Music at Pusey House
In full academic term, music for services at Pusey House is provided by the choir, made up of a quartet of singers.
We have, in the past, been extremely grateful to the Ouseley Trust for having provided the choir with significant financial support, and without which the quality of music within our liturgy would have been diminished. We are currently looking for other sources of funding, and would like to hear from those wishing to help. If this is you, please email Master of Music David Bannister here.
We have, in the past, been extremely grateful to the Ouseley Trust for having provided the choir with significant financial support, and without which the quality of music within our liturgy would have been diminished. We are currently looking for other sources of funding, and would like to hear from those wishing to help. If this is you, please email Master of Music David Bannister here.
David Bannister - Master of the Music
David is an Oxford based conductor and keyboardist, combining the posts of Choir Director at St John’s College and Master of the Music at Pusey House. He is also the Artistic Director of Vespri Segreti, a professional Oxford based vocal ensemble which exists to perform a wide range of early and contemporary repertoire. Until recently, David was Organist to the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, and he is rehearsal accompanist to the recently formed Oxford based choral society Opus48. |
James Fellows - Organist
James is Organist of Pusey House, and a DPhil student at The Queen’s College, researching the Renaissance liturgical and musical tradition of San Petronio, Bologna. Prior to this, James has been Organ Scholar of St Giles’ Church and Keble College. James also directs the professional choir, Luceat (‘a fine achievement’, Julian Lloyd Webber), with whom he has released two recordings. James is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, studying with William Whitehead |
Lay Clerks
Laura Newey - Soprano Lay Clerk
Laura read Music at Keble College, Oxford. She is currently pursuing an MSt in Musicology at Magdalen College. Alongside her role at Pusey House, she is Graduate Choral Assistant with the Choir of Keble College, and sings with the Magdalen College Consort of Voices and Schola Cantorum. As a pianist, Laura has performed solo in the Wigmore Hall, the Sheldonian Theatre, and the Elgar Room. 
Tommy Geddes - Tenor Lay Clerk
Tommy first came to Oxford from Liverpool in 2016 to undertake a bachelor’s degree in Music at Exeter College, where he sang tenor. After graduating, he moved to Peterborough Cathedral to take up a Choral Scholarship, where he trained intensively for two years, developing a taste for a variety of musical styles. Tommy returned to Oxford in September of 2021, taking up the position of Lay Clerk at Pusey House, additionally singing as Lay Clerk in Keble College Chapel Choir. He is currently undertaking a master’s degree in Music Composition at Worcester College, where he enjoys the challenge of writing original and coherent music. |
Will Prior - Alto Lay Clerk
Will has been singing since aged 11. He has performed with various choirs in a range of locations from the Menin gate with his school choir to the Royal Albert hall with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. Will read music at Magdalen College, singing as an alto Academical clerk in the college choir; he graduated in 2021. Whilst at university he enjoyed singing with various ensembles alongside his studies. He was a member of vocal octet ‘Ensemble Nova’ as well as co-directing The Oxford Gargoyles, a Jazz a capella group based at the Univeristy. Will is now working as a graduate assistant in the music department at Magdalen College School. 
Theo Nisbett - Bass Lay Clerk
Theo is a baritone currently based in Oxford. He was a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for six years under the directorship of Andrew Carwood, during which time he made multiple recordings with Hyperion and featured as a soloist in broadcasts for the BBC. During his two years at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, Theo began to perform in recitals and masterclasses in England and Wales. These have included work with Dina Harris, Roderick Williams, and Ron Morris. As a treble, Theo studied with Veronica Veysey Campbell, and now receives teaching from Jean-Claude Ohms. Currently an Academical Clerk in the Choir of New College, Oxford, he has also extended his performing to work with Fount and Origin, directed by James Tomlinson, enjoying exploration of the Medieval solo and choral repertory alongside that of Mélodie, Lied and Song. |
If you've any questions about the musical life of the House, please email David Bannister here.
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Download our latest music list here
or listen to recordings of the choir, perform the Advent Prose and Thomas Tallis' If Ye Love Me |
