Malcolm Archer
Malcolm Archer ( born 1952 in the UK) is a British organist, choirmaster and composer.
Life
Archer went to the King Edward VII and Queen Mary School in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire to school before studying as a fellow of the Royal College of Organists, London at the Royal College of Music in Kensington, London. His organ teachers included, among others, Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir and Nicolas Kynaston. He studied composition with Herbert Sumsion and Alan Ridout. In the years 1972-1975 he was organ scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Professional life
Archer's first jobs as an organist were at the Bristol Cathedral and the Cathedral of Norwich. From 1996 to 2004 he was organist and Master of the Choristers, the choirboys at the cathedral of Wells. His duties included the training of the members of the choir for the daily worship. He was also the Music Director of the Oratorio Society Wells Cathedral, whose recordings of various concerts found wide acclaim.
2004 Archer went as successor to John Scott until July 2007 as Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Since 2007 he is Director of Chapel Music and Organist at Winchester College, where he teaches organ both the specialist as well as the Winchester College Chapel Choir leads.
Archer was a member of the board of the Royal College of Organists. In 2012, He is a board member of the Salisbury Cathedral and the Guild of Church Musicians.
Honors and Awards
- Organ Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge
- Fellowship of the Guild of Church Musicians
- Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music ( FRSCM )
Compositions
In 2012 there were already more than 200 of Archer compositions in printed form. A special composition was to the Birthday Mass for the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, which was broadcast live on British television BBC 1.
Printed music
- Alan Ridout: Carols Old and New 100 Christmas Settings. Kevin Mayhew, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, 1991, ISBN 0-86209-183-7.
- Favourite Anthem Book. Kevin Mayhew, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1991/1992.
- Thirty Short Interludes for Organ. Kevin Mayhew, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1992, ISBN 0-86209-229-9.
- The Oxford Book of Wedding Music for Manuals. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993, ISBN 0-19-375123-2.
- Six Plainsong Preludes for Organ. Kevin Mayhew, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1997, ISBN 1-84003-007-0.
- Advent for Choirs. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 0-19-335576-0.
- With John Scott: Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-353026-0.
- Make we Joy now in this Fest. Oxford University Press, Oxfprd 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-336059-4.
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory. for voices. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-336883-5.