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Edward Dean

Edward Dean (b. 1991) is renowned as an expert on the harmonium and its repertoire, and is in great demand as a harmoniumist both in the United Kingdom and further afield. Edward is Director of Music and Monastic Organist at Worth Abbey, and is a graduate of both the Royal College of Music and the Eastman School of Music (Rochester NY, USA). His responsibilities include playing for Lauds, Conventual Mass and Vespers on a daily basis, as well as directing the Abbey Choir.

In March 2018, he was appointed as Assistant Director of Music at Holy Trinity Sloane Street: a building once described by John Betjeman as “The Cathedral of the Arts and Crafts”; he was later appointed Organist. Previous Organists of Holy Trinity Sloane Street include Edwin Lemare, Walter Alcock and John Ireland.

Edward earned his Master of Music degree studying under Nathan Laube at the Eastman School of Music and was supported very generously during his time there by the Ann Anway scholarship and also the Charles R. Nicholls Memorial Scholarship. In July 2013 he graduated from the Royal College of Music in London with First Class Honours, gaining the Harold Darke prize for organ performance at the same time. At the Royal College he studied interpretation and improvisation with Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer Choplin (Saint-Sulpice), with David Graham (Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street), and harpsichord with Terence Charlston. In between his studies in London and the USA, he studied privately with Andrew Dewar at the American Cathedral in Paris.

Edward has also held positions at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris, St Bride’s Church Fleet Street, and the Anglican Church in Oslo. He was also awarded the first ever Organ Scholarship at Lancing College, Sussex.

As a composer, Edward’s compositions have been performed at many prestigious venues and festivals, including the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City. He is in high demand as a harmonium player, and has restored harmoniums and acted as a consultant for the BBC.

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