St Molua’s Director of Music made MBE
Congratulations to Brian Hunter, Director of Music at St Molua’s Parish Church, Stormont, who has been made MBE for services to music in Northern Ireland in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Brian has had a long and distinguished musical career. He was director of Canticle, a group which became well known for its television appearances and in the 1990s he formed a new singing group Pavanne. In 1995 he became Director of the acclaimed chamber choir Rennaissance.
A versatile musician, Brian performs as bass, countertenor, accompanist or conductor. His sensitive musicianship and interpretive flair blend happily and have often resulted in notable performances by himself as a soloist or by choirs under his direction. He currently sings with the Priory Singers, Melisma and Musicus Amicos.
Brian is well known in the Diocese of Down, having previously held posts both at Bangor Abbey and Holywood Parish. He is a past chorister of St Anne’s Cathedral and acted as Director of Music there in 2002/2003 during which HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited for a service of thanksgiving marking Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee.