14 August 2016 at 20:00

Timothy Noon

Timothy Noon received his early music education as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral, later learning the organ with Dr Roy Massey. At the age of seventeen he was appointed organ scholar of Canterbury Cathedral and in the following year became organ scholar at Christ Church Oxford, where he also read for a degree in music. In 1993 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, winning six prizes in the examination, including the coveted Limpus prize. On graduating with first class honours, Timothy was appointed sub-organist of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. He returned to Canterbury Cathedral as assistant organist in January 1997, subsequently becoming organist and master of the choristers of St David’s Cathedral (Wales), then director of music at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool.

To be with his Kiwi wife, Elizabeth, Timothy moved to New Zealand in 2011, accepting the position of director of music at Auckland Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Immersing himself in the country’s musical scene, he worked not only on a daily basis with the cathedral’s three choirs, but also by serving as a council member of ANZCO, on the governing body of the NZCF, and participating as an organist in projects with Auckland’s main orchestras. In January 2016 he returned to the United Kingdom to take up the post of director of music at Exeter Cathedral.