Carl Jackson (organist)

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Carl Anthony Jackson MVO (born 1958) is a British organist and the director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court. [1] [2]

Carl Jackson grew up in Harrow, London. His father worked as an air traffic engineer at London Heathrow Airport, then at London Air Traffic Control Centre. His mother, originally from Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica, was a magistrate and nursing education tutor. [3] He attended Harrow County School for Boys between 1970 and 1977, [4] which he combined with studies as a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal Academy of Music. After a gap-year at the Academy, he then read music at Downing College, Cambridge where he served as organ scholar between 1978 and 1981. His teachers included Malcolm Hill, [5] Alan Harverson [5] and Peter Hurford. [5] After graduating in music from Cambridge, he moved on to Goldsmiths' College where he obtained a teaching qualification. [1] From 1986 to 1990 he was organist and director of music at Croydon Parish Church (now Croydon Minster). He took over as director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court in 1996, following the death of Gordon Reynolds the previous year. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Carl Jackson MVO, Director of Music". Who's Who at The Chapel Royal. HM Chapel Royal and The Choral Foundation. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ↑ TV documentary: Chapel Royal Hampton Court 1999 (Carl Jackson) on YouTube, 17 August 2017, Sue Cook (presenter)
  3. ↑ Selwyn E. Arnold (May 2010). "4. In Search of a Better Life". From Skepticism to Hope. Xulon Press. pp. 83–84. ISBN   978-1-60957-186-3.
  4. ↑ "Some Gaytonians". Virtual Gaytonian ... the website for all Old Gaytonians. Jeff Maynard. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "... Guest organist: Carl Jackson MVO". Leatherhead's Lunchtime Concerts 2012–2019. Music on Thursdays at Leatherhead Methodist Church. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Richard Williams (25 May 1995). "Obituary: Professor Gordon Reynolds". The Independent . Retrieved 20 October 2017.
Preceded by Organist and director of music, Croydon Parish Church
1986–1990		Succeeded by
David Swinson
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