Geraint Bowen

Geraint Bowen (born in London, 11 January 1963) is a British conductor and organist. He is Organist and Director of Music at Hereford Cathedral.

Early life and education Bowen is a son of the Welsh tenor Kenneth Bowen (1932–2018) and the brother of the arts administrator Meurig Bowen.

As a boy, Bowen was a chorister at St John-at-Hampstead Church in London, under the direction of Martindale Sidwell. He graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar from 1982 to 1985

Career In 1986 Bowen was appointed assistant organist at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He is also conductor of the Hereford Choral Society and artistic director of the Hereford Three Choirs Festival.

With the choirs of St Davids Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral he has toured the US and Australia; he has also directed choral workshops and courses in the US, including three for the Royal School of Church Music. With the Hereford choir, he recorded a CD of Anthems, Motets & Services by William Byrd and directed what was probably the cathedral's first performance of John Browne's Stabat mater.

Discography Aeternae Laudis Lilium (Abbey, 1985) − conducting the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge Psalms of David Vol. 1 Hear My Prayer O Lord (Priory, 1989) − organist accompanying the Choir of Hereford Cathedral Howells From Hereford (Regent, 2009) - conducting the Choir of Hereford Cathedral William Byrd: Anthems, Motets & Services (Griffin, 2010) - conducting the Choir of Hereford Cathedral Christmas From Hereford (Regent, 2012) - conducting the Choir of Hereford Cathedral Easter Day at Hereford (Regent, 2016) - conducting the Choir of Hereford Cathedral