BIOGRAPHY
John Hosking BMus(Hons), FRSA, FSCO, ARCO, MISM

John Hosking is Organist in Residence at Blackburn Cathedral. Prior to this, he was Director of Music at Holy Trinity, Southport following fourteen years as Assistant Director of Music at St. Asaph Cathedral. He is also one of the organists for BBC Radio 4's 'Daily Service'.
A student at the Royal College of Music, John became Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey in 1996 and is the only person to ever hold this post for a period of three years. During this time, John played the organ for many Royal and State occasions, broadcast for the BBC and played 20 solo recitals in the Abbey.
In much demand as a recitalist and accompanist, John appears on several commercial CDs; his latest, "St. Asaph Experience", is recorded at St. Asaph Cathedral for the Willowhayne Label. He made his recital debut at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris in 2015. He played for the two live BBC1 Christmas broadcasts from Blackburn Cathedral in 2022 and has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 several times.
Active as a composer, John has completed commissions for Bangor, Chester, Ely and Peel Cathedrals, Martin Baker (organist), St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the Conwy Festival. His Requiem was premiered in the 2013 North Wales International Music Festival and his large-scale work, "The Seven Trumpets" premiered in December 2013. John's new setting of the Requiem, "Missa pro defunctis" was premiered on opening night of the 2016 North Wales International Music Festival to a capacity audience.
The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge together with the Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir have released a complete disc of his choral works for Regent Records to critical acclaim. John's latest work for organ, "The 14 Stations of the Cross" commissioned as part of Sebastian Thomson's "Angels of Creation" series has been released on the Convivium label and was labelled "Editor's Choice" in the Organists' Review magazine. All of his compositions are published by the Chichester Music Press.
John is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the ISM. His compositions have been broadcast twice on the BBC’s “Introducing” scheme.
A student at the Royal College of Music, John became Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey in 1996 and is the only person to ever hold this post for a period of three years. During this time, John played the organ for many Royal and State occasions, broadcast for the BBC and played 20 solo recitals in the Abbey.
In much demand as a recitalist and accompanist, John appears on several commercial CDs; his latest, "St. Asaph Experience", is recorded at St. Asaph Cathedral for the Willowhayne Label. He made his recital debut at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris in 2015. He played for the two live BBC1 Christmas broadcasts from Blackburn Cathedral in 2022 and has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 several times.
Active as a composer, John has completed commissions for Bangor, Chester, Ely and Peel Cathedrals, Martin Baker (organist), St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the Conwy Festival. His Requiem was premiered in the 2013 North Wales International Music Festival and his large-scale work, "The Seven Trumpets" premiered in December 2013. John's new setting of the Requiem, "Missa pro defunctis" was premiered on opening night of the 2016 North Wales International Music Festival to a capacity audience.
The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge together with the Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir have released a complete disc of his choral works for Regent Records to critical acclaim. John's latest work for organ, "The 14 Stations of the Cross" commissioned as part of Sebastian Thomson's "Angels of Creation" series has been released on the Convivium label and was labelled "Editor's Choice" in the Organists' Review magazine. All of his compositions are published by the Chichester Music Press.
John is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the ISM. His compositions have been broadcast twice on the BBC’s “Introducing” scheme.

John Hosking and Olivia Hunt – “HH Classical Duo” co-founded early music group, “Ensemble 1677” in 2016. Since then they have performed over 30 concerts as a duo or with the Ensemble, staged Purcell’s opera, “Dido and Aeneas” in conjunction with the St. Asaph Choral Society and undertook a successful tour of the South West.
They have released two CDs together for Willowhayne Records in conjunction with Naxos and have been broadcast seven times on the BBC's "Introducing" scheme. A further disc of 'first recordings' from Blackburn Cathedral will be released in 2023. Olivia has received coaching from Dame Emma Kirkby and programmes tend to focus on early music from the Italian and English schools. Visit hhclassicalduo.weebly.com for further details.
They have released two CDs together for Willowhayne Records in conjunction with Naxos and have been broadcast seven times on the BBC's "Introducing" scheme. A further disc of 'first recordings' from Blackburn Cathedral will be released in 2023. Olivia has received coaching from Dame Emma Kirkby and programmes tend to focus on early music from the Italian and English schools. Visit hhclassicalduo.weebly.com for further details.