Priory Records is a record company in the UK founded in 1980, and devoted mostly to church music and organ music. Important projects have included the complete Psalms sung by cathedral choirs to Anglican chant, all of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis settings by Herbert Howells, the "British Church Composer Series", the "Choral and Music from English Cathedrals", the "Music for Evensong" and, more recently, all the hymns in the complete New English Hymnal Series. There are also three discs of the Communion Service settings of Stanford and four further discs featuring settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate.
Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott, is an English soprano.
John Gavin Scott was an English organist and choirmaster who reached the highest levels of his profession on both sides of the Atlantic. He directed the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral in London from 1990 to 2004. He then directed the Choir of Men and Boys of Saint Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City until his death at age 59. Whilst training countless young musicians, he maintained an active career as an international concert performer and recording artist, and was acclaimed as "the premier English organist of his generation".
Petr Eben was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music, and an organist and choirmaster.
Peter John Hurford OBE was a British organist and composer.
Ralph William Downes CBE KSG was an English organist, organ designer, teacher and music director and was Professor of Organ in the Royal College of Music.
Jennifer Lucy Bate was a British concert organist. She is known for recording the complete organ works by Olivier Messiaen, guided by the composer, but also recorded, among others, English organ music, and the complete organ works of César Franck, Felix Mendelssohn and Peter Dickinson.
Pieter William Kee was a Dutch organist and composer.
Gerard Thomas Gillen is one of the most prominent Irish organists and a Professor Emeritus in Music at Maynooth University. As an organist, he has performed globally and recorded several CDs. Gillen's research interests lie in the areas of Catholic church music, organ building, and performance practice.
James Anthony O'Donnell is a British organist, choral conductor and academic teacher who has been a professor of organ at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in Connecticut, United States, since 2023.
Jane Marian Manning OBE was an English concert and opera soprano, writer on music, and visiting professor at the Royal College of Music. A specialist in contemporary classical music, she was described by one critic as "the irrepressible, incomparable, unstoppable Ms. Manning – life and soul of British contemporary music".
Gordon Brodie Stewart is a British organist, conductor, and teacher.
Patrick Russill is an English choral conductor, organist and music conservatoire teacher.
Joseph Nolan is an English-born Australian organist and conductor.
Mark Rowan-Hull is a British synaesthete performance and visual artist. He is known for creating original works of art accompanied by musicians in front of a live audience.
Anne Marsden Thomas is an English organist and pedagogue. She is Director of Music at St Giles-without-Cripplegate in the City of London.
Gail Archer is an American organist, music director, choral conductor and an academic. She is a Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College, Columbia University and the founder of an international forum for women organists called Musforum. She directs the ‘Barnard-Columbia Chorus & Chamber Choir’ and the ‘Music Program’ of Barnard College, Columbia University, and is College Organist of Vassar College.
Catherine Mary Ennis was an English organist and music director. She was president of the Royal College of Organists, the director of music at the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, and the founder of the London Organ Concerts Guide.
David Titterington is a British organist, educator and artistic director.
