Daniel Hyde (organist)

Daniel Hyde (born 1980) is a choral conductor and organist.^[1] In 2019 he became Director of Music for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, having previously served as organist and Director of Music at Saint Thomas Church in New York.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Hyde sang as a chorister in the choir of Durham Cathedral, attending the Chorister School from the age of 7.^[2] When his voice broke a year before he was due to leave the choir, his attention turned to the organ. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists at the age of 17,^[4] whilst a boy at Oakham School, and was later an organ scholar at Durham Cathedral during a gap year.

Career

The choir stalls and great organ of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, where Hyde has served as Director of Music since 2019.

After Durham, Hyde spent a year as assistant organist at St George's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia, from 1998 to 1999.^[5] He was awarded an organ scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, which he commenced in 2000.^[6]

Upon graduation from King's College, Cambridge, he served as the Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge.^[7] From 2009 to 2016 he held the position of Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow in Music at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was the University Lecturer in the Faculty of Music.

From 2016 to 2019 he served as organist and Director of Music at Saint Thomas Church in New York before succeeding Stephen Cleobury as Director of Music for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, in 2019.^[8][9]

As a conductor, Hyde has also worked with ensembles such as the BBC Singers, the Britten Sinfonia, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He has recorded a number of CDs, and has played at the BBC Proms on numerous occasions.^[2]

In September 2024, he was appointed Musical Director and Principal Conductor of the City of London Choir.^[10]

References

1. Daniel Hyde, Conductor: Biography. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
2. University of Cambridge, Faculty of Music: Mr. Daniel Hyde. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "The New Wizard Teaching at the Hogwarts for Choir". The New York Times. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
4. The Diapason (PDF), vol. April 2019, American Organ Institute
5. "Cathedral Organists". Retrieved 23 January 2019.
6. "Former Organ Scholars". King's College Cambridge. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
7. "Daniel Hyde takes New York choir post". classical-music.com. BBC Music Magazine. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
8. Classical Music Magazine, "King's College appoints Daniel Hyde as Stephen Cleobury's successor", 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
9. Church Times, "New teacher for Lessons: an interview with Daniel Hyde, Director of Music at King’s, Cambridge", 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
10. "The City of London Choir announces new Musical Director". Gramophone. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

Preceded by John Scott	Organist and Director of Music, Saint Thomas Church, New York 2016–2019	Succeeded by Jeremy Filsell
Preceded by Stephen Cleobury	Director of Music, King's College, Cambridge 2019–	Succeeded by Incumbent