Andrew Forbes

Trustee & Chairperson of Music Sub-Committee

TRUSTEE AND CHAIRPERSON OF MUSIC SUB-COMMITTEE

Andrew is Director of Music at Glasgow Cathedral and has a well-earned reputation as an innovative Scottish organist with his imaginative performances of favourite masterpieces and his frequent collaborations with contemporary composers.

Appointed at Glasgow Cathedral aged 21, Andrew is a First Prize winner of the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition, a shortlisted finalist at St Albans International Organ Competition, an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, and winner of the RCS Prize for Early Music.

In addition to his duties at Glasgow Cathedral, Andrew enjoys a varied career across many keyboard instruments, mixing solo concerts with chamber and orchestral performances. He is also one of the principal drivers behind the Sowne of Organe project, surveying Scotland’s most significant (and endangered) historical organs.

Andrew joined as a trustee in 2023 and is currently in the process of reforming our Organ Sub-Committee.