Gresham Professor of Music

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Milton Mermikides
Milton Mermikides, appointed Gresham Professor of Music in 2023

The Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Music is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.[1]

The Professor of Music is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.

List of Gresham Professors of Music

Note, years given as, say, 1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

Former Gresham Professor of Music, Christopher Hogwood, leads a rehearsal ahead of his lecture on Schubert, January 2013
NameStarted
1John BullMarch 1596 / 7
2Thomas Clayton20 December 1607
3John Taverner17 November 1610
4Richard Knight28 August 1638
5William Petty7 February 1650 / 1
6Thomas Baynes[2]8 March 1660 / 1
7William Perry9 August 1681
8John Newey9 October 1696
9Robert Shippen4 December 1705
10Edward Shippen7 October 1710
11John Gordon16 January 1723 / 4
12Thomas Brome[3]12 March 1739 / 40
13Charles Gardner6 December 1745
14Thomas Griffin11 January 1763
15Theodore Aylward Sr.5 June 1771
16R. J. S. Stevens17 March 1801
17Edward Taylor24 October 1837
18Henry Wylde10 July 1863
19Frederick Bridge30 April 1890
20Henry Walford Davies11 July 1924
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance
21Peter Latham29 May 1946
22Antony Hopkins1963
23Brian Trowell1971
24Iannis Xenakis1975
– vacant –1978-79
25A Percival1980
– vacant –1983
26John Dankworth1984
27Peter Renshaw1986
28David Owen Norris[4]1 September 1993
29Stephen Pratt / Joanna MacGregor[5][6]1 September 1997
30Piers Hellawell[7]1 September 2000
31Adrian Thomas[8]1 September 2003
32Roger Parker FBA[9]1 September 2006
33Christopher Hogwood CBE[10]1 September 2010
34Christopher Page FBA[11][12]1 September 2014
35Tom Service[13]2018
36Marina Frolova-Walker[14]2019
37 Milton Mermikides[15] 2023

References

  1. "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. "Baines, Thomas (BNS638T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Brome, Thomas (BRM732T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. "Professor David Owen Norris | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. "Professor Stephen Pratt | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. "Professor Joanna McGregor | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. "Piers Hellawell | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. "Professor Adrian Thomas | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. "Professor Roger Parker FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. "Announcement on Christopher Hogwood's website". Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  11. "Professor Christopher Page FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. Announcement on the University of Cambridge, Faculty of English website
  13. "Professor Tom Service | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. "Professor Marina Frolova-Walker | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. "Professor Milton Mermikides | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

Sources

Further reading

  • Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.