Paul Carr Information

Paul Carr is a freelance organist and recitalist, choral director, accompanist, adviser and teacher. He is based in Birmingham, UK. Paul studied organ with Dr Roy Massey MBE at Hereford Cathedral and Professor David Saint at Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating with first-class honours. He was President of the Birmingham Organists Association for six years until 2014 and in June 2015 was awarded Honorary Membership of Birmingham Conservatoire. He is Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, where for 12 years he has been responsible for raising the standard of music offered for the weekly liturgy, primarily through working with the choir of adults, and developing the music programme. He is also Musician in Residence at Holy Trinity Parish Church Wordsley, Stourbridge. Passionate about the role of music in service to the liturgy, in addition to these posts Paul has extensive experience playing in a freelance role for church services far and wide. His concert and recital schedule takes him all over the UK, where he has performed on many of the finest instruments. Recent and forthcoming engagements include solo recitals at Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral in London, Birmingham Town Hall, Bath Abbey, Hereford Cathedral, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Blenheim Palace, Truro Cathedral, Victoria Hall Hanley, Keble College Oxford, St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh, St Bride's Fleet Street, London, and Blackburn Cathedral. H e has performed often in Germany, including three Angeluskonzerte at the Lambertikirche in M ünster and in 2015 in the Orgelpunkt series in Magdeburg Cathedral.