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John Scott Whiteley (born 1950) is an English organist and composer. He has performed extensively around the world and since 1985 has undertaken an annual tour of the US. He has performed in most major UK cathedrals and concert halls, and was Assistant Organist and later Organist and Director of the Girls' Choir at York Minster between 1976 and 2010.
York Minster Stoneyard is the stonemasons dedicated to the upkeep of the stonework of York Minster in York, England. [1] Established in the 11th century, around 400 years before the current cathedral was completed, [ 2 ] it has been located in Minster Yard , adjacent to the minster's southeastern corner, since 1913.
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
Pages in category "York Minster" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The street may have originated as the courtyard of the headquarters building of Roman Eboracum.In the 8th-century text The Earliest Life of Gregory the Great, a square between the royal palace and York Minster was mentioned, which has been tentatively identified with Minster Yard; however, in the 10th century, the area was covered by a cemetery associated with the minster.
Richard James Shephard MBE, [1] DL, [2] FRSCM (20 March 1949 – 20 February 2021) was a British composer, educator, and Director of Development and Chamberlain of York Minster. He was acclaimed as one of the most significant composers of church music of his time.
The choir of York Minster, where Jackson served as Organist and Director of Music for 36 years. Jackson had been a chorister at St Michael's Church, Malton, along with his brother Paul, [3] until he joined the choir of York Minster in 1929, where he sang under Sir Edward Bairstow for four years, after which he returned to Malton to serve as organist at St Michael's from 1933 to 1940.
The property is located around 400 feet (120 m) to the north of York Minster, on Minster Yard, and behind York Minster Library. The building, designed in the neo-Georgian style by architects Rutherford and Syme (one of their final works), [2] [3] is of red brick with ashlar dressings. It has a plain-tile hipped roof, with four chimney stacks. [1]