Matthew Power

A Writer, Editor and Musician based in London

United Kingdom

A features writer with experience in arts magazine publishing, I have contributed to titles including The American Record Guide, Classical Music, The Diapason, Gramophone, International Piano, Muso, Pianist and The Strad. Programme note credits include Masaaki Suzuki at the Aldeburgh Festival. I worked in an editorial capacity for St Mary-le-Bow Church, London and St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. A contributing editor at Choir & Organ magazine, I am also a composer and perform frequently in London as a choral director, organist and piano accompanist.

Portfolio
Choir & Organ
01/12/2021
A Sure Foundation

British vocal ensemble VOCES8 combine style with missionary zeal

Choir & Organ
01/10/2019
Open Door

The choral music and community operas of composer Jonathan Dove involve amateur musicians of all ages

Choir & Organ
01/09/2019
Castle in the Air

For more than a decade, The Queen's Six have juggled singing services at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with recording and touring

Choir & Organ
01/03/2018
Looking to the Light

Gabriel Jackson talks about balancing lament and ecstasy in his Stabat Mater

Choir & Organ
01/11/2017
The Bigger Picture

'Sound sculptor' Esmeralda Conde Ruiz is a force of nature

The Diapason
01/07/2014
Dreaming Spires

A stunning new instrument from Dobson Organ Builders of Iowa comes to Oxford

Aldeburgh Festival 2014
01/06/2014
Masaaki Suzuki

Programme notes for Masaaki Suzuki's recital on the historic Thamar organ at Framlingham

International Piano
01/07/2007
Buyer's Guide

Market advice for the purchase of school instruments