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'''Carl Anthony Jackson''' [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] (born 1958) is a British organist and the Director of Music at [[Hampton Court Palace|the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court]].<ref name=CJperCT>{{cite web|title=Mr Carl Jackson MVO, Director of Music|url=http://www.chapelroyal.org/whoswho.html|work=Who's Who at The Chapel Royal|publisher=HM Chapel Royal and The Choral Foundation|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=CJperSC>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fae1-Q42ZLE|title=TV documentary: Chapel Royal Hampton Court 1999 (Carl Jackson)|date=17 August 2017|author=Sue Cook (presenter)|work=Archive of Recorded Church Music| accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref>
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'''Carl Anthony Jackson''' [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] (born 1958) is a British organist and the director of music at [[Hampton Court Palace|the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court]].<ref name=CJperCT>{{cite web|title=Mr Carl Jackson MVO, Director of Music|url=http://www.chapelroyal.org/whoswho.html|work=Who's Who at The Chapel Royal|publisher=HM Chapel Royal and The Choral Foundation|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020191101/http://www.chapelroyal.org/whoswho.html|archive-date=20 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|fae1-Q42ZLE|TV documentary: Chapel Royal Hampton Court 1999 (Carl Jackson)}}, 17 August 2017, [[Sue Cook]] (presenter)</ref>


Carl Jackson grew up in Harrow. His father worked as an air traffic control engineer at [[London Heathrow Airport]], then at [[London Terminal Control Centre]]; his mother was a magistrate and nursing education tutor. He attended [[Harrow County School for Boys]] between 1970 and 1977,<ref name=CJperJM>{{cite web|url= http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/Harrow_County/Gaytonians.htm|title=Some Gaytonians|publisher= Jeff Maynard|work=Virtual Gaytonian ... the website for all Old Gaytonians|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref> which he combined with studies as a Junior Exhibitioner at the [[Royal Academy of Music]]. After a gap-year at the Academy, he then read music at [[Downing College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] where he served as organ scholar between 1978 and 1981. His teachers included Malcolm Hill,<ref>http://www.musiconthursdays.org/16_august_2017_1230pm_carl_jackson_organ.html</ref> [[Alan Harverson]] and [[Peter Hurford]]. After receiving his degree in music from Cambridge University he moved on to [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths' College]] where he obtained a teaching qualification.<ref name=CJperCT/> He took over as Director of Music at [[Hampton Court Palace|the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court]] in 1996, following the death of [[Gordon Reynolds]] the previous year.<ref name=RWIndyobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-gordon-reynolds-1621102.html|title= Obituary: Professor Gordon Reynolds|date=25 May 1995|author=Richard Williams|publisher=[[The Independent]] (online)| accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref>
Carl Jackson grew up in [[Harrow, London]]. His father worked as an air traffic engineer at London [[Heathrow Airport]], then at [[London Air Traffic Control Centre]]. His mother, originally from [[Saint Ann's Bay]], [[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica]], was a magistrate and nursing education tutor.<ref>{{cite book|author=Selwyn E. Arnold|chapter=4. In Search of a Better Life|title=From Skepticism to Hope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kJW_5b5G84C&pg=PA84|date=May 2010|publisher=Xulon Press|isbn=978-1-60957-186-3|pages=83–84}}</ref> He attended [[Harrow County School for Boys]] between 1970 and 1977,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/Harrow_County/Gaytonians.htm|title=Some Gaytonians|publisher= Jeff Maynard|work=Virtual Gaytonian ... the website for all Old Gaytonians|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref> which he combined with studies as a Junior Exhibitioner at the [[Royal Academy of Music]]. After a gap-year at the Academy, he then read music at [[Downing College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] where he served as organ scholar between 1978 and 1981. His teachers included Malcolm Hill,<ref name=CJperLeatherlunch>{{cite web |url= http://www.musiconthursdays.org/16_august_2017_1230pm_carl_jackson_organ.html|title=... Guest organist: Carl Jackson MVO |work= Leatherhead's Lunchtime Concerts 2012–2019|publisher= Music on Thursdays at Leatherhead Methodist Church|access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> [[Alan Harverson]]<ref name=CJperLeatherlunch/> and [[Peter Hurford]].<ref name=CJperLeatherlunch/> After graduating in music from Cambridge, he moved on to [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths' College]] where he obtained a teaching qualification.<ref name=CJperCT/> From 1986 to 1990 he was organist and director of music at Croydon Parish Church (now [[Croydon Minster]]). He took over as director of music at [[Hampton Court Palace|the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court]] in 1996, following the death of Gordon Reynolds the previous year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-gordon-reynolds-1621102.html|title= Obituary: Professor Gordon Reynolds|date=25 May 1995|author=Richard Williams|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 23:53, 16 April 2024

Carl Anthony Jackson MVO (born 1958) is a British organist and the director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court.[1][2]

Carl Jackson grew up in Harrow, London. His father worked as an air traffic engineer at London Heathrow Airport, then at London Air Traffic Control Centre. His mother, originally from Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica, was a magistrate and nursing education tutor.[3] He attended Harrow County School for Boys between 1970 and 1977,[4] which he combined with studies as a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal Academy of Music. After a gap-year at the Academy, he then read music at Downing College, Cambridge where he served as organ scholar between 1978 and 1981. His teachers included Malcolm Hill,[5] Alan Harverson[5] and Peter Hurford.[5] After graduating in music from Cambridge, he moved on to Goldsmiths' College where he obtained a teaching qualification.[1] From 1986 to 1990 he was organist and director of music at Croydon Parish Church (now Croydon Minster). He took over as director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court in 1996, following the death of Gordon Reynolds the previous year.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mr Carl Jackson MVO, Director of Music". Who's Who at The Chapel Royal. HM Chapel Royal and The Choral Foundation. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ TV documentary: Chapel Royal Hampton Court 1999 (Carl Jackson) on YouTube, 17 August 2017, Sue Cook (presenter)
  3. ^ Selwyn E. Arnold (May 2010). "4. In Search of a Better Life". From Skepticism to Hope. Xulon Press. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-1-60957-186-3.
  4. ^ "Some Gaytonians". Virtual Gaytonian ... the website for all Old Gaytonians. Jeff Maynard. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "... Guest organist: Carl Jackson MVO". Leatherhead's Lunchtime Concerts 2012–2019. Music on Thursdays at Leatherhead Methodist Church. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. ^ Richard Williams (25 May 1995). "Obituary: Professor Gordon Reynolds". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
Preceded by Organist and director of music, Croydon Parish Church
1986–1990
Succeeded by
David Swinson