Robert Quinney has been Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey since 2004. In addition to his work at the Abbey he has a busy freelance career as soloist, ensemble player, and writer on music. His recent double disc of organ music from Westminster Cathedral was Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music, earned a 5-star review in the French journal Diapason, and was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone: ‘Alongside his impeccable performances, Quinney’s greatest achievement is to produce music-making which really communicates itself to the listener.’

Robert Quinney studied at King’s College, Cambridge, where he was Organ Scholar from 1995 to 1998. His keen interest in academic music bore fruit in a M.Phil. thesis on J S Bach and an exhaustive survey of Bach’s Church Cantatas, prepared for Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in which he was also a performer. He remains much in demand as a continuo player.

After a year as Acting Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey, Robert Quinney moved to Westminster Cathedral as Assistant Master of Music in September 2000. In addition to daily work with Westminster Cathedral Choir, he organised and gave many of the Cathedral’s organ recitals, including an acclaimed performance of Francis Pott’s monumental Organ Symphony Christus.

As a solo performer his profile has increased steadily since winning the Royal College of Organists Performer of the Year competition in 2002.