Description
Organist Mark Williams and the men of Cantores in Ecclesia, conducted by Dean Applegate, present a sacred music program alternating choir with organ, featuring the Bond organ of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon. Mark Williams was born in Lancashire in England and sang as a boy at Manchester Cathedral before going on to hold the Organ Scholarship and an academic scholarship at Trinity College Cambridge. In 2000 at the age of 21, he was appointed Assistant Sub-Organist of St. Paulās Cathedral in London and Director of Music at St. Paulās Cathedral School. He relinquished both posts in April of 2006 in order to pursue his rapidly growing freelance career. Described as āthe shooting star of the international organ sceneā by the international press, he has appeared in the UK, Europe and America with ensembles such as The Sixteen, The Kingās Consort, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia and the Gabrieli Consort and Players.