About the ensemble
Oliver Morrell is a versatile young musician with a diverse portfolio of performing and teaching. Since September 2022, he has been Organ Scholar at St Albans Cathedral. He is responsible for a significant share of the service playing and assists with the training of the choristers. He also conducts the Abbey Singers and accompanies the St Albans Bach Choir. Before moving to St Albans, he was Organ Scholar at Durham Cathedral for the duration of his undergraduate studies. He then went on to Croydon Minster as Acting Sub-Organist. There, he accompanied the full schedule of choral services each week. He also worked as a Graduate Music Assistant at Whitgift School, where his responsibilities included classroom teaching.
Oliver regularly offers recitals as a singer and organist (recently performing at cathedrals in Durham, Edinburgh, Lincoln, and Newcastle). He has also played orchestral organ in performances of Dvořák’s Requiem and Britten’s Saint Nicolas. He graduated in 2021 with first-class honours from Durham University, and has been awarded performance diplomas from the Royal College of Organists and the London College of Music.
Will Sims has been Director of Chapel Music at Robinson College, Cambridge since September 2022, where he conducts the Choir for their weekly service schedule and regular concert, touring, and recording calendar, and supervises undergraduates in the Faculty of Music. In this role, he has conducted the Choir’s first commercial recording, To the End of the Age (Prima Facie; 2024), toured to Europe (including broadcasting a concert live from the Duomo di Milano), and given ten world premiere performances. He is a prize-winning Choral Director of the Royal College of Organists.
Will is an experienced singer and has sung in the Cathedral Choirs of Ely, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Peterborough; he has recorded for Delphian Records and broadcast across BBC Television and Radio. He is an accomplished collaborative pianist: he has given recitals of English Song around the UK, premiered song cycles by Julia Plaut and Elliott Park, and will accompany his first recordings in 2025 with Prima Facie. His compositions have been performed in Cathedrals around the UK, broadcast live internationally, and premiered in the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.
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Ensemble type
Vocal/Piano Duo
Musicians
Will Sims – Piano