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« Head Choristers at St Mary's

Jonathan Holmes Director of Music ,
Jonathan Holmes, directorofmusic at stmarysewell.com
MA (Oxon), B.Mus, FRCO, ARCM

Jonathan Holmes studied organ and piano at The Royal College of Music and at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he was Organ Scholar. He began teaching music at King's College School, Wimbledon, before moving to Wales, where he became Director of Music at Monmouth School. Monmouth School's Boys' Choir performed regularly with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and with Welsh National Opera. He still works with the Monmouth Choral Society. 1993 saw Jonathan Holmes become Director of Music at Cranleigh School in Surrey, where he organised performances of Orff's "Carmina Burana", the Verdi Requiem and Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius." He was appointed as Director of Music to Emanuel School in Battersea Rise, London SW11, during September 1997.

Maks Adach Senior Organ Scholar,
Maks Adach

Maks joined St Mary's in 2009. He has recently he has completed his A-Levels at the London Oratory School and two years of study at the Royal College of Music as a Junior Exhibitioner, under Daniel Moult. He is currently studying Organ at Trinity College of Music with Ann Elise Smoot and holds the Organ Scholarship of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel in Greenwich. He has been awarded the Organ Scholarship at Oriel College, Oxford from September 2012.

Recent past Organ Scholars have included Tim Burke (currently Chorus Master, Opera North also Director of Renard Productions and past Organ Scholar, Exeter College, Oxford) and Jeremy Cole (currently Organ Scholar, Trinity College, Cambridge and past Organ Scholar at Hereford Cathedral).

Jonathan Allsopp Junior Organ Scholar,
Jonathan Allsopp

Jonathan is a scholar at Kings College, Wimbledon and joined us in July 2011.

David Crick Administrator,
David Crick music at stmarysewell.com
DipRSCM

David is now the longest serving member of the choir, having joined in 1966. He served the RSCM as a Residential Course House Captain in the 1970s and was a member of the Guildford Area RSCM Committee for a number of years with responsibility for the affiliated churches in the Epsom Deanery. Together with the previous Area Chairman, he produced the first syllabus for the Area's Dean's and Bishop's Awards, which was used for many years until replaced in 2001.

Hoot Head Chorister Emeritus,

"Hoot" is the choir mascot. Very many years ago, a previous Organist, Mr Jack Keyes, used to comment that, on occasions, boy choristers, especially those from cathedrals, tended to hoot whilst singing. This gave us the inspiration for the mascot. As you can see he has his own cassock and winged surplice!!