People at St George's

A church which warmly welcomes all who seek to find a home there

Ministry Team

Revd Fr. Jeremy Blunden

Rector
   
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Fr Andrew Smith

Curate St George and St Barnabas Beckenham
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Joan Conway

Reader

June Mackenzie

Reader

Music Staff

Charles Warren, FRCO

Organist and Director of Music
Charlie joined St George's as Organist and Director of Music in October 2021. He leads the choir and manages the weekly Friday and Saturday recital series. He is also co-director of Hesperos Choir alongside Chris Breeze and working with artistic director Daisy Syme-Taylor. Alongside his performing work he is a music bookseller trading as Charles Warren Rare & Antiquarian Music. He was organ scholar of Merton College, Oxford for the duration of his studies for the BA in Music, graduating in 2015. During this time he worked with directors Benjamin Nicholas and Peter Phillips in the chapel, and played for thrice weekly services, concerts, recordings, and tours to Sweden and the United States. Following this he took up organ scholarships at St Paul’s Knightsbridge and St Mary’s Battersea, and in 2019 received the Diploma of Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, having studied with William Whitehead and Stephen Farr. He was organist of St Francis of Assisi RC Church, Notting Hill, from 2017-2021, working with director James Dixon and the two voluntary choirs of adults and children. He worked at Travis & Emery Music Bookshop from 2017-2024, including three years as manager of the shop.
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Aeron Preston – Assistant Organist

Welsh pianist and organist Aeron Glyn Preston read Music at St John’s College, Cambridge, and worked as a secondary Music teacher for a number of years. He also accompanied a number of choirs in Mid Wales, including Cantorion Llandrindod, Montgomery County Music Festival Choir, Kington Choral Society, and Brecon Singers. In 2019, he attended the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff to train as a répétiteur, gaining a PGDip with Distinction. He continued his training the following year at the National Opera Studio in London. He now works as a freelance accompanist and répétiteur, working with choral societies, opera companies, and schools. Recently, he has worked with Harlow Chorus, Beckenham Chorale, Kingston Choral Society, Mid Wales Opera, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera, and Streatham and Clapham High School. He is one of a team of organists at St George's Church in Beckenham, and holds the Associateship of the Royal College of Organists.