Geoffrey Webber is a musician and academic, and the former Director of Music at

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of ...

. Webber was a chorister at

Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury. The buil ...

, and was educated at the King's School Worcester and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at ...

, where he was awarded an organ scholarship in 1977. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the organ music of

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various voca ...

. He was appointed Assisting Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1982, and University Organist and Director of Music at the University Church in 1984. In 1989 he was appointed Precentor and Director of Music at

, serving until his resignation due to inappropriate behaviour in April 2019. Webber's publications include ''North German Church Music in the Age of Buxtehude'' (1996), the ''Cambridge Companion to the Organ'' (1998, as co-editor), and ''The Restoration Anthem'' (2003).

Works

His works include: * 1995

Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long li ...

, Janáček, Geoffrey Webber - Requiem - Mass In E Flat (CD, Album) ASV Digital, CD DCA 914 * 1999 Bach - The Cambridge Baroque Camerata*, Geoffrey Webber - St Mark Passion (2xCD) ASV, Gaudeamus CD GAX 237 * 1999 Samuel Wesley, Geoffrey Webber – Sacred Choral Music (CD, Album) ASV, CD GAU 157 * 2011 Geoffrey Webber -

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(CD, Album) BBC Music Magazine BBC MM339, Vol. 20 No.3 * 2013 Geoffrey Webber, with Choir of King's College London -

David Trendell David Robin Charles Trendell (17 August 1964, in Tavistock, Devon, England – 28 October 2014) was the English organist, lecturer and Director of Music at King's College London. He specialised in the music of William Byrd. Education Trendell ...

- Deutsche Motette (German Romantic Choral Music From

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

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) (CD) Delphian DCD34124 * 2014 Geoffrey Webber & Barnaby Brown - In Praise Of Saint Columba: The Sound World Of The Celtic Church (CD, Album) Delphian DCD34137 * 2017 Geoffrey Webber, Barnaby Brown, Bill Taylor (20),

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& Patrick Kenny - Set Upon The Rood: New Music For Choir & Ancient Instruments (CD, Album) Delphian DCD34154 * 2018 Julian Anderson, Geoffrey Webber – Choral Music (CD, Album) Delphian DCD34202

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Webber, Geoffrey Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at King's School, Worcester Alumni of New College, Oxford Members of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Music English classical organists