Prof Ian Tracey

Organist of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, City Organist of Liverpool, Chorusmaster to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and Organist to Liverpool John Moores University, where he holds his Professorial Chair.

Professor Ian Tracey has been involved in church music all his life, having started as a chorister in the largest anglican cathedral in the world, at Liverpool.

He learned the basis of his craft there under Dr Noel Rawsthorne and in 1982 succeeded him as only the third organist since the mighty instrument was built in the 1920s.

Apart from a brief foray to Trinity College in London, and a scholarship to Paris for study under Langlais and Isoir, Ian affirms that he is delighted to have been able to spend most of his life “in my beloved Liverpool home”.

His working week is spent mainly in the cathedral, arranging, rehearsing, conducting and playing for its continual round of services, concerts and recitals.

Ian is also City Organist, with a base at the historic console of St George’s Hall, Chorusmaster to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and Organist to Liverpool John Moores University, where he holds his Professorial Chair. Added to this are an extensive calendar of recitals and recording engagements.