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The English organist, Ashley Grote, grew up in Colchester and attended Eld Lane Baptist Church with his family, where he sang in the choir and first played the organ. He joined the King's College Choir Cambridge at the age of 8 in response to a newspaper advertisement for voice trials. He then attended Uppingham School (Class of 2000) and returned to King's Collrege, Cambridge in October 2001 as an organ scholar (Class of 2004). He won 1st prize in the 1999 Royal College of Organists Young Performers' Festival. In 2000 he was the first organist ever to win a place in the keyboard final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition.
Ashley Grote served as Assistant Organist at Westminster Abbey, and Assistant Director of Music at Gloucester Cathedral. Currently he is Master of Music at Norwich Cathedral (since 2012) and a fellow of the Royal College of Organists. He currently lives in Norwich, Norfolk. He has regularly competed in the London marathon to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital. |
