Francis John Roy Grier (born 29 July 1955 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)[1] is an English classical composer and psychoanalyst.
[2] Following his studies at Cambridge, where he worked under Sir David Willcocks and Philip Ledger at King's, he joined Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, as Simon Preston's assistant.
Notably, he created a setting of Psalm 150 as a birthday gift for Queen Elizabeth II in 1996, which was performed at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
[5] In 2012 he won a British Composer Award,[6] and was commissioned to write new works for both the Worshipful Company of Musicians and the Rodolfus Choir.
[13] Francis Grier was appointed Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis[14] in 2022,[15] and is a Training Analyst and Supervisor of the British Psychoanalytical Society.