Stephen Tanner
Stephen Tanner, Associate Director of Music, is a freelance music educator, choral director, organist, composer and arranger, based in Exeter.
Stephen began his musical career as a chorister at Coventry Cathedral and studied for a degree in Music at the University of Huddersfield. For many years he was Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral School and Assistant Organist and Director of the Girl Choristers at Exeter Cathedral. His school music department enjoyed a wide reputation for music-making, with many pupils going on to national and international success.
He founded the Girl Choristers’ section of Exeter Cathedral Choir in 1994 and directed it for 22 years, undertaking numerous broadcasts, recordings and foreign tours. He was founding musical director of Exeter Cathedral’s Chorister Outreach Programme, promoting singing in Devon’s primary schools, and has been an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, serving on both the main and jazz panels.
Stephen is Organist and Director of Music at St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton, and from January 2025 will be Musical Director of the St David’s Singers.
He has composed and arranged extensively and won two national composition competitions.
Stephen began his musical career as a chorister at Coventry Cathedral and studied for a degree in Music at the University of Huddersfield. For many years he was Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral School and Assistant Organist and Director of the Girl Choristers at Exeter Cathedral. His school music department enjoyed a wide reputation for music-making, with many pupils going on to national and international success.
He founded the Girl Choristers’ section of Exeter Cathedral Choir in 1994 and directed it for 22 years, undertaking numerous broadcasts, recordings and foreign tours. He was founding musical director of Exeter Cathedral’s Chorister Outreach Programme, promoting singing in Devon’s primary schools, and has been an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, serving on both the main and jazz panels.
Stephen is Organist and Director of Music at St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton, and from January 2025 will be Musical Director of the St David’s Singers.
He has composed and arranged extensively and won two national composition competitions.
