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David Malcolm Bruce-Payne (born 8 August 1945) is an English cathedral organist. He served at St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham. Born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge under Boris Ord and Sir David Willcocks.
He studied the organ at the Royal College of Music and became Assistant Organist at Westminster Abbey and Master of Music at Westminster Abbey Choir School in 1968.
In 1974, he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Birmingham Cathedral and Head of Music at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He later became a Senior Lecturer and teacher of organ at Birmingham Conservatoire until moving to Weymouth in 2003. He continues to be active as a conductor, organist, composer and teacher.
Career
Organist of:
- St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham 1974–1977
- St. George's Church, Edgbaston 1977–2003
References
- The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
- The R.C.M. magazine, Volume 70. Royal College of Music
| Cultural offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byRoy Massey | Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham 1974-1977 |
Succeeded byHubert Best |
- English classical organists
- Cathedral organists
- 1945 births
- People educated at Bryanston School
- People from Banbury
- Alumni of the Royal College of Music
- Living people
- 21st-century English organists
- 21st-century British male musicians
- British male classical organists
- Academics of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire