Carleton Etherington B.Mus, FRCO,ARAM, LRAM, DipRAM, was educated at Chetham School of Music, Manchester, and the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he studied under Peter Hurford and David Sanger. Carleton graduated with a music degree from London University and was awarded numerous prizes for organ performance, culminating in the Recital Diploma.

Carleton won the Paisley organ competition in 1992 and the RCO Performer of the Year in 1993. He has travelled widely as a Recitalist, appearing in most of the major venues in the UK and also in France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Ireland and Australia. He has performed at Music Festivals in London, St. Albans, Cheltenham, Nimes and Bruges.

Following a period as sub-organist at Leeds Parish Church, Carleton was appointed Organist and Director of Music at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, in 1996. In addition to his duties at the Abbey, he used to be the conductor of the Bromsgrove Choral society and the accompanist to the City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, but he is no longer attached to either of those. He is now the conductor of Pershore Choral Society and Cirencester Choral Society and organ tutor at Dean Close School, Cheltenham. He is a former Council Member of the Royal College of Organists and a Past Chairman of the Gloucestershire Organists’ Association. He is much involved with the work of the RSCM and is active as an organ teacher and examiner.

Carleton has broadcast on radio and television, and has made CD recordings on the rebuilt Milton organ and on the Grove organ at Tewkesbury Abbey.

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