Sidney Campbell

English organist

Sidney Scholfield Campbell MVO (born 1909 in London and died on 4 June 1974 in Windsor) was an English organist.

Education

He studied organ under Ernest Bullock and Harold Darke. In 1931 he was awarded the FRCO.

Career

He was

• organist of St. Margaret's Church, Leytonstone 1927 to 1929
• organist of Chigwell Parish Church 1929 to 1931
• organist of West Ham Parish Church 1931 to 1937
• organist of St. Matthew's, West Ham 1931 to 1936
• organist of St. Peter's Church, Croydon 1937 - 1943
• organist of St. Peter's Church, Wolverhampton 1943 to 1947
• organist of Ely Cathedral 1949 to 1953
• organist of Southwark Cathedral 1953 to 1956
• organist of Canterbury Cathedral 1956 to 1961
• organist of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle 1961 - 1974.^[1]

Sidney Campbell was also organist of St Clements Church in Sandwich, Kent.

References

1. The Times, 6 June 1974.