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Malcolm Archer
Malcolm Archer
Born	29 April 1952 (age 72)
Nationality	English
Education	Royal College of Music
Occupation(s)	English composer, conductor

Malcolm Archer FRCO (born 1952) is an English composer, conductor and organist. He was formerly Organist and Director of Music at Bristol Cathedral, at Wells Cathedral and at St Paul's Cathedral^[2] and Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College.

Education and personal life

Malcolm Archer was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham before studying at the Royal College of Music (as a Royal College of Organists scholar). He was later organ scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge. His organ teachers included Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir, and Nicolas Kynaston and he studied composition with Herbert Sumsion, Bernard Stevens and Alan Ridout.^[2]

Archer married Alison (an artist and musician) in 1994, and they have a son (b.1997) and a daughter (b.1999).

Career

First posts

Malcolm Archer's first posts were at Norwich Cathedral as Assistant Organist (1978–1983), and Bristol Cathedral (1983–1990) as Organist and Master of the Choristers which he left to spend time living and working in the US.

Wells Cathedral (1996–2004)

Archer was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Wells Cathedral in 1996 where he directed and trained the Cathedral choir for its daily services in the cathedral, as well as being the musical director for Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society. In April 2000, he and choir members participated in a tour to North America, which included concerts in Ottawa, Ontario; Albany, New York; Richmond, Virginia; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Washington, DC; Lancaster, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; St. Paul, Minnesota; Chattanooga, Tennessee and Augusta, Georgia. He has made several recordings with the choir, including with the labels Hyperion Records and Lammas Records.

St Paul's Cathedral (2004–2007)

Malcolm Archer took over as organist and Director of Music at St Paul's from John Scott in 2004. He directed the choir for several important state services, including the service to celebrate the 80th birthday of Elizabeth II, for which he composed a special anthem.

Winchester College (2007–2018)

In August 2007 he took up a position as Director of Chapel Music and Organist at Winchester College, where he was in charge of the Winchester College Chapel Choir and the College Quiristers as well as teaching composition and the organ. Recordings with the choir include Stanford's choral music, Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, Three Wings (Warner Classics) and Mozart's Requiem, accompanied by the London Mozart Players. He left Winchester College in 2018.

Compositions

Archer has had over 250 compositions published. His major works include ‘Requiem’, ‘Vespers’, ‘Three Psalms of David’, ‘The Coming of the Kingdom’, the musical, ‘Walter and the Pigeons’, the one-act opera, ‘George and the Dragon’, ‘Sinfonietta’ for orchestra, ‘Concerto for Trumpet and Strings’ and ‘Sonata for Cello and Piano’. His choral works include:^[2]

A Hymn to the Virgin
A Hymn to St Cecilia
Alleluia, Who Is This Who Comes in Triumph?
A New Commandment
At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
Ave Verum Corpus
Before the End of the Day
Bless the Lord
Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Bread of Heaven On thee We Feed
Brightest and Best
Christ Be Beside Me
Christ Is Our Cornerstone
Christ Who Knows
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Come My Way
Creator of the Stars of Night
Dance My Heart
Exsultet
Give Us the Wings
God Be in My Head
God Who Made the Earth
Holy Is the True Light
How Like an Angel
Hymn to the Holy Spirit
Jesu My Truth My Way
Jubilate Deo
Judge Eternal
Lead Kindly Light
Let All the World
Light's Abode Celestial Salem
Little Lamb Who Made thee
Lord of All
Lord of All Hopefulness
Love Bade Me Welcome
Love Is Not Feeling
Love's Redeeming Work Is Done
Missa Omnes Sancti
O Breath of God
O Clap Your Hands
O Praise God in His Holiness
O Sacrum Convivium
O Salutaris
Pie Jesu
Praise to the Lord the Almighty
Rejoice the Lord Is King
Set Me as a Seal
Sing Praise and Thanksgiving
Sweet Music Sweeter Far
Tantum Ergo
The Lord's My Shepherd
There Is No Rose
Thou God of Truth
When I Survey
Who Is This Who Comes?
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem
The Berkshire Service
The Clifton Service
The Wells Service
The Chichester Service
The St. Martin's Service
The St. Mark's Service
Missa Montis Regalis
Missa Omnes Sancti
Missa Brevis (a Capella)
Benedicite
Jubilate
The Pembroke Te Deum

Sexual abuse allegations

Archer was acquitted of indecent assault and indecency with a child by a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court in 2019. At a hearing of the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) in July 2022, however, he was judged by the panel to have engaged in sexual activity with a pupil, while employed as assistant director of music at Magdalen College School, Oxford, between 1977 and 1978. The TRA heard evidence from the pupil detailing the sexual abuse. He received a prohibition order banning him from teaching in England, without the ability to apply for the order to be revoked.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Archer, Malcolm David, (born 29 April 1952), Director of Chapel Music, Winchester College, 2007–18". Who's Who 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthews, Anya. "St. Pauls Cathedral – New Organist and Director of Music". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
^ "Mr Malcolm Archer: Professional conduct panel outcome" (PDF). Teaching Regulation Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ Deeks, Steve (9 August 2022). "Organist who once performed for Queen and went to same college as Rishi Sunak has been struck off from teaching over historical sexual behaviour with pupil". Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ Oliver, Toby (9 August 2022). "Ex-Winchester College music director Malcolm Archer banned from teaching after inappropriate sexual behaviour". Retrieved 7 July 2023.

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Preceded by Clifford Harker	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Bristol Cathedral 1983–1990	Succeeded by Christopher Brayne
Preceded by Anthony Crossland	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Wells Cathedral 1996–2004	Succeeded by Matthew Owens
Preceded by John Scott	Organist and Master of the Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral 2004–2007	Succeeded by Andrew Carwood