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Other teaching positions include honorary professor at [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music|Liszt Ferenc State University]] (1999), Distinguished Visiting Professor at [[Tokyo University of the Arts]] (2018), Visiting Professor at [[Korea National University of Arts]] (2016, 2022) and Visiting Professor at [[Yonsei University]], Seoul (2018).<ref name="auto1"/>
Other teaching positions include honorary professor at [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music|Liszt Ferenc State University]] (1999), Distinguished Visiting Professor at [[Tokyo University of the Arts]] (2018), Visiting Professor at [[Korea National University of Arts]] (2016, 2022) and Visiting Professor at [[Yonsei University]], Seoul (2018).<ref name="auto1"/>


He is a co-founder (with Dinah Molloy-Thompson) and trustee of the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists<ref>{{cite web |title=TrusteesERIC THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ORGANISTS AND ORGAN MUSIC |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1026344/trustees |website=Charity Commission register of charities |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> and a Liveryman of the Musicians' Company. He is a member of the Senior Common Room at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]].
He is a co-founder (with Dinah Molloy-Thompson) and trustee of the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists<ref>{{cite web |title=TrusteesERIC THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ORGANISTS AND ORGAN MUSIC |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1026344/trustees |website=Charity Commission register of charities |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> and a Liveryman of the Musicians' Company. He is a member of the Senior Common Room at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]], where his portrait was displayed in the Dining Hall throughout the year 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=New Alumni Portraits hung in Pembroke College Dining Hall |url=https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/news/new-pembroke-alumni-portraits-2023 |website=Pembroke College, Oxford |publisher=Pembroke College, Oxford |access-date=14 January 2023}}</ref>.


Awards including honorary fellow of [[Bolton Institute of Higher Education]] (1992), Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal College of Organists]] (1999), Honorary Fellow of [[King's College London]] (2018),<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the College as at March 2022 |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/assets/pdf/fellows-and-honorary-fellows-march-2022.pdf |website=King's College London |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> honorary member of the [[Royal Academy of Music]] (2008),<ref name="auto"/> Hon. DMus of [[Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music]], Budapest (1999), Honorary Doctor of the [[University of Huddersfield]] (2010), Honorary Doctor of Arts, [[University of Bolton]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Doctorates |url=https://www.bolton.ac.uk/more/honorary-doctorates/ |website=University of Bolton |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>.
Awards including honorary fellow of [[Bolton Institute of Higher Education]] (1992), Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal College of Organists]] (1999), Honorary Fellow of [[King's College London]] (2018),<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the College as at March 2022 |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/assets/pdf/fellows-and-honorary-fellows-march-2022.pdf |website=King's College London |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> honorary member of the [[Royal Academy of Music]] (2008),<ref name="auto"/> Hon. DMus of [[Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music]], Budapest (1999), Honorary Doctor of the [[University of Huddersfield]] (2010), Honorary Doctor of Arts, [[University of Bolton]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Doctorates |url=https://www.bolton.ac.uk/more/honorary-doctorates/ |website=University of Bolton |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>.

Revision as of 21:00, 14 January 2023

David Titterington is a British organist, educator and artistic director.

Early life and education

David Titterington was born on 10 January 1958, the son of Geoffrey Bridge Titterington and Claire Elizabeth Titterington (née Parsons).[1]

He studied piano, violin and viola in the Junior Department of the Northern School of Music with John Foster, Anne Brindley and Ida Carroll. He went on to study organ with William Morgan and Derrick Cantrell of Manchester Cathedral. For many of his school years he played viola in the Lancashire Schools Symphony Orchestra and chamber ensembles.

He was an organ scholar at Pembroke College, Oxford (BA Hons 1980, MA 1984),[2] and at the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison, Paris with Susan Landale and Marie-Claire Alain, where he was awarded a Premier Prix (à l’unanimité avec les felicitations du jury) in 1984 and Prix d'Excellence in 1985.[1]

Career

Titterington has been professor of organ at London's Royal Academy of Music since 1991, where he has been Head of organ studies since 1996. In 2017 he was conferred as professor with a personal chair from the University of London.[3] He has also been Honorary Visiting Professor of Organ at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest since 1997. Between 1993 and 2010, he gave annual masterclasses at the Dartington International Summer School.[4]

Since 2007 he has been artistic and executive director of the St Albans International Organ Festival.[5]

He has been director of music at London's Dutch Church since 1992.[6]

In 1992, for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, he was artistic director of the European Organ Festival and Competition.[1]

He has been organ consultant to Pembroke College, Oxford from 1993 to 1995; Chapel Royal at Tower of London from 1997 to 2000; St Catharine's College, Cambridge from 2000 to 2001; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 2007 to 2016; Canterbury Cathedral from 2007 to 2010. He has held the post of Organ Consultant at King's College London from 2016,[1] and at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate from 2019.[7] He is also organ curator at St John's Smith Square, a post he has held since 2012.

Other teaching positions include honorary professor at Liszt Ferenc State University (1999), Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2018), Visiting Professor at Korea National University of Arts (2016, 2022) and Visiting Professor at Yonsei University, Seoul (2018).[1]

He is a co-founder (with Dinah Molloy-Thompson) and trustee of the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists[8] and a Liveryman of the Musicians' Company. He is a member of the Senior Common Room at Pembroke College, Oxford, where his portrait was displayed in the Dining Hall throughout the year 2023[9].

Awards including honorary fellow of Bolton Institute of Higher Education (1992), Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (1999), Honorary Fellow of King's College London (2018),[10] honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music (2008),[3] Hon. DMus of Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest (1999), Honorary Doctor of the University of Huddersfield (2010), Honorary Doctor of Arts, University of Bolton (2018)[11].

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Titterington, David. "Titterington, Prof. David Michael, (born 10 Jan. 1958), Professor of Organ, since 1991, and Head, Organ Studies, since 1996, Royal Academy of Music, and Professor, since 2017, University of London; concert organist, since 1986". Who's WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Pembroke College Organ Scholarships & Choral Awards". Pembroke College, Oxford. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Titterington, David. "Royal Academy of Music: Professor David Titterington". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ Titterington, David. "David Titterington". St Albans International Organ Festival. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ^ Titterington, David. "David Titterington". St Albans International Organ Festival. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Dutch Church: Organisten". Dutch Church. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ^ "THE PARISH AND WARD CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-BISHOPSGATE Annual Report 2019" (PDF). St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  8. ^ "TrusteesERIC THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ORGANISTS AND ORGAN MUSIC". Charity Commission register of charities. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  9. ^ "New Alumni Portraits hung in Pembroke College Dining Hall". Pembroke College, Oxford. Pembroke College, Oxford. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the College as at March 2022" (PDF). King's College London. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Honorary Doctorates". University of Bolton. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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