Biography

Huw Jones, MA (Cantab), FRCO, PGCE

Huw Jones is currently the Assistant Director of Music and Chapel Organist of Stowe School, where he is also a sixth form tutor. He arrived at the school in September 2007 from Haileybury, where he held the post of musician-in-residence.

At Stowe, Huw teaches academic music to every year group, directs the Chamber Choir (with whom he recently toured New York), accompanies the Chapel Choir and Choral Society, and teaches music theory and aural skills. He is also the school's specialist teacher of organ and harpsichord. In his first year at Stowe, Huw was musical director for four sell-out performances of Oliver! and also composed a special piece to be sung to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their visit to the school, which he conducted on the day with voices from the Chamber Choir. Last year, Huw gained the PGCE teaching qualification and this year he was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, the highest organ playing accolade that exists in the UK.

Prior to his posts at Haileybury and Stowe and a few successful years working in finance, Huw graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in Music from Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where he was also an organ scholar. For most of his time at Cambridge, Huw directed the Robinson College Chapel Choir of around 24 members. During this period, the choir made two professionally produced CDs and toured Canada and the West Country.

Huw studied the organ with international recitalist David Goode, piano with Raymond Fischer, conducting with Alan Tongue, 'cello with Paul Cox and Alexander Technique with Peter Brierley. He is currently studying singing with celebrated vocal coach Sheridan Coldstream. Where time permits Huw still enjoys giving public organ recitals - a recent one upon the restored Reading Town Hall organ gaining the second highest attendance in the series. His career highlights include directing and accompanying evensong at St Paul's Cathedral, London, and accompanying a concert directed by the prolific English choral director and arranger Sir David Willcocks in 2007.