Kenneth Bernard Beard FRCO(CHM) (9 June 1927, in Royton, Lancashire – 9 July 2010[1]) was an English Cathedral Organist.
[3] After Manchester, he was organ scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was also made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1949, and gained a Choirmaster diploma in 1954.
He was: During his time in Tenbury, he commissioned the anthem “Antiphon” from Benjamin Britten and conducted the first performance on 29 September 1956 in the presence of the composer.
He was awarded the Cross of St Augustine by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 2008 in recognition of his service to church music.