth, state-of-the-art music rehearsal spaces and performer changing facilities as well as a fully restored and enhanced church interior are now open and in full use.
