Lunchtime at Redcliffe - Free Organ Concert featuring Oliver Brett

Born in Kent in the UK in 1985, Oliver Brett was educated as a music and
academic scholar at Tonbridge School and then as organ scholar of King’s
College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 2007 with a degree in music.
Since then, he has held positions at Westminster Cathedral, Durham
Cathedral and St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney. He is currently studying for a
doctorate in organ performance with David Higgs and a masters in
harpsichord performance with William Porter at the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester NY. He also serves as Director of Music at St Anne’s RC Church
and plays the organ for Christ Church’s Schola Cantorum in Rochester. In
October 2017, Oliver was awarded second prize and the Royal Canadian
College of Organists’ Prize at the Canadian International Organ Competition.
Recent engagements over the last year have included concerts in Sydney,
Montreal, Los Angeles, Florida, Austin, Minneapolis, Atlanta and San
Francisco.
Plans for the next year include concerts in Austin, San Francisco, Indiana,
Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York. He will also be competing in the Schnitger
International Organ Competition in the Netherlands and the Mikael
Tariverdiev International Organ Competition in Russia. As a harpsichordist he
will be performing the Goldberg Variations as part of this year’s Rochester
Early Music Festival as well as in Berkeley, CA. This Summer he will also be
performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with
renowned Czech violinist Ivan Zenaty at the Keuka Lake Music Festival in
upstate NY.
Outside of music, Oliver is a passionate runner, having completed several
marathons. He is currently training for his first 50 mile race in October.
For further information about organ recitals in the UK, please visit
Organrecitals.com
www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
0117 231 0060