Simon Preston

English organist, conductor, and composer

Simon John Preston CBE (4 August 1938 – 13 May 2022) was an English organist, conductor, and composer. He was sub-organist of Westminster Abbey from 1962 to 1967, and organist of Christ Church, Oxford from 1970 before returning to Westminster as Organist and Master of the Choristers in 1981.[1] Preston was promoted Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[2][3]

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  1. Simon Preston at Eloquence Classics
  2. "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 8.
  3. "2009 Birthday Honours List" (PDF). News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-02.