Catherine Ennis

Catherine Mary Ennis (January 20, 1955 – December 24, 2020) was an English

Early life and education Ennis was born on 20 January 1955, the daughter of the Irish musician and music collector Seamus Ennis and Margaret Glynn, who had married in 1952. She did not see her father for most of her childhood. Ennis attended Christ's Hospital school in Hertfordshire and subsequently Kingsway Further Education College.

She also established an international recital career, playing at the Proms, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Royal Festival Hall, as well as many other venues in the UK, Europe and the United States.

In 1994, Ennis established the London Organ Concerts Guide. She supported the Society of Women Organists. She directed the John Hill Organ Series. Her subsequent concentration on her post at St Lawrence Jewry was partly to fit work around family life.

In 2018, Ennis was awarded the RCO Medal. They brought up six children, three from Higham's earlier marriage and three whom they had together.

Ennis died from breast cancer on 24 December 2020.