Shirley Gale AUA

Principal Organist

Shirley Gale AUA

Education: Annesley College (formerly Methodist Ladies College), graduate of Adelaide University with scholarships and prizes. Studied organ under Dr. J.V. Peters and piano under George Pearce and Lance Dossor.

Appointments: Accompaniste and organist for the Adelaide Harmony Choir under Lewis Dawe, Head of Music, Pembroke Junior School and organist/pianist for the Pembroke Girls Choir touring Japan, Europe and U.K. (4 tours), Chairperson for RSCM S.A. Branch for 9 years, Assistant Organist at St Peter's Cathedral from 1984 -99, Principal Organist at St Peter's Cathedral since 1999.

Favourite Composers: Bach, Vierne, Howells.

Favourite Services: Darke in F, Ireland in C, Jackson in G, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G—Stanford.

Favourite organ pieces: Prelude and Fugue on St Anne by Bach, Toccata in B minor by Gigout, and a few others!

Hobbies: Gardening, cooking, reading (fiction and historical novels) dog, Honey and cat, Sox.

Happily married to Allen (medical specialist) with 3 children, and 4 grand-children.

Particular Ambition: To see the complete restoration of the Cathedral Organ (Hill Norman and Beard), a significant organ in Australia.