David Sinden, a critically acclaimed organist and church musician noted for his “masterful” choral accompanying, has recently been appointed Minister of Music at historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia.
“Organist David Sinden provided masterful accompaniment for the choir – shading all the crevices, plumbing the depths, and exalting the peaks”
– The Diapason, February 2008
Mr. Sinden is currently the Assistant Organist and Choirmaster of Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he accompanies four choral ensembles and directs the Christ Church Singers. Last summer Mr. Sinden accompanied the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys on a two-week European tour, including a week-long residency at Ely Cathedral and a concert at Chartres Cathedral. Last year he accompanied the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in the world premiere of A Living Hope by Grayston Ives and the American premiere of Missa Sancta Pauli Apostoli by Gregory Rose. He accompanied the choir in the East Coast premiere of Ned Rorem's A Song of Hosea at the Washington National Cathedral in 2008. Mr. Sinden can be heard with the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys twice weekly on WICR-FM (88.7), Indianapolis.
Previously, Mr. Sinden has served as Organist at St. Thomas Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Bloomington, Indiana, and Assistant Organist and Choirmaster at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Ohio, where he established the St. Peter's Choristers, a choir for young people affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music. He has also worked as Organist and Choirmaster at Lake Delaware Boys' Camp, an Anglo-Catholic military camp in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Mr. Sinden holds a master's degree from Indiana University, where he studied organ with Larry Smith, and a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, where he studied with David Boe. While a student at Oberlin, Mr. Sinden was the Organist and Choirmaster for college Vespers. He studied organ with Robert Brewer while attending the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. He has recently undertaken post-graduate study in organ improvisation with Jeffrey Smith.
Mr. Sinden is a member of Echoing Air, a dynamic ensemble specialising in the repertoire of the English Baroque. An active promoter of the organ and its music, Mr. Sinden is active in the American Guild of Organists and currently serves as Dean of the Indianapolis Chapter. He also teaches organ privately.
Mr. Sinden has received the Composer Award from the American Festival for the Arts.
May 2010