Event:Organ Recital

Join us for the next concert in our organ recital series at 1pm on Friday 30 August.

Aaron Shilson has been the Assistant Director of Music at Llandaff Cathedral since September 2021, where his duties include accompanying the cathedral choir in their busy schedule of sung services, recordings and broadcasts, including Midnight Mass broadcast live on BBC Radio Wales, and the internationally televised visit of HM King Charles III to Llandaff in September 2022.  His duties also extend to aiding in the administration and direction of the other branches of the music department. He is also Director of the Majestas Consort, the cathedral’s voluntary choir.

Before moving to Llandaff,  Aaron held posts at St Anne’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Leeds, Manchester Cathedral, St Davids Cathedral, and most recently in Ely Cathedral as Assistant Organist to the Girl Choristers, where he accompanied them for services, tours, recordings and live broadcasts under the direction of Sarah MacDonald.  From 2018 until 2019 he also took on the role of Assistant Organist at Selwyn College, Cambridge, accompanying their recording of works by Ben Parry and joining the choir on their tour of the north-eastern United States, which included services and concerts at St Thomas’ Church Fifth Avenue, NY, the Cathedral of St John the Divine, and Washington National Cathedral. 

Aaron undertook undergraduate studies at Leeds College of Music (now Conservatoire). After graduating he moved to Manchester to continue his studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. During his time at the college, he was twice a finalist in the annual Organ competition and received the college’s Frederick Lunt and Meadowcroft prizes for Organ. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.

As capacity is limited in the gallery, pre-booking is essential. 

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Sponsored by Friends of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.