Joseph Nolan
Hailed by Diapason Magazine, USA for his ‘flawlessly performed debut recital in Pittsburgh and impeccable technique’ Joseph Nolan is gaining recognition as an organist of considerable note.

Joseph was appointed to Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal, St James’s Palace in 2004 where he plays for the regular services. He has broadcast with the choir on Radio 3 and Classic FM and was organist for a new disc of Handel anthems to be released on the Naxos label. As part of his duties, Joseph also played at the Thanksgiving service for Princess Diana at The Guards Chapel in August 2007.

Joseph also plays regularly at the Wren church, St Bride’s Fleet St, which features a professional choir of international repute. Joseph has performed on numerous occasions at Buckingham Palace, most notably giving the inaugural recital of the refurbished Ballroom organ in November 2005 to a distinguished invited audience. Joseph was the first ever Organist to record a commercial CD of this instrument in November 2006 for the Signum label.

A scholarship holder at The Royal College of Music, London, Joseph won major organ prizes and was awarded First Class Honours for his B Mus Final Recital at The Temple Church, London. Joseph then studied in Paris with Marie Claire Alain and in London with Dame Gillian Weir supported by scholarships from The Countess of Munster Trust, The Hattori Foundation and The Royal Philharmonic Society.

Joseph’s career is being recognised internationally with his CD recordings on the ASV, Herald and Priory labels being lauded by International Record Review, BBC Music Magazine, Diapason (France), Klassik (Germany), Fanfare (USA), American Record Guide, Gramophone (UK), The Saturday Telegraph, Novita Gennaio (Italy), Luisata (Holland) and the Penguin Good CD Guide. They have also been broadcast in part on Radio France and Radio New Zealand.

Joseph has performed at many of the major UK venues including St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace (for the Cathedral Organists Conference 2004) and St John’s College Cambridge. Festival invitations include Frankfurt, Cambridge, Thaxted and Oundle where he was a soloist and tutor. Joseph has returned on occasion to teach organ at the Junior Department of The Royal College of Music, London. He is also an Examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, for whom he tours here and in the Far East.

Joseph is also active as a choral conductor. He was Conductor of The University College London Chamber Choir and is Conductor of London choir ‘Vivamus’. With both these choirs Joseph has conducted the London Mozart Players at St John’s Smiths Square.

Vivamus made its debut at The Royal Festival Hall in December 2004 with the Philharmonia Chorus, London Festival Orchestra and Willard White in a performance of Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’. Joseph made his debut solo tour to the USA in September 2005. Joseph returned to the USA in January 2007, having been invited to perform for the American Anglicans Conference at Christ Church, New Haven and to give a lecture-presentation on Widor at Yale University.

Joseph toured again to the USA in September 2007, to give the Celebrity recital on the newly rebuilt organ in The Church of The Epiphany, Pittsburgh, a masterclass at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh and additional recitals at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Oakmont Presbyterian Church.

A CD of contemporary organ music from Coventry Cathedral for Herald has been recently released to rave reviews (“This is as exciting as it comes” - Organists Review November 2007) and discs from Buckingham Palace Ballroom and St Sulpice, Paris for Signum will be forthcoming in 2008.

Joseph was recently appointed Organist and Master of The Choristers at St George’s Cathedral, Perth, Australia. He will take up the post in March 2008.