Simon Hogan currently holds the organ scholarship at St Paul’s Cathedral; a post which he combines with the final year of his studies at the Royal College of Music.

Born and educated in Bristol, Simon has been passionate about cathedral music since becoming a chorister at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. There, as a young boy, he spent four years singing three weekly choral services, touring, recording, and nurturing his increasing interest in the organ; this culminated in him becoming the church’s first Organ Student at the age of 16. Whilst still at school Simon became Organ Scholar at Bristol Cathedral, and was subsequently awarded the organ scholarship at Salisbury Cathedral. During his year in Salisbury, Simon regularly accompanied the cathedral choir, gave recitals on the renowned Willis organ, and worked in the Cathedral School.

Upon leaving Salisbury, Simon took up a scholarship to read Music at the Royal College of Music, and became Organist of Ealing Abbey Choir, where he was responsible for accompanying the Abbey Choir and assisting the Director of Music in the training of the choristers. He combined this with the organ scholarship at King’s College, London. In July 2011 Simon took up the organ scholarship at St Paul’s Cathedral, where he regularly accompanies the world-famous choir and gives recitals on the cathedral organ.

As a recitalist, Simon has performed a wide and varied repertoire in venues around the UK, including the cathedrals of Norwich, Westminster and Truro, Westminster Abbey, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and St John’s College, Cambridge. He has also given recitals on two successive congresses with the Incorporated Association of Organists. As an accompanist, Simon has featured on a number of commercial recordings, and toured as both accompanist and singer to Russia, Venice, USA, France and Vienna.

2008 saw the debut concert of Simon’s choir The Hogan Ensemble, a chamber choir comprising up to twenty young singers. Since then, the group has performed a diverse and exciting repertoire to audiences around the South of England and recorded a commercial disc which has received favourable reviews.

Teachers:

Organ:
David Graham (from September 2008)
Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (joint from 2009)
Daniel Cook (2007 – 2008)
Claire Alsop (2004 – 2007)
Anthony Pinel (2000 – 2004)

Piano:
Jonathan Price (2004 – 2007)
Janice Nash (1997 – 2004)