Accompanists

ANTHONY FROGGATT was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Portsmouth Cathedral for thirteen years, having previously been Assistant Organist at Guildford Cathedral. He now pursues a freelance career as an organist, playing in cathedrals throughout the UK, as a percussionist, regularly playing with the Southern Pro Musica, and as an examiner and adjudicator. In 2000 and 2007, he directed the choir at Magdalen College, Oxford, as Acting Organist.

He has examined in many countries worldwide as an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, last year visiting Saudi Arabia, Oman and South Africa, whilst plans for this year include visits to Hong Kong and China.

Following the widespread success of ‘Resonate Eternally’, a CD album of music for violin and organ recorded in Chichester Cathedral with the Japanese violinist, Fuminori Shinozaki, a second CD was released in 2007, entitled ‘Flourish Eternally’ on the Akane label. The recording was made in Magdalen College Chapel.

MARK WARDELL has been Assistant Organist at Chichester Cathedral since 1997, serving for five of those years as Director of Music at the Prebendal School, the Cathedral’s Choir School. He had previously held positions at Royal Holloway College University of London, St George’s Chapel Windsor Castle, and Christ’s Hospital Horsham. His work in Chichester involves him in numerous live BBC broadcasts and recordings, the Southern Cathedrals’ Festival and the Chichester Festivities.

Mark has featured as soloist and accompanist on numerous commercial recordings released through IMP Classics, Carlton, Pickwick, Lammas, Guild and Priory. He enjoys a busy life as a recitalist and is widely recognised as one of the foremost exponents of liturgical improvisation. At a recital in Chartres Cathedral, he concluded his performance with a twenty minute improvisation on the plainsong theme ‘Salve Regina’. He is one of only four organists ever to have improvised at the end of a live broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio Three. In a recent CD review in The Organ magazine, his performance was described as 'English cathedral playing at its very best'.

He has performed throughout Europe and South America and has given recitals in most of the major venues in England. He has performed in South Africa with engagements in St George’s Cathedral Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg Cathedral and Town Hall. Recent concerts have included performances with the London Bach Choir and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and future engagements include invitations to perform at the cathedrals of Ely and Ripon and in the arts festival in Cunault Abbey in France.

Mark is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and still toys with the idea of playing on a cruise ship ...

RICHARD SCOTT-COPELAND was born in London but has spent most of his life in and around Southampton. He was chosen as a chorister at the age of five and has been immersed in church music ever since. He learnt the piano and organ to a high standard, passing three Grade VIII examinations by the age of fifteen, and gaining a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London.

His career has taken him from the orchestra pit of 'Phantom of the Opera' in London to a cathedral organist's post. He has performed and accompanied all over the world and is a member of the Chameleon Arts Orchestra. Finally, he is a senior voicing consultant with a well-known English organ builder.

Richard is married to a professional soprano, and his son is a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.