Daniel Cook Musical Director

Daniel Cook was appointed Musical Director of Grange Choral Society in April 2008. Widely known as a Choral Conductor and Organist, he has been Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral since September 2005.

As well as working closely with the Cathedral Choirs, his duties involve playing the organ for all major services, broadcasts, concerts and recordings as well as being founder director of the newly formed cathedral chamber choir. In addition, Daniel will take up the position of Musical Director of the Salisbury based chamber choir, The Farrant Singers in January 2009.

Daniel received his early musical education at Durham Cathedral with Keith Wright. Following a year as Organ Scholar at Worcester Cathedral, he moved to London to take up a place at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Nicolas Kynaston, James O'Donnell, and Patrick Russill and participated in master classes with many of the worlds leading organists including Marie-Claire Alain, Lionel Rogg and Jon Laukvik. While at the Academy, he worked as Organ Scholar at Southwark Cathedral and Westminster Abbey before graduating with first class honours in July 2003. Whilst still a student, he was appointed Assistant Organist at Westminster Abbey where he participated in many important national and international services including the 50th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation.

Daniel has twice been a finalist in the St Albans International Organ Competition. As a recitalist, he has played across England and Wales, as well as making appearances in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy and Norway. Recent years have seen engagements in most of the cathedrals in Britain, several Oxbridge College Chapels and in Westminster Abbey's Summer Organ Festival.

He is also well known as an accompanist and has worked with many of the distinguished vocal ensembles and choral groups in the UK such as the BBC Singers and the Holst Singers. His first solo organ recording (of the organ works of Sir Walter Alcock recorded in Salisbury Cathedral) will be released by Priory Records later this year. Current projects include a performance of the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in six recitals to celebrate the centenary of his birth and a CD recording of contemporary organ music for the John Armitage Memorial and Choir and Organ magazine.

Daniel is married to Miriam who is a geography teacher and they live in Salisbury with their son William, Labrador Bertie, and three cats Flow, Timmy and George.

Joanne Corbin - Rehearsal Accompanist
Joanne Corbin has been the Rehearsal Pianist for Grange Choral Society since January 2005, for Brockenhurst Choir since 2006 and for Lymington Choral Society since September 2007.

Joanne made two well-acclaimed concert performances with Grange at the Regent Centre: Carmina Burana with pianist Derek Goodger in 2005 and Hiawatha with pianist Helen Woodgates in 2006.

Joanne was Musical Director for a New Forest Players schools production of Les Misérables in February 2007 where she played to full houses. In October 2007 she played Carmina Burana for Voices for Hospices at St. Thomas Church , Lymington.

GRANGE ORCHESTRA & SOLOISTS

The Grange Orchestra consists of musicians who have played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, as well as freelance musicians. The Society works with professional soloists.

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