Greg Morris is Associate Organist of the Temple Church in London, a position he has held since 2006. He accompanies the acclaimed Temple Church Choir, and has appeared with them on broadcasts and CD recordings. In addition, Greg takes a major role in the training of the choristers, and regularly directs the Choir, recently completing a term as Acting Director of Music. As an organ recitalist, he performs at major venues throughout the UK and Europe. In 2005 he gave the world premiere of David Briggs’s Organ Concerto, which he has also recorded with the Northern Chamber Orchestra. He has released two solo CDs to critical acclaim, and his playing on the recently released Missa de Gloria, a CD devoted to the organ music of Kenneth Leighton, has been described as ‘authoritative and more than equal to Leighton’s virtuosic demands.’ Born and educated in Manchester, Greg studied the organ with Paul Stubbings, John Kitchen and Thomas Trotter. He held scholarships at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, St Martin-in-theFields, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he directed the Chapel Choir. Greg won the prize for overall performance in the FRCO examinations, for which he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. From 2000-6, he held the post of Assistant Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral

Praised for her ‘deft musicality’ and ‘truly astonishing abilities’, Sally is much in demand as both soloist and chamber musician at major venues and festivals throughout the UK and abroad. Winning the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ ‘Maisie Lewis Award’ lead to Sally’s debut recital at the Wigmore Hall and in 2003 she was selected for representation by the Young Concert Artist Trust (YCAT). Her concerto work has included performances with the Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Ensemble and Britten Sinfonia. With Adam Walker (flute) she has performed Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Mostly Mozart Festival, Barbican). A keen advocate of expanding the repertoire for her instrument, she has given several world premieres of new works including Hugh Watkins’ Suite for Harp at the Presteigne Festval and has performed with the contemporary ensembles Lontano, Okeanos and the London Sinfonietta. Also in demand as an orchestral harpist, Sally regularly plays with orchestras including Northern Sinfonia, BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Opera House, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Rob’s career has been extremely diverse, working with many of the country’s leading orchestras, early music groups and theatre companies, but also playing for some of London’s most interesting jazz and crossover projects. For 17 years he has been principal percussionist with Rambert Dance Company. In 2003 he was in charge of percussion for John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple, recorded for DVD and CD and later repeated at the BBC Proms and the Holland Festival. Rob has composed for many choreographers, including Aletta Collins, Mikaela Polley, Mbulelo Ndabeni and Kirill Burlov, for performances at the ROH Linbury Theatre and Clore Studio, the QEH and Sadler’s Wells

James Vivian has been part of the music department at the Temple Church since 1997 and was appointed Director of Music & Organist of the Temple Church in 2006. Previously, he worked closely with the then Director of Music, Stephen Layton, as Sub-Organist and subsequently as Organist. At the Temple Church, James presides over the famous four-manual Harrison & Harrison organ and directs the professional choir of men and boys about whom the Daily Telegraph commented, ‘The Temple Church Choir is a formidable force, finely honed and blended’. The choir’s latest CD was released on the Signum label in 2010. As an organist, he is known as much for his outstanding interpretation of the solo repertoire as for his colourful and inventive accompanying; he is one of England’s most sought-after young organists. James Vivian was educated at King’s College, Cambridge where, for four years, he worked closely with its world-famous choir as organ scholar. Before Cambridge, he was acting-Assistant Organist. of Lincoln Cathedral. He was a prize-winner in the Fellowship examination of the Royal College of Organists, and was awarded a scholarship to study the French organ repertoire with Marie-Louise Langlais in Paris. James has appeared in many Festivals (including the BBC Proms, Aldeburgh, The Three Choirs Festival, the Lincoln Festival in New York City, and Festivals in Bermuda, Germany and Italy), and has played recitals and concerts throughout the world (including Japan, Brazil, South Africa, USA, and Europe). He has broadcast on many national radio stations as a soloist, and has recorded with labels such as Decca, Priory, Signum, Sony BMG, EMI and Hyperion. James has also been an examiner for the The Royal College of Organists.
James was Artistic Adviser to the hugely successful year-long 2008 Temple Festival; highlights included conducting a new and fully-staged production of Dido & Aeneas in London which was highly praised: ‘…an uncommonly satisfying, very beautiful account of Dido and Aeneas’ (Opera). He is co-founder of two professional instrumental ensembles, The Temple Players and Temple Brass, as well as the Temple Singers, with whom he presents concerts at the Temple Church.