Grand Organ Festival 2024 – Jeffrey Makinson

Join us for the Grand Organ Festival 2024 at Lincoln Cathedral. On Monday 28 October we are delighted that the recital will be by our very own Jeffrey Makinson, Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Lincoln Cathedral. 

As always, there will be a screen so you can enjoy watching the recitalist in action up in the organ loft. There will also be an opportunity to meet the recitalist at the end of the performance

About Jeffrey Makinson

Jeffrey Makinson is Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Lincoln Cathedral. He is also an accredited teacher for the Royal College of Organists Academy and Music Director of Beverley Chamber Choir.

Born in Manchester in 1970, Jeffrey received his musical training at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Manchester University. He subsequently became Organ Scholar at York Minster for two years before spending five years as Assistant Organist at Lincoln Cathedral.

He moved to Manchester Cathedral as Sub-Organist in 1999. During his time in Manchester he was Tutor of Organ at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Manchester University and Tutor in Piano at Chetham’s School of Music.

Jeffrey returned to Lincoln in January 2015. As part of his duties at the Cathedral, Jeffrey ac-companies the cathedral choir for most of the choral services and concerts and directs the girl choristers.

Alongside his work in Lincoln, he maintains a busy schedule as a recitalist, accompanist, conductor, teacher and adjudicator in the city and across the country.

As an organist, Jeffrey has performed across Europe and North America. In the United Kingdom, he has given concerts at most of the major cathedrals, abbeys, collegiate chapels, churches and concert halls, including numerous recitals at Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral and King’s College, Cambridge.

Tickets cost £15.00

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Tickets are sold as non-returnable and non-refundable.

This programme is subject to change with no notice. We reserve the right to cancel this event. If we do need to cancel, all tickets will be refunded.

This event is run through the Lincoln Cathedral Learning, Arts, Culture and Events CIO. Registered charity in England and Wales 1175597. Registered Address 4 Priorygate, Lincoln, LN2 1PL. Raising funds for Lincoln Cathedral.