The website of Jonathan Hope

Jonathan Hope was born in 1988. Educated at George Abbot School in Guildford, his teachers included Stephen Lacey and John Belcher, before he moved to study with Margaret Phillips at the Royal College of Music in 2007.

He performs both at home and abroad, often receiving critical acclaim. He has won awards the organ classes of the Godalming Music Festival five times (2000, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008), as well as success in other competitions, including the 2005 Royal College of Organists’ National Performance Festival for Young Organists at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, where he was nominated to appear on the Three Choirs' Festival Fringe in August of that year.

As a composer, he has written not only for the organ, but also for brass, choir and others; these have included commissions from many places, including the brass quintet of the London Mozart Players and the Yehudi Menuhin School.

In May 2008, Jonathan takes up the appointment of Director of Music and Organist at John Keble Church, Mill Hill in the northwest of London.

In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys 20th Century literature, real ale and football.

current as of April 2008