Kerry Beaumont
Kerry Jason Beaumont is a British organist and choir director.
Early life and training
Born in Cambridge, England, Beaumont later emigrated to Canada with his family. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and also has a Master of Arts from Durham University.Career
Beaumont was Director of Music at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States, for seven years before returning to the United Kingdom.He then served as Organist and Master of the Choristers at St Davids Cathedral in Wales from 1990 to 1994 and at Ripon Cathedral in England from 1994 to 2002 before being appointed Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral, a position he held from 2006 to 2020. Upon his retirement from Coventry he was made Organist Emeritus of the Cathedral, and the following year he was awarded the Cranmer Award for Worship by the Archbishop of Canterbury for his "outstanding service to music and worship..., with particular reference at Coventry to outreach, recruitment and nurture of boy and girl choristers to create a cathedral choir with diversity at its heart".
In 2021 he was appointed Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church in Leamington Spa.