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Welcome to the website of Fraser
Wilson B.Mus (Hons) ARCO
Choir trainer, composer and organist
Organist
and Director of Music of St Bartholomew's, Clyde Road, Dublin
Fraser will be running the Loch Ness Marathon in early
October: please click here
to find out more!
A former organ scholar of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin,
Fraser is now Director of Music of St Bartholomew's, Clyde Road, Dublin.
He grew up in Norfolk and was educated at Norwich School and has held
church positions in Scotland, East Anglia and Sheffield, the most recent of
these being at St Matthew's, Carver Street, Sheffield. He is a choir
trainer of ever-increasing experience and inventiveness, and he
delights in bringing the best out of singers and (particularly in a
liturgical context) encouraging them, in the words of the motto of the
Royal School of Church Music, to sing "with the spirit and with the understanding also".
He particularly enjoys leading workshops and rehearsal days, and is
passionate about bringing music to as wide an audience as possible
(particularly the younger generation) in an accessible and inspirational
way.
Fraser has a first-class honours degree in Music from the
University of Sheffield. In addition to his work in Dublin, he also founded
and directs the Rivelin Singers, a group which has sung highly successful
weeks in Chester and Norwich cathedrals; recordings and concert tours await!
Fraser's continually expanding catalogue of compositions includes
many works for the church (mostly written under his liturgical pseudonym
Peter Macintosh) and a smaller number for the concert hall, and he responds
to commissions whenever he can find the time. Among his most recent works
are a dramatic setting of the Reproaches for the Good Friday liturgy at St
Matthew's, a Song of the Midnight
Hour (for Midnight Mass) and two sets of evening canticles for St
Bartholomew’s, and a further set of canticles commissioned by an English
church choir. He is currently working on the final movement of his Concerto for piano and string
orchestra and contemplating a number
of other items!
Fraser is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists
(and faintly aspires to becoming a Fellow, if he can ever find time to put
in the work!). He has particular interests in Bach and contemporary organ
music and in improvisation. Decidedly a liturgical rather than a concert
organist, he lists accompaniment and
playing for services among his favourite pastimes. He is also an
increasingly experienced teacher, and is currently in the process of
establishing a private teaching practice in Dublin. Since
arriving in Dublin, he has formed and developed close links with a number
of schools and other educational establishments.
You are very welcome to explore this website. You will find
information about Fraser's career and work and various other things that
may be of interest. In particular you may wish to download the composition
samples. Do feel free to get in touch if
you would like to book Fraser for an engagement, if you wish to discuss a
commission, or if you have any other questions.
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