Darren Hogg

Additional Info:

DARREN HOGG (www.darrenhogg.co.uk) was born and educated in Birmingham. He trained at Birmingham Conservatoire from 1989 to 1993 studying organ, harpsichord and piano accompaniment with David Ponsford and David Saint.

Darren’s current regular posts are:

*School organist and organ / piano tutor, King Edward’s School, Birmingham.

*Organ tutor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Junior department.

*Organist, St. Paul’s Church, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

*Accompanist / Assistant director of music, Birmingham Choral Union

*Accompanist / Assistant director of music, Quinborne Choir

*Private tutor of organ, piano and music theory

Darren has previously held posts at St. Augustine’s Church, Edgbaston and St. Alban’s Church, Conybere Street, Birmingham. He also deputises at Birmingham Cathedral, the Blue Coat School and St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick and also regularly works with / has previously worked with the City of Birmingham Choir, The CBSO chorus, Birmingham Festival Choral Society, the Armonico Consort and Sing Live UK. He was Accompanist / Assistant Director of Music for the Midland Music Makers Grand Opera Society (now Midland Opera) from 1992-2002. He has performed with many other societies in the Midlands, including the Birmingham Bach Choir, the Canoldir Male Voice Choir and the Heart of England Singers. He has featured as Organist on BBC One Songs of Praise, Radio Two Sunday Half Hour, and Radio Four Daily Service.

Darren has won various competitions, including the 1991 Birmingham and Midland Institute (B.M.I.) Organ Performance Prize, and the 1992 Gordon Clinton English Song Competition Piano Accompanist Prize.

Darren regularly gives recitals. Past venues have included, Lichfield Cathedral, Birmingham Cathedral, Tewkesbury Abbey, Leominster Priory, St. Martin’s in the Bullring (Birmingham Parish Church), St. Alphege Solihull (Solihull Parish Church), St. Alban’s Church Conybere Street, St. Augustine’s Church Edgbaston, Halesowen Parish Church and Bournville Friends Meeting House. He is a former member of the Birmingham Organists Association and served on the Association council for many years. In 1992, he was awarded the Leonard Gibbons Memorial prize for young organists.

Darren is a full member of the Musician’s Union (M.U.) and is married to Barbara, a Mezzo-Soprano and primary school teacher. They have a daughter, Abigail, who was born in November 2004.

Fees

£ 44.00 Pounds Per Hour
My fees are based on the Incorporated Society of Musician's (ISM) and the Musician's Union's (MU) guidelines, but will also depend on the type of playing required, plus the travelling distance and time involved. I will always be as reasonable as I possibly can be when discussing fees.

Instruments

Piano, Organ, Harpsichord

Specialisms

Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Direction