Daniel Hyde (organist)

Daniel Hyde (born 1980[1]) is a choral conductor and organist. In September 2019 he succeeded Sir Stephen Cleobury as Director of Music of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge,[2] having previously served as organist and Director of Music at Saint Thomas Church in New York.[3]

Early career

Hyde began his career in the choir of Durham Cathedral, attending the Chorister School from age 7.[3] When his voice broke a year before he was due to leave the choir, his attention turned to the organ.[1] He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists aged 17[4] whilst a boy at Oakham School, and was later an organ scholar at Durham Cathedral during a gap year.

After Durham, he spent a year as assistant organist at St George's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia, from 1998 to 1999.[5] He was awarded an organ scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, which he commenced in 2000.[6]

Upon graduation from King's College, Cambridge, he served as the Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge.[7][2] From 2009 to 2016 he held the position of Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow in Music at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was the University Lecturer in the Faculty of Music.

References
  1. Clive Paget (interviewer-compiler) (10 July 2019). "Daniel Hyde: The new pair of hands sculpting the sound of King's". Limelight Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2019. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. "King's College Cambridge names Daniel Hyde as new music director". Gramophone. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. "The New Wizard Teaching at the Hogwarts for Choir". The New York Times. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. The Diapason (PDF), vol. April 2019, American Organ Institute
  5. "Cathedral Organists". Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  6. "Former Organ Scholars". King's College Cambridge. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. "Daniel Hyde takes New York choir post". classical-music.com. BBC Music Magazine. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2018.


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