Jacob Costard

Jacob Costard is the current Senior Organ Scholar and in his second year of reading for a degree in Theology. He accompanies the Chapel Choir in their singing of the three weekly liturgies as well as in concert, on live radio and on their recent CD. During his gap years Jacob held successively the organ scholarships at Hereford and Salisbury cathedrals, where he regularly rehearsed, conducted and accompanied the choirs both within the cathedral environs and on tours to France, Germany and the Netherlands. Before that, Jacob studied at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music, appearing as a soloist on both organ and piano, as well as performing in a chamber capacity on the piano and harpsichord. His previous organ teachers include Anne Marsden Thomas and Daniel Moult; he became a prizewinning Associate of the Royal College of Organists aged 17.