Biography:

An undergraduate organist from West London, Barnaby Silverstone is the organ scholar of St Mary’s, Barnes. He started his organ journey in late 2019 at his local church St Mary’s, Osterley where he began playing in services, and subsequently in 2021 he was appointed organ scholar at St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, a post which he held for 2 years. In this role Barnaby combined accompanying weekly choral eucharists and choral evensongs with the taking of the choir, some highlights with the choir of St Mary Magdalene include tours to Southwark Cathedral and Queens’ College, Cambridge.

Barnaby is currently studying as a second-year undergraduate at the Royal College of Music, where he studies organ with David Graham, Charlie Andrews and Martin Schmeding. With the RCM Barnaby has gone on organ trips visiting and playing organs across Leipzig, Hamburg and Haarlem, and more recently has performed Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony with the Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Chloe van Soeterstede.

Barnaby has previously given recitals at Brentwood Cathedral, Holy Trinity Sloane Square and Croydon Minster, and from September he looks forward to joining HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace as senior organ scholar.

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