Instrumental Section Adjudicator: Trevor Hughes  GRSM, ARCM, ARCO

Trevor Hughes is a Graduate of the Royal College of Music, winning the Colles Prize, and an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, winning the Doris Wookey Prize. He has accompanied recitals in the Purcell Room, the Wigmore Hall, and on BBC Radio 3, as well as in many music clubs over the country, and for over ten years he contributed regularly to BBC Schools Radio music programmes, as keyboards player, musical director, and arranger. He has also made a number of educational recordings for Lindsay Music, and Faber Music.

 Equally at home in a wide range of musical styles, Trevor has conducted many musicals in the theatre, and he has also played keyboards in a number of West End shows. His freelance work as both accompanist and choral conductor has taken him on numerous trips to the USA, as well as to Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Holland.

 Trevor’s significant experience in the field of church music continues in his present position as Director of Music at Holy Saviour Church in Hitchin. In 2003, he took the Church Choir to Barbados where it performed four concerts, and broadcast both on Caribbean Radio and Television. Later, in the same year, he formed a second, female voice, choir in the church, The Radcliffe Singers, which sings a wide range of sacred and secular music. Both choirs have just produced their first CD.

 As an organist, he has, during the last few years, performed in fund-raising concerts for Barnardo’s on the organs of Ely and Canterbury Cathedrals, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and Leeds Town Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall.

 His other musical work encompasses teaching piano, organ, keyboards and theory, and he has also adjudicated many music festivals at home and abroad.

When not involved with music, his other passions include classic vehicles!