We are very sad to report that Jenny Paxman, former Warden’s wife, teacher and parent at St Michael’s, has died at the age of 91. Our thoughts and condolences are with Richard, James and Victoria and their families. Jenny’s funeral took place on Monday 19th September at 2.45pm at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium, Sheffield. A...
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An Organist Remembers by Roy Massey
Roy Massey has let us know of the following publication, which may well be of interest to members: I don’t know whether it would interest members of SMCS but I have recently written my memoirs entitled An Organist Remembers published by the RSCM (musicdirect@rscm.com}. Chapter 8 is entitled St Michael’s College, Tenbury and is a...
Mike Benson 1942-2022
We have been informed of sad news of the death of SMCS Old Boy Mike Benson The following tribute was written by his SMC contemporary, Andy Vaughan-Jones. Mike, a familiar face in the North Bedfordshire bell towers – Felmersham, Sharnbrook, Harrold and, when ‘roped in’, to help out, Turvey – passed in March at...
Andrew Nethsingha moves on
Congratulations to Andrew Nethsingha, currently Director of Music at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, who has been appointed the new Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey. More information...
Jeremy Hall
Former SMC pupil Jeremy Hall (1940-2011) was Photographer at the Royal Armouries, Tower of London. The following highlights some of his work. Jeremy Hall...
John Betjeman talks about SMC
Recorded on site, Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman tells us why St Michael’s College was so important....
Reunion 2021 and Magazine
Reunions Updates from the 2021 reunion and the SMC Society Magazine...
Lucian Nethsingha 1936-2021
UPDATE Sept 21: Memorial Recital recording and tributes It is with great sadness that we report the death on Friday 12th February 2021 of Lucian Nethsingha, a former organist and choir master at St Michael’s. Lucian had been in poor health for a while, and latterly had been in a hospice in Cambridge.Born in Colombo, Ceylon, in...
Barbara Wiggins
It is with sadness that we bring the news that Barbara Wiggins has died aged 91. Along with her late husband Neville, Barbara was a great supporter of St Michael’s in so many ways, not least in sending their two sons, Leander and Tarquin to SMC. Our condolences of course go to the...
The making of an English organ builder: John Nicholson of Worcester
Michael Anderson writes: Dr James Berrow, has written a fine biography of John Nicholson, 19th Century organ builder of Worcester, containing a lot of interesting references to Ouseley, not only as regards the St Michael’s organ, but also regarding his role as organ adviser in the area. Jim has asked me to bring this...
Boys’ Paper
Have you seen the new Boys’ Paper collection? See under “Archive’ on the menu. These were published termly under the editorship of John Gray...
Music Concerts 21
A list of this year’s concerts SMC_Music_21...
Earliest BBC Broadcast from SMC
The earliest broadcast that can be found in the BBC Archive is listed in Radio Times as being at 8.15pm on Thursday July 13th 1939. “A programme from the Library The Rev. Canon E. H. Fellowes , D.Mus., will take listeners on a tour of the Library, and tell them of the musical treasures...
Magazine Archive
We are establishing an extensive on-line archive of SMC Magazines. Look under ‘Archive’ to see how far we have got, and keep coming back as we add more. Do you have any copies that you could scan as a pdf, for us to share?...
Celebrity Visitors
Do you remember occasions when the College played host to ‘celebrities’? John Craven, for example, in 1974, for BBC Radio 4’s ‘4th Dimension’ Listen again to the programme: 1970 – 1979...