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Mark Quarmby B.Mus , L.T.C.L. , L.Dip.A. , A.Mus.A.
Teacher of
Organ, Piano, Theory & Musicianship
Mark Quarmby
graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium studying organ under
Norman Johnston and piano under Marjorie Hesse. He has given
recitals throughout Australia, Europe, North America, Asia and
New Zealand. For over 20 years he was associated with the music
of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, playing the organ for national
live broadcasts, visits of the Queen, funerals of State governors
and national memorial services. In August 2009 he was appointed
Director of Music at St Stephen's, Macquarie Street.
In Europe he has played in the Cathedrals of St Paul's, London,
Canterbury, Salisbury, Oxford, Winchester, Lichfield, Westminster
Abbey plus Notre-Dame, Paris, with recitals in Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Italy, France, and Holland. In 2009 he gave
the opening recital of the American Guild of Organists Convention
in Phoenix, Arizona, playing a whole program devoted to organ
music written by Australian composers.
He has been the President of the Organ Music Society of Sydney,
has served on the committee of the Royal School of Church Music
(NSW) and is currently a National Director of the Organ
Historical Trust of Australia and teaches piano, organ and
musicianship at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, and
privately.
Contact Details :
Phone : 02 9744 6837
Mobile: 0413 166 803
Dr. Wilbur G. Hughes B.Mus. (Hons. Lond.) Composition, FTCL (Organ) , . A.Mus.A (Piano) , MB BS , FRCPA
Teacher of
Classical Organ, Piano, Theory
and Musicianship
Wilbur Hughes was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1941.His ambition since the age of six was to be a professional organist. He received initial musical training on the piano from his mother, and culminated in gaining the A.Mus.A in piano in 1963, while studying with Dallas Haslam at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, coincidentally with his undergraduate medical studies.
Since the age of 12, he had been self-taught on the local church pipe organ, ultimately receiving lessons at the age ot 16 from local church organist, Roy Williamson.
After completion of his piano diploma, he commenced singing training and studied organ for many years with Norman Johnston at the Sydney Conservatorium. During this period he was organist and choir master at several Sydney Churches, St Philip’s Eastwood, St. John’s Beecroft, and St Anne’s Ryde.
In 1967, while undertaking post graduate medical studies in Haematology, he gained the L.T.C.L., and was appointed in the same year as Director of Music at St John’s Pro-Cathedral at Parramatta near Sydney. In 1969 he gained the F.T.C.L. in organ.
In subsquent years he took up studies with David and Christa Rumsey, and received valuable guidance from Sergio de Pieri, Keith Asboe, and Peter Planyavsky.
During periods overseas, he studied with Ver Hasselt (St Gervais, Paris) and Peter Hurford in London, and more recently at the Kirchenmusikschule in Spandau, Berlin. He also attended the Haarlem Organ school where he was involved in tutorial classes with Anton Heiller. In 1999 he attended the organ school in Alkmaar, Holland. He has given organ music recitals in Sydney, Ulm, Günzburg, Berlin, Venice, Spain, London, Paris, Las Pinãs, and Manila.
Recently he has retired from his medical career and has devoted his attention entirely to music, and in 2003 gained a B.Mus. Hons. at the University of London in Composition and Musicology.
His great passion is 17th and 18th Spanish Organ Music, as well as the original instruments of Gottfried Silbermann in Saxony.
Contact Details :
Studio located in Haymarket, Sydney
Phone : 0419 522 220
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