Gresham Professor of Music


The Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to nine and in addition the college now has visiting professors.
The Professor of Music is always appointed by the City of London Corporation.

List of Gresham Professors of Music

Note, years given as, say, 1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.
, former Gresham Professor of Music
, leads a rehearsal ahead of his lecture on Schubert, January 2013
NameStarted
1John BullMarch 1596 / 7
2Thomas Clayton20 December 1607
3John Taverner17 November 1610
4Richard Knight28 August 1638
5William Petty7 February 1650 / 1
6Thomas Baynes8 March 1660 / 1
7William Perry9 August 1681
8John Newey9 October 1696
9Robert Shippen4 December 1705
10Edward Shippen7 October 1710
11John Gordon16 January 1723 / 4
12Thomas Brome12 March 1739 / 40
13Charles Gardner6 December 1745
14Thomas Griffin11 January 1763
15Theodore Aylward Sr.5 June 1771
16R. J. S. Stevens17 March 1801
17Edward Taylor24 October 1837
18Henry Wylde10 July 1863
19Frederick Bridge30 April 1890
20Henry Walford Davies11 July 1924
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance1939–45 Lectures in abeyance1939–45 Lectures in abeyance
21Peter Latham29 May 1946
22Antony Hopkins1963
23Brian Trowell1971
24Iannis Xenakis1975
25– vacant –1978-79
26A Percival1980
27– vacant –1983
28John Dankworth1984
29Peter Renshaw1986
30David Owen Norris1 September 1993
31Stephen Pratt / Joanna MacGregor1 September 1997
32Piers Hellawell1 September 2000
33Adrian Thomas1 September 2003
34Roger Parker1 September 2006
35 Christopher Hogwood CBE1 September 2010
36Christopher Page1 September 2014
37Tom Service2018