Geraint Bowen is a British conductor and organist. He is artistic director of the Hereford Three Choirs Festival. The Three Choirs Festival is a British music festival, held each August alternately at the cathedrals of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme. ...

He became organist and director of music at Hereford Cathedral in 2001. He is also conductor of the Hereford Choral Society. Previously he had been assistant organist at Hereford Cathedral (1989–94) before becoming organist and master of the choristers at St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, and artistic director of the St Davids Cathedral Festival (1995–2001). The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, United Kingdom, dates from 1079. ... St Davids Cathedral from the gatehouse St Davids Cathedral is situated in the tiny city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire. ...

Bowen graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar from 1982 to 1985, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he became assistant organist at St Patrick's Cathedral (1986–89). While at St Davids, he oversaw the re-building of the cathedral's Father Willis organ by Harrison & Harrison, a major project which was completed in 2000. With the choirs of St Davids Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral he has toured the USA and Australia; he has also directed choral workshops and courses in the USA, including three for the Royal School of Church Music. With the Hereford choir, he recorded a CD of Anthems, Motets & Services by William Byrd. There are at least two instutions bearing the name Jesus College. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... Several cathedrals are named after Saint Patrick. ... The largest church music organization in Britain, The Royal School of Church Music was founded in 1927 by Sir Sydney Nicholson and has 11,000 members worldwide. ... William Byrd William Byrd (1540? – July 4, 1623) was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. ...

External links

• Byrd CD with Hereford choir
• Hereford Cathedral