Contributing Organists
Stephen Hamill, Northern Ireland
Stephen Hamill has taken an active part in the musical life of Northern Ireland over the past twenty five years, both as a soloist and as an accompanist to several of the Province's leading choirs. He has given solo recitals at several prestigious venues including Hexham Abbey in Northumberland, St. Paul's Cathedral London and St Patrick's Cathedral New York. He has accompanied services at York Minster, Exeter Cathedral and St John the Divine, New York, and has also directed visiting choirs at St. Alban's Abbey and Southwark Cathedral. He has played with many instrumental ensembles here in Northern Ireland including the Ulster Orchestra, and has also played Holst's Planets organ part at one hour's notice with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Newcastle. Stephen broadcasts regularly for both television and radio, having clocked up over one hundred broadcasts in the last twenty five years. Ulster Television followed him to St. Paul's for his recital there in 1988, and this was the core material for a half-hour documentary entitled "All in a day's recital" which was broadcast in 1992.