Kerry Beaumont

Kerry Beaumont (born 5 April 1957, Cambridge) is the Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral [cite web |url=http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/DIRECTOR%20OF%20MUSIC.htm |title=DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AT COVENTRY CATHEDRAL |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Coventry Cathedral ] and a British concert organist.

Beaumont was previously director of music (1994-2002) at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire, England and (1990-1994) at St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales. [cite web |url=http://www.churchmusic.org.uk/cathmus/stdavids.php |title=St Andrew and St David |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Anglican Church Music ]

British by birth, his family having emigrated to Canada in 1970, he was director of music at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA [cite news |title=PHILOMEL ENSEMBLE HAS BUSY WEEKEND |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB297B01E37F164&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Philadelphia Daily News |format=fee required |date=1985-04-26 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ] for seven years (1981-1988) before returning to his native country in 1988. His recordings, as an organist and choirmaster, are published by Priory Records [cite web |url=http://www.priory.org.uk/cgi-bin/ukstore/uk.cgi?keywords=beaumont&ppinc=search |title=Product Listing |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Priory Records ] and Cantoris Records. [cite web |url=http://www.cantoris.co.uk/acatalog/Cantoris_products_Organ_CDs_from_only__4_99__6.html |title=Organ CDs |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Cantoris Records ] Having studied organ improvisation with Antoine Reboulot in Quebec, Canada, [cite news |title=Bucks County Church Wrapup |url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=nlp&search=%22kerry%20beaumont%22%20%20reboulot&
|work=Bucks County Courier Times |format=fee required |date=1976-04-30 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ] and with Pierre Cochereau in Nice, France, he has pursued an active interest in the art of improvisation in his concert career. As a member of SOCAN (the Society of Canadian Composers, Authors and Publishers) he has published several hundred recorded compositions through the programme music libraries of Omnimusic [cite web |url=http://www.omnimusic.com/search/advancedindex.html |title=Composer: Kerry Beaumont |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Omnimusic ] and the Parry Music Library. [cite web |url=http://www.jetsetrecords.net/php/search.php?L=JP&mode=from_top&select=artist&search_key=kerry+beaumont |title=ARTIST SEARCH - Beaumont |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Jet Set Records ] Of his church music there are published titles by Encore Music Publication [cite web |url=http://www.encorepublications.com/publications.shtml#beaumont_k |title=Publications |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Encore Publications ] and Banks Music Publications. As a conductor he occasionally guest-directs choral workshops and concerts for the Royal School of Church Music [cite web |url=http://www.rscm.com/ukIreland/areas/26.php |title=The RSCM in and around Oxford |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Royal School of Church Music ] and other organisations.

References

External links

* [http://kerrybeaumont.com Beaumont's website]