Mark Hammond

Mark was appointed rehearsal pianist at Watford Philharmonic in 2024.Mark began learning the organ with Geoffrey Tristram at Christchurch Priory and continued his studies with John Belcher, Martin Neary and David Sanger, obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists in 1984. He also holds a Licenciate Piano Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music.

For over thirty years Mark was Assistant Director of Music at St Margaret’s School, Bushey. He retired from classroom teaching  in 2022 and now leads a busy life as a freelance musician. He is organist and Director of Music at the Church of St Edmund the King in Northwood Hills and organist for Eastcote and Ruislip Choral Society.

Mark was appointed rehearsal pianist at Watford Philharmonic in 2024.