Stephen Darlington

[3] After attending King's School, Worcester, Darlington was an organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, in the early 1970s, studying under Simon Preston.

[2] In 2021 he became interim Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, following the appointment of Andrew Nethsingha as organist of Westminster Abbey.

The Christ Church choir sang under his direction with Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, James Bowman and others.

His recorded works amount to over 60 albums, several of which have won awards and other forms of recognition such as Gramophone recommendations.

Darlington was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to music.

The choir stalls at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where Darlington was Director of Music for 33 years.