Hubert Best
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Hubert Best was an English cathedral organist, who served in St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham.
, South Africa. He was educated at Rhodes University
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He studied organ at the Royal Academy of Music
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Organist of:
Background
Hubert Best was born on 24 March 1952 in DurbanDurban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
, South Africa. He was educated at Rhodes University
Rhodes University
Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, established in 1904. It is the province’s oldest university, and is one of the four universities in the province...
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He studied organ at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
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Career
Assistant Organist of :- St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
Organist of:
- St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham 1978 - 1985
- Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, JerusalemLutheran Church of the Redeemer, JerusalemThe Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is the second Protestant church in the Old City of Jerusalem . It is a property of the Evangelical Jerusalem Foundation, one of the three foundations of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the Holy Land...
- St. James' Church, Muswell Hill