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Claudia Grinnell is a British organist and choir director who has served as Organist and Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Suffolk, England, since 2024.

Education and career

After graduating from the University of Cambridge, where she was an organ scholar at Peterhouse, with a first class degree in music, Grinnell was the organ scholar at Salisbury Cathedral for a year before becoming assistant organist at Winchester Cathedral in 2017. Having served as assistant organist for four years, she became the cathedral's sub-organist in 2021. She had particular responsibility for the girl choristers and also taught at Winchester College.

In 2024 Grinnell became Organist and Director of Master at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The first woman appointed to the role, she is responsible for the cathedral's five choirs as well as a programme of concerts and recitals.

References

1. St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Cathedral Choirs. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
2. Salisbury Journal, "Salisbury Cathedral organ scholar to take on new role", 24 May 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
3. Winchester Cathedral, "Winchester Cathedral Sub-Organist Claudia Grinnell appointed Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral", 26 March 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
4. East Anglian Daily Times, "St Edmundsbury Cathedral to welcome female music director", 26 March 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

• 1998 births
• Living people
• Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
• British choral conductors
• British organists
• British women organists
• 21st-century British women musicians
• 21st-century organists