Daniel Hyde (organist)


Daniel Hyde is a choral conductor and organist. In October 2019 he succeeded Sir Stephen Cleobury as Director of Music of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, having previously served as organist and Director of Music at Saint Thomas Church in New York.

Early career

Hyde began his career in the choir of Durham Cathedral, attending the Chorister School from age 7. When his voice broke a year before he was due to leave the choir, his attention turned to the organ. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists aged 17 and was an organ scholar at Durham Cathedral.
After Durham, he spent a year as assistant organist at St George's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia, from 1998–1999. He was awarded an organ scholarship at King's College, Cambridge which he commenced in 2000.
Upon graduation from King's College, Cambridge he served as the Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge. From 2009 to 2016 he held the position of Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow in Music at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was the University Lecturer in the Faculty of Music.