Tom Winpenny
Tom Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral, where he accompanies the daily choral services and directs the Abbey Girls Choir. Previously, he served as sub-organist at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. He is also musical director of the London Pro Arte Choir. He has broadcast frequently on BBC Radio and featured on American Public Media’s Pipedreams. He was organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, graduating with a music degree, and twice accompanying the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast worldwide. As a soloist, he has performed in the United States, Europe and throughout Britain. Recent engagements include recitals in Salisbury Cathedral (UK) and Hildesheim Cathedral (Germany). His wide-ranging discography includes music by Mozart, Liszt, John McCabe and John Joubert. For Naxos, his solo recordings include music for organ by Judith Bingham (8.572687) and Messiaen’s La Nativité (8.573332) and L’Ascension (8.573471), and music by Malcolm Williamson (8.571375-76). He directs St Albans Abbey Girls Choir in recordings of music by Mendelssohn (8.572836) and Mathias (8.573523).
