John Bertalot
Short biography: (born 1931)
John Bertalot won organ scholarships to the Royal College of Music, London, and to Oxford and Cambridge. His first post was at St.Matthew’s Church, Northampton, he then became Senior Lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and Director of Music of Blackburn Cathedral. For 16 years he held similar posts in Princeton, NJ. He has led choral workshops on four continents and he has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music and honorary Fellowships of the RSCM and GCM in recognition of his contributions to church music around the world. His books and compositions are published on both sides of the Atlantic.
Popular work(s): On Easter Day our Lord arose, traditional Suffolk melody arranged as an Easter carol for SATB and organ, words by John Bertalot (b. 1931),