Joe Waggott
Doctoral researcher
Harpsichordist and organist Joe Waggott trained on the Historical Performance master鈥檚 degree course at the Royal Academy of Music studying harpsichord and continuo. Prior to this he studied organ at here at the Conservatoire.
He has worked extensively as both a continuo player and a r茅p茅titeur: recently with English Touring Opera as Head of Music Staff (Handel Radamisto, Purcell/Carissimi/Gesualdo Dido &Aeneas/Jonas/I will not speak, Bach St Matthew Passion), Barber Opera (Porpora L鈥橝grippina), ETO (Handel Giulio Cesare) and the London Handel Orchestra, where he was assistant conductor to Laurence Cummings (Handel Faramondo), along with other period instrument ensembles around the UK.
Joe is a prize-winning holder of the diploma of Associateship from the Royal College of Organists, a first prize winner of the Royal Academy鈥檚 Nancy Nutall Early Music Prize and a recipient of the John Campbell keyboard prize from the Conservatoire. Based in London, he is currently organist to Forest School, Snaresbrook and organist at St Mary鈥檚 with Christ Church, Wanstead.