Timothy Stewart began his musical training aged 6 in singing and piano. He started organ lessons aged 12 with Gillian Lloyd at the URC in Guildford. As a chorister at Holy Trinity, Guildford under Martin Holford, he was introduced to the organ’s qualities and potential and was also given opportunities to play voluntary’s before and after services. He was then appointed to the post of organist at All Saints’ Church, Dummer, Hants and St Giles, Ashtead whilst also assisting with organ playing at Holy Trinity and URC churches in Guildford. During this time, studying with Katherine Dienes-Williams (Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral), he achieved distinctions in both grade 8 piano and organ.
Prior to starting his degree, Timothy took a gap year and was the Organ Scholar of Chichester Cathedral and alongside this position he was the principal accompanist to the choral society ‘Cantemus’, based in Havant.
He is now currently in his first year at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire after having been awarded the DMC Mcdonald Foundation Scholarship Award. At the Conservatoire, he is studying for a BMus in Organ Performance under the tutelage of Daniel Moult and Nicholas Wearne, as well as receiving regular tuition from visiting tutors such as Martin Schmeding, Erwan le Prado and Nathan Laube. Alongside his studies, he holds the post of Organ Scholar at Birmingham Cathedral (St Philip’s) where he assists the Organist and Assistant Organist in the daily music making of the Cathedral.
Timothy has enjoyed recent competition success after being awarded first prize at both the London Organ Competition held in St Clement Danes church, London (2023), and the Leonard Gibbons Organ Competition which was held at St Chads Cathedral, Birmingham( 2024) and 2nd prize at the Kent Organ Competition (2024). As well as this, he was a finalist in the Dame Gillian Weir Messiaen Competition (2024). He is active as a recitalist, having given recent performances at, Portsmouth, and Chichester Cathedrals, Clare College, Cambridge, and many other parish churches around the country. He was also invited to play at l’Abbaye Saint-Sauveur in Redon, France (2020). Future performances include Westminster Abbey and Coventry Cathedral.
