Alastair Stone
Alastair Stone currently works as the Assistant 
Organist at Ripon Cathedral and is a freelance accompanist and recitalist around North Yorkshire.
Organist at Ripon Cathedral and is a freelance accompanist and recitalist around North Yorkshire.
He started his musical journey as a chorister and choral scholar at Coventry Cathedral, and during sixth form attended the Royal Birmingham Junior Conservatoire to study piano and composition.
He went to Pembroke College, Oxford, to read Music, before coming to Ripon. During his time at university, he was organ scholar at Pembroke College and Harris Manchester College. He worked as an accompanist for the Oxford Opera Society and was musical director for a production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Pembroke.
Most recently, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, receiving prizes for attaining the highest marks across all areas of the examination.
He went to Pembroke College, Oxford, to read Music, before coming to Ripon. During his time at university, he was organ scholar at Pembroke College and Harris Manchester College. He worked as an accompanist for the Oxford Opera Society and was musical director for a production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Pembroke.
Most recently, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, receiving prizes for attaining the highest marks across all areas of the examination.
