William has just returned from his 2010 Germany Organ Tour

Recitals were given at -
St Michael’s Cathedral, Hamburg
Cologne Cathedral
Uelvesbüll Church – which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the organ and was attended by the Cheif Executive of Marcussen Organ Builders
St Petri Hauptkirche, Hamburg

Details of William’s 2011 tour will be published shortly.

William will be a tutor on this years Royal College of Organists Organ Scholar Experience Course in Cambridge which runs from 27th July to the 1st August 2010.

More information can be found by clicking here – http://www.rco.org.uk/file.php?id=233

William is thoroughly enjoying organising the first Festival of Music at Ipswich School to be held in September this year. Below you will find a recent press release issued by Ipswich School -

“The Music Department is organising its first-ever Festival of Music, from 16th-20th September this year. The Festival is the brainchild of William Saunders, Assistant Director of Music. “Ipswich School is an centre of excellence for music, and we have a wealth of experience in organising public events. The Festival programme ranges from world class musicians, such as Julian Lloyd Webber, who will be giving a cello masterclass as well as a lunchtime recital, to a community event involving local schools in an African drumming and Brazilian Samba Workshop.” The School’s own Chapel Choir will lead the Festival Evensong, and the Big Band will join the Ipswich Musicians’ Union Big Band in a concert. His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts will perform music from Music from England, Germany, Spain and Italy, and there will be concerts by percussionist Joby Burgess, tenor Richard Edgar Wilson, and organist James Parsons. Tickets are available online from July.”

William will be launching his third CD, Animal Parade, at Brentwood Cathedral on Saturday 9th October 2010 at 7.30pm

William will be playing for the Ravenscroft Singers between 23rd-29th August at Winchester Cathedral

New recording with Regent Records planned on the organ of Brentwood Cathedral

Music to include -
Animal Parade by Iain Farrington, Five Dances by John Gardner, Changing Moods Suite by Christopher Steel and a newly commissioned work by Dobrinka Tabakova.

Release date – October 2010

Even more recitals added!!

Durufle Requiem
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
29th April 2010
7.30pm
Ipswich School Choral Society
Ipswich School Choir
Members of Ipswich School Chapel Choir
William Saunders, Conductor
David Dunnett, Organ

Saturday 13th March 2010
Ipswich. Raise your Game!
 An RCO Workshop for Young Organists.
For organists of all standards aged 9 – 19 with tuition in small, graded groups from Nigel Ogden (BBC Radio 2’s The Organist Entertains), James Parsons, William Saunders (Ipswich School) and Peter Crompton (Royal Hospital School) using organs at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich (3 manual Willis/Bower), Royal Hospital School (4 manual Hill, Norman and Beard) and Castle Hill United Reformed Church (3 manual Christe Cinema organ).
The day concludes with an organ recital by Nigel Ogden at Royal Hospital School Chapel, Holbrook, Ipswich – 7.30pm.

Solemn Eucharist for Ash Wednesday with the Imposition of Ashes
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Wednesday 17th February
7pm
William Saunders, Conductor
Nicholas Freestone, Organ
Music to include Palestrina and Byrd