Nicholas Grigsby
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| Nicholas Grigsby | ||
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| Birth name | Nicholas Grigsby | |
| Born | September 13, 1974 (age 32) | |
| Origin | Salisbury, England   |
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| Genre(s) | Classical music Light Music Pipe Organ |
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| Years active | 1986–present | |
| Website | Nicholas Grigsby official site | |
Nicholas Grigsby (b 1974) is a prominent New Zealand Concert Organist, Harpsichordist, Writer & Broadcaster.
A former Organ Scholar of Salisbury Cathedral UK, he studied organ & improvisation with Colin Walsh, Organist Laureate of Lincoln Cathedral, Peter Wright (Southwark Cathedral, London) and in France at Rouen Conservatoire with the blind organist, Louis Thiry, a former pupil of the late blind Virtuoso Marchal. He completed his Master of Music degree in organ & harpsichord performance with Dr. Rachael Griffiths-Hughes, at Waikato University, Hamilton New Zealand, graduating with First Class Honours.
Grigsby is a regular broadcaster on the New Zealand National Radio Network Concert, presenting programmes such as the musicology-based Composer of the Week, the music review magazine Pressing On, as well as solo organ recitals.
He is Artistic Director of the Wanganui Festival of Organ Music based at the historic Collegiate School in New Zealand, one of the country's major showcases of organ music with top national artists as well as visiting International celebrities. Nicholas Grigsby is Administrator of the Visiting International Organists Scheme for the New Zealand Association of Organists.
He is a regular performer at Organ Festivals in New Zealand, Australia, Asia-Pacific and throughout the world, and also regularly presents Organ Duet concerts with the Organist & Jazz Pianist Max Kenworthy, Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, and Concert Flautist, Ingrid Culliford.
In addition to the degree of Master of Music with Honours, Grigsby holds the degree of Bachelor of Music with Honours, is a Licentiate in Organ Performance from Trinity College of Music in London, an Associate of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a Visiting Examiner for the St. Cecilia School of Music of Australia & New Zealand from whom he holds the qualification of Diploma in Organ Performance with High Honours.
Nicholas Grigsby is married to Fenella Bovill-Grigsby, an EquineChiropractic specialist based in New Zealand.
