In full flow during "Messiah"
Robert Rathbone has been director of music since 1996, and has been Director of Music at Wimbledon College since 1984. He studied the organ with John Porter whilst reading music at Royal Holloway College, London University and became assistant organist at St Mary’s, Merton during that time. He continued lessons, after graduating, with Michael Newton and then held posts as organist and choirmaster at St Luke’s, Kingston, Shirley Parish Church and St Matthew’s, West Wimbledon. In addition to directing the choir at the Latin Mass every week, he has conducted many performances of major choral works at the church, most recently Handel’s Messiah in the Mozart orchestration.