We are truly delighted to welcome back David Price who joins us for his recital on Monday 20 July starting at 1pm. David is playing at Holy Trinity as part of his British Summer Tour travelling from Thailand to play at 20 or more different venues across the country. We are fortunate indeed that we are one of them… David brings us a superb musical programme, with pieces from the 17th to 20th centuries - Bach to Flor Peeters. It will be wonderful to see David again and to hear him play.
Join us to welcome him - sit back and enjoy the music. Free entrance with retiring collection; your donations help us to maintain our historic 'Handel' organ - thank you! Programme to follow.
Biography
David Price was educated at Stockport School, where he began his musical studies under Geoffrey Barber. After A level examinations he then became a full-time student at The Royal School of Church Music, studying the organ with Martindale Sidwell, choir training with Michael Brimer, singing with Robert Poole and composition with Derek Holman. In 1963 he was awarded the 'Limpus Prize in the examination for fellowship of the Royal College of Organists, and two years later gained the Choirmaster's Diploma.
The early years of his professional career were spent back in the North West of England, where he was Head of Music at Peel Moat School, Stockport, Director of the Maia Boys' Choir, and Assistant Organist at St. George's Church, under Arthur Rooke. In 1969 he moved to East Anglia, where for 24 years he was Director of Music of Taverham Hall Preparatory School, Norwich, and for a period also Master of the Music at the Priory Church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth - the largest Parish Church in England!
In 1993 he took early retirement from the chalk face be able to devote more time to examining and adjudicating work, and also private teaching. He has been a Guild Advisor for the Royal School of Church Music since 1974, and in 1996 was appointed Education & Training Officer for the Norfolk & Norwich Area. In the same year he was invited to become Master of Music at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Norwich. For the first five years of its existence, he was an Assistant Director of the I.A.P.S. Choral Course under Ralph Allwood.
An examiner for the Associated Board since 1979, he has undertaken overseas tours in Eire, Cyprus, Hong Kong on numerous occasions, Indonesia twice, Malaysia twice, and Singapore three times whilst examining all the while extensively throughout the UK. Now retired after 36 years on the Practical Panel, he still marks theory papers online from his retirement home in Thailand!