Adrian Griffiths

Adrian Griffiths, our Musical Director, grew up immersed in music, thanks to his music-loving parents. Regular visits to concerts at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall left a lasting impression, while a chance hearing of an organ recital at St George’s Hall sparked a lifelong passion for the instrument and its construction.

Adrian began piano lessons at the age of six, later taking up the violin, and eventually studying organ with the renowned Dr Noel Rawsthorne. He went on to earn an honours degree in Music at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, after which he joined the esteemed organ builders Kenneth Tickell & Co. There, he helped construct several notable instruments, including those at Douai Abbey, Oakham Parish Church and Westminster Abbey.

A brief career shift led him to gain his PGCE at Oxford University and teach at Northampton School for Boys. However, the call of the organ proved too strong, and he returned to Merseyside to work with David Wells Organbuilders Ltd., where he continues to maintain and restore some of the region’s finest instruments.

Alongside his work in organ building, Adrian is an active performer and choral singer. He was a Lay Clerk at Liverpool Cathedral for over two decades, regularly singing in services, recordings and broadcasts, and frequently rehearsing and conducting the Cathedral Choir, including directing Upper Voices Evensongs. He is also a long-standing member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, having performed numerous solos such as Purcell’s Bell Anthem, Handel’s Dixit Dominus, and the bass solo in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. He has conducted a sub-choir in performances and recordings of Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony.

He was appointed Musical Director of the St Peter’s Singers, Heswall’s Choral Society, in 2007, and also directs Port Sunlight Choral Society and the Vale of Clwyd Singers. Adrian previously served as Director of Music at St Saviour’s Church for four years and led Port Sunlight Choral Society for eight.

Away from the music world, Adrian is a keen classic car enthusiast with a particularly soft spot for Reliant Scimitars – a passion as distinctive as his musical journey.