William Saunders, Hamburg 2008

William is currently Assistant Director of Music at Ipswich School and Assistant Director of Music at St Mary-le-Tower Civic Church, Ipswich. During his education at Thomas Mills School, Framlingham, Suffolk he won the Chamber Music Ensemble Class in the National Festival of Music for Youth. Following this he was awarded the Associateship diploma of the Royal College of Organists before moving to Sheffield to take up a place at Sheffield University where he graduated with first class honours in July 2003. During his time in Sheffield he was Organ Scholar at Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield University and St John's Church, Ranmoor. He is an experienced recitalist and accompanist he has played at many distinguished venues in this country and abroad including the Cambridge Summer Music Festival and Oundle International Festival. During the summer of 2006 he toured the north of Germany performing recitals in Hamburg and Plon. In 2007 he recorded a CD of Romantic English organ music for Regent Records at St Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol which is available from all good record shops. In the May edition of Organists Review it was given Editor's Choice - "William's playing is quite astounding: musicality, flawless technique and mind-boggling organ management" He has just finished recording his second CD which will be released in November. This year's recitals include York Minster, Westminster Cathedral, Chelmsford Cathedral, St Michael's Croydon and Tewksebury Abbey. Currently a pupil of James Parsons, he has also studied with Gerard Brooks.

Below is a list of venues William has performed at in recent years:

All Saints Northampton, Ampleforth Abbey, Arundel RC Cathedral, Birmingham Cathedral, Brentwood RC Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, St Catherine's College, Cambridge, Chelmsford Cathedral, Clare College, Cambridge, Coventry Cathedral, Durham Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Leeds Parish Church, Lincoln Minster, Oakham Parish Church, Portsmouth Cathedral, Romsey Abbey, Royal Albert Hall, Ripon Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, St John's Ranmoor PC, Sheffield, St Mary's Bury St Edmunds, St Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol, St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, St Margaret's PC, Kings Lynn, St Michael's Croydon, St Michael's PC, Framlingham, St Peter's PC, Sudbury, St Pauls' Cathedral, London, Southwell Minster, St Michaelis Cathedral, Hamburg, Tewkesbury Abbey, Winchester Cathedral, York Minster.