Alexander Knight is a versatile musician, combining his freelance music career alongside his posts as Organist of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Accompanist for Petros Singers, and Musical Director for the Treble Chefs.
Alex read Music at Cambridge University and held an organ scholarship at Queens’ College, where he performed with Queens’ College Choir, touring around the UK and internationally and featuring on their CD For the Wings of a Dove.
During his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music, Alex achieved an ‘outstanding’ distinction mark and received the Harold Darke Memorial Prize for organ. He studied organ with David Graham, Andrew Dewar and Martin Ford, and piano with Nigel Clayton. While studying at the RCM, he was awarded his Fellowship Diploma from the Royal College of Organists.
Alex has previously held organ scholarships at St Paul’s and Southwark Cathedrals, and the positions of Director of Music and Organist at St Mary Magdalene, Richmond (2016–23) and as Accompanist and subsequently Musical Director of the Canbury Singers (2018–23). Alex is an active recitalist, performing solo recitals at venues including St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Notable highlights include conducting Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem and Five Mystical Songs with the Prince Consort Sinfonia and Canbury Singers, accompanying a BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcast with the Old Royal Naval College Chapel Choir, and performing at Maggie’s Charity Carol Concert in the presence of the Queen Consort. Alongside Alex’s classical work, he is a live and session musician and performs with the band The New Immigrants.