Bourne Abbey Church

Meet the Organists
AT THE ORGAN...
KAITLYN HALLAS, Organ Scholar
Kaitlyn, a student at Bourne Grammar School was appointed Organ Scholar in 2019.




JOHN SAUNDERS Director of Music
Now retired from a career in manufacturing industry and teaching, John has been Director of Music at the Abbey from 1984-87 and again from 2006. After singing as a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, where he started his organ studies, he has held a number of Organist and Choirmaster’s posts in the Home Counties, and more recently at All Saints’ and St. Mary’s churches in Stamford. He has been a Lay Clerk of Peterborough Cathedral, and has frequently sung at Southwell Minster.
Director of Music
John Saunders, Mellstock, Bourne Road, Essendine 01780 480479
e-mail: jclementsaunders@gmail.com

c 1864 - c 1870 Shadrac Frost **
c 1874 W. Porter **
c 1876 - c 1878 James Price **
1883 Mr. Ruddell **
1884 - Alfred Gregory **
c 1892 - 1894 J. N. Wolstencroft **
1894 - 1927 W. R. Leary
1927 - 1930 L. Jones
1930 - 1932 H. R. Holmes
1932-1936 Mr. Hand **
Organists over the years...
1936 - 1940 Albert Hill
1940 B. N. Owen **
1940 - 1941 B. W. Moss
1941 - 1943 N. Gwent **
1943 - 1946 R. Woodham
1947 R. Jarvis
1947 - 1948 R. Woodham
1948 - 1949 R. Healey
1950 - 1970 R. Woodham
1970 A. Mason
1971 - 1972 C. W. Stout
1972 - 1973 H. E. Ruston
1973 - 1977 Ian Aiken
1977 - 1981 Michael Kee
1981 - 1984 Robert Gilman
1984 - 1987 John Saunders
1987 - 2006 Philip Spratley
2006 - John Saunders
Pre-1973 information is adapted from "The Organs of Bourne Abbey 1834 - 1977" by Ian Aiken, and subsequent research by John Riley. Dates marked ** are uncertain.