Contributing Organists
Roger Fisher, United Kingdom
Born in Woodford, Essex, Roger Fisher was educated at Bancroft's School and studied at the Royal College of Music with such giants of English music as Harold Darke and Herbert Howells, gaining his ARCM, FRCO and CHM diplomas and winning the Geoffrey Tankard Prize for Organ playing. In 1959 he was awarded an Organ Scholarship at Christ Church Oxford which gave him the opportunity to study with Dr Sydney Watson, Dr Bernard Rose and Dr H. Kennedy Andrews. Having graduated at Oxford, he moved to Hereford, accepting the posts of Assistant Organist at the Cathedral and Assistant Lecturer in Music at the College of Education. During this period he was closely involved with the Three Choirs Festival. In 1967 he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chester Cathedral and in 1992 directed the music for the Royal Maundy. Upon completion of the rebuilt organ in 1970, he embarked on the first of many BBC broadcasts and numerous recordings (including several for EMI, Decca and RCA) which have had world-wide sales. He has recorded at many venues, not only in the United Kingdom, but also in the USA and Germany and the number of his CDs has now reached 25.