OFFICE-BEARERS
Honorary President:
Dr Dennis W Townhill, O.B.E., D.Mus., B.Mus., F.R.C.O.(Chm), L.R.A.M.,A.D.C.M., F.R.S.C.M. (Organist Emeritus, St Mary's Cathedral)
Honorary Vice-Presidents:
Very Rev Philip Crosfield, O.B.E., M.A.
Rev Thomas Cuthell, M.A., B.D. (St Cuthbert's Parish Church)
Dr Francis Jackson, O.B.E., D.Mus., F.R.C.O., F.R.S.C.M., F.R.N.C.M.,
F.W.C.C. (Organist Emeritus, York Minster)
Jos van der Kooy (Westerkerk, Amsterdam, Town Organist, Haarlem and teacher at the Royal Conservatory at The Hague)
Most Rev Keith O'Brien, K.M., K.C.H.S., B.Sc., Dip.Ed. (Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh)
Michael Reckling (Organo del Sol Mayor, Marbella, Spain)
Professor René Saorgin (Nice)
Rt Rev Brian A Smith, M.A., M.Litt. (Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh)
Rev. John R. Smith MA BD (Moderator of the Presbytery of Edinburgh)
President:
Sheila E Robertson
Vice-President:
Andrew Caskie
Honorary Secretary:
Membership Secretary:
Dr Michael Wells
Honorary Treasurer:
Calum Cooper
Editor of "Console":
Graham Maclagan
Members of Council (with year of retiral):
Ishbel Coy 2009
David Turner 2010
Eileen Marchant 2011
George Hay 2011
John Kitchen 2011
George McHollan 2011
David Stewart 2011
PAST PRESIDENTS
* Deceased
*1913-15 Dr W Baird Ross, F.R.C.O. (Founder)
*1915-16 Dr Thomas H Collinson, F.R.C.O.
*1917-18 Paul della Torre
*1918-19 Dr Alfred Hollins, Hon.F.R.C.O.
*1919-20 Dr A T Lee Ashton, F.R.C.O.
*1920-21 W Martin Hobkirk, Hon.R.C.M.
*1921-22 J S Anderson, B.Mus., F.R.C.O.
*1922-23 James C Lumsden
*1923-24 Dr W Greenhouse Allt, C.B.E., F.R.C.O., F.T.C.L.
*1924-25 Dr Robert McLeod, F.R.C.O.
*1925-26 Dr W Baird Ross, F.R.C.O. (Founder)
*1926-27 J W Cowie
*1927-28 H Walley, F.R.C.O.
*1928-29 Dr G Hermon Allatt, F.R.C.O.
*1929-30 Dr Alfred Hollins, Hon.F.R.C.O.
*1930-31 Arthur Snell
*1931-33 Dr W Greenhouse Allt, C.V.O., C.B.E., F.R.C.O., F.T.C.L.
*1933-35 Ralph T Langdon, Mus.Bac.
*1935-36 W Norman Mellalieu, F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
*1936-37 Douglas L Hutchinson
*1937-39 Dr W Baird Ross, F.R.C.O. (Founder)
*1939-40 Robert Barrow, F.T.C.L.
*1940-41 James C Lumsden
*1941-42 Marshall M Gilchrist, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
*1942-43 S Webster, Mus.B., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
*1943-44 J Bennett McNeill, Mus.Bac., F.R.C.O.
*1944-45 Dr Robert Head, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., F.T.C.L.
*1945-46 Dr G Hermon Allatt, F.R.C.O.
*1946-47 Eric Read, M.A.
*1947-48 J Stewart Currie, F.T.C.L.
*1948-49 Dr Eric Smith, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., F.T.C.L.
*1949-50 Dr Robert Head, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., F.T.C.L.
*1950-51 Douglas L Hutchinson
*1951-52 Herrick Bunney, L.V.O., B.Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.
*1952-53 Graham Gould
*1953-55 S Webster, Mus.B., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
*1955-57 Dr Eric Smith, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M.
*1957-59 Bryce Gould, senior
*1959-61 Robert P F Lauder, B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E., A.M.I.E.R.E
*1961-63 Ronald I Clark, A.R.C.O.
*1963-65 Herrick Bunney, L.V.O., B.Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.
*1965-66 Douglas L Hutchinson
1966-68 Dr Dennis W Townhill, D.Mus., B.Mus., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., A.D.C.M., F.R.S.C.M.
*1968-70 Dr Eric Smith, M.Mus.(R.C.M.), F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., F.E.I.S., L.R.A.M.
*1970-72 Norman Shires, F.R.C.O., F.T.C.L., L.R.A.M.
*1972-74 Robert P F Lauder, B.Sc., C.Eng., F.I.E.E., M.I.E.R.E.
*1974-76 Tom Sommerville, B.Mus., F.R.C.O., Dip.S.N.A.M., L.R.A.M.
1976-78 John Young, M.A., L.T.C.L.
1978-80 Miss Lindsay Sinclair, L.R.A.M.
*1980-82 Sir Ronald E C Johnson, C.B., M.A.
1982-84 Dr Dennis W Townhill, D.Mus., B.Mus., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., A.D.C.M., F.R.S.C.M.
1984-86 Colin J Tipple, B.Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.A.M., G.R.S.M., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
1986-88 Norman J W Cairns, B.A., A.R.C.M.
1988-90 Peter E Backhouse, B.Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.
*1990-91 John R Clapperton, M.A., Mus.B., M.Ed., F.R.C.O., L.T.C.L.
1991-92 Vacant
1992-94 Dr John P Kitchen, M.A., B.Mus., Ph.D., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M.
1994-96 Colin J Tipple, B.Mus., F.R.C.O., A.R.A.M., G.R.S.M., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
1996-97 Thomas W Laing-Reilly, M.A., B.Mus., F.R.C.O., F.A.G.O., Diplome de la Schola Cantorum
1997-99 Timothy Byram-Wigfield, B.A.(Oxon), F.R.C.O.
1999-2001 Alan Buchan, B.Mus.
2001-03 Dr John P Kitchen, M.A., B.Mus., Ph.D., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M.
2003-04 Michael D Harris, M.A. (Oxon), PGDipRCM, P.G.C.E., F.R.C.O.(Chm), A.R.C.M.
2004 Matthew Owens
2005-2007 Dr Jeremy Cull BA (Dunelm), MA, PhD