Assistant Director of Music | Organ scholarship

Diocese of Hereford Organists’ Training Scheme (DHOTS)

 

Organist and Director of Music

Andrew Reid became Director of Music in April 2026.  He was previously Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral (2004–2012), Sub Organist of Westminster Abbey (2000–2004), and Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral (1996–2000).  During his time in London, he played for the funerals of Cardinal Basil Hume and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and accompanied the premiere and first recording of James MacMillan’s Westminster Mass.  At Peterborough he led the cathedral choir in recordings, broadcasts, festivals, concerts and tours as well as in the daily round of choral services, and was involved in the creation of the King’s School Junior Department, widening chorister access.

Andrew began his musical life as a chorister in a village choir in Kent, and was educated at The Judd School, Tonbridge. He graduated as Organ Scholar at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, later completing an MPhil degree at Robinson College. In 2012 he became Director of the RSCM (Royal School of Church Music), and from 2017 to 2022 was Managing Director of Harrison & Harrison Organ Builders in Durham, as they worked on the organs of Canterbury Cathedral and York Minster. In 2023 he was appointed Director of Music at Little St Mary’s in Cambridge, where he taught extensively. 

As Musical Director of the Northampton Bach Choir (2004–2007) and Peterborough Cathedral Festival Chorus, he directed performances of Bach’s Mass in B minor, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Haydn’s Creation, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.  In these roles he worked with the Black Dyke Band, Charivari Agréable, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, and Orchestra da Camera.  He has performed organ recitals across four continents, and directed choral courses and festivals in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and the USA, as well as in the UK.

Alongside his new role at Hereford Cathedral, Andrew is Musical Director of the Hereford Choral Society and an Artistic Director of the Three Choirs Festival.