Nigel Walton, a graduate of Bristol and Cambridge universities has been organist at Alban’s Church since 1979 and was the third this century when he took up the post, succeeding Lyall Keens who had been organist and choirmaster for 40 years!
He left St Alban’s in 1986 and returned 3 years later. Nigel is ably assisted by his wife Nicky, who trains the Junior Choir in which the children are trained to enter the main choir. The youngest chorister is only 3years old!

Chris Cox, sadly passed away just before Chrismas 2006. There is an article and photograph of him in a separate article on the site.

Simon Hogan, until recently played for our evening services and choral performances. He had been playing for us since the age of 14 - he puts many organists to shame!! He is in great demand as a recitalist in churches and cathedrals and is very much worth hearing.His ambition is to become a cathedral organist. At present he is organ scholar at Salisbury Cathedral and We look forward to following his career with great interest. We shall of course miss him greatly from St Albans.
He gave his farewell recital at St Alban’s Church on Sat July 21st 2007.This has not stopped him from playing here completely and he is returning at the July 2008 Evensong when we shall be singing the Howells Collegium regale setting and ‘the heavens are telling’ from Haydn’s Creation..