13 Facts About Colin Mawby

Colin Mawby KSG was an English organist, choral conductor and composer.

Colin Mawby composed masses dedicated to specific choirs, including in Germany.

Colin Mawby was awarded Knighthood of the Order of St Gregory in 2006.

Colin Mawby received his earliest musical education at Westminster Cathedral choir school, where he acted as assistant to George Malcolm at the organ from the age of 12.

Colin Mawby subsequently studied at the Royal College of Music with Gordon Jacob and John Churchill.

Colin Mawby became Assistant and then in 1961 Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral.

Colin Mawby collaborated with the London Mozart Players, the Wren Orchestra, the Belgian Radio Choir and the BBC Singers.

Colin Mawby performed for the Queen of the United Kingdom at St Paul's Cathedral, for President John F Kennedy at Westminster Cathedral, and at St Peter's Basilica for Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II.

Colin Mawby founded the RTE Philharmonic Choir and the RTE children's choir in 1985.

Colin Mawby retired to East Anglia in 2001 but returned to County Dublin in Ireland briefly, moved to London, then Dublin again before returning to London.

In 2006, Colin Mawby was awarded by Pope Benedict XVI the Knighthood of the Order of St Gregory, "in gratitude for past and continuing services to church music".

Colin Mawby composed several masses, motets, antiphons and hymn settings.

Colin Mawby's setting of Laudate Pueri Dominum was premiered in 2011 at Westminster Cathedral Hall.