Joe Waggott
Doctoral researcher
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Harpsichordist and organist Joe Waggott trained on the Historical Performance master’s 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 répétiteur: 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’Agrippina), 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’s 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’s with Christ Church, Wanstead.