Andrew Arthur

Andrew Arthur is a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge where, in addition to his primary College responsibilities as Director of Music and Director of Studies in Music, he is also Coordinator of the University’s Organ Scholarship Scheme and Chairman of the University’s Organ Scholars’ Forum. Amongst his diverse portfolio of musical activities, he works throughout the academic year training the Organ Scholars and conducting the Chapel Choir at Trinity Hall with whom, in addition to their regular schedule of services in the College Chapel, he undertakes a number of concerts, recordings and foreign tours.

Alongside his educational commitments, Andrew enjoys a busy and varied freelance career that has seen him perform extensively throughout the United Kingdom and on tour across Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Canada and the USA. Best-known for his work in the field of historically informed performance, he is in great demand as a director, keyboard soloist, accompanist and continuo player, working with many of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs. Andrew’s concerto, recital and chamber-music engagements encompass organ, harpsichord and fortepiano literature and his multifarious CD recordings as both keyboard-player and conductor have been met with wide critical acclaim.

Andrew continues to hold long-term positions as Associate Director of The Hanover Band and as a member of the Artistic Leadership Team at the Carmel Bach Festival in California, where he has served as a Director and as Principal Organist & Harpsichordist since 1999. He is also Musical Director of his own period-instrument ensemble and vocal consort, Orpheus Britannicus, with whom he records for Resonus Classics; in 2019, the ensemble was nominated for an International Classical Music Award.

Andrew’s love for chamber music and, in particular, his affinity for keyboard accompaniment has yielded a number of significant collaborations with other leading period-instrumentalists including the eminent violinists, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Theresa Caudle and Peter Hanson. He has also been engaged as a continuo player by many of the UK's leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs, working under such conductors as Nicholas Kraemer, Stephen Layton, Bruno Weil, Sir Stephen Cleobury and Sir Charles Mackerras. In 2000, he participated in Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s celebrated Bach Cantata Pilgrimage with the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir. For further information, please visit www.andrewarthur.com