Magnus Williamson

Magnus Williamson read music at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1990. After completing his DPhil thesis he was lecturer in music at Somerville College, Oxford, and currently at Newcastle University. His research focuses upon the music of late-medieval and early modern Europe, especially in the sources and contexts of early-Tudor polyphony.
He is active as a performer, and In 1988 became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. He has won prizes as an improviser, giving recitals in the UK and abroad. His collaboration with the Early English Organ Project &#64; <a href="spotify:album:1HwRAZzGaXzZ3t9p64VWEA" data-name="More Sweet to Hear: Organs and Voices of Tudor England">More Sweet to Hear: Organs and Voices of Tudor England</a> and with the ESRC/AHRC-funded Experience of Worship project has drawn together his academic interests and background as an improviser and church musician.

&#64;<a href="spotify:album:64RAAzLZOcTloo63JWcMJK" data-name="Tudor Church Music from Durham Cathedral">Tudor Church Music from Durham Cathedral</a>

&#64;<a href="spotify:album:3EYBehOWJmMfJOcwz2BhDI" data-name="The Organs of Oxford, Vol. 1">The Organs of Oxford, Vol. 1</a>

&#64;<a href="spotify:album:0bUPSh5kFTowbhIQkCJ1Qm" data-name="More Archive Recordings (1960-76). The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford directed by Bernard Rose">More Archive Recordings (1960-76). The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford directed by Bernard Rose</a>