Andrew Nethsingha was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey in London in 2023, having previous held similar positions at St John's College, Cambridge, Gloucester Cathedral and Truro Cathedral.
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Andrew Nethsingha was a music scholar at Clifton College in Bristol, where he studied with Gwilym Isaac before gaining an organ scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge.
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Andrew Nethsingha later studied at the Royal College of Music, where he won seven prizes, and at St John's College.
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Andrew Nethsingha held organ scholarships under Christopher Robinson at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and under George Guest, both of whom were Organists and Directors of Music at St John's College.
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At St Johns, Andrew Nethsingha initiated the annual Advent Commission series in 2008 with the support of an anonymous Johnian benefactor, with some of the most recent works composed by Helen Grime, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Judith Bingham.
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In October 2021 Andrew Nethsingha led the move to admit female singers to the Choir, to start in 2022.
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In July 2022 it was announced that Andrew Nethsingha would succeed James O'Donnell as Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey.
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Andrew Nethsingha took up his new role at Westminster in January 2023, and in May of that year directed the choirs at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023.
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Andrew Nethsingha has worked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the Britten Sinfonia, the Orchestra of St Luke's in New York, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
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In 1996 Andrew Nethsingha married Lucy Sellwood, the current Liberal Democrat leader of Cambridgeshire County Council and former Member of the European Parliament.