Harvey Stansfield

Harvey Stansfield ARCO is the Assistant Organist at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, a position he commenced in September 2024. In this role, he accompanies the Cathedral choir for some of the weekly services and assists in the training of the choristers. Harvey holds the Associate Diploma of the Royal College of Organists and is in much demand as an accompanist, liturgical organist, and recitalist.

Prior to his appointment at St Mary’s, he spent a year as Organ Scholar at Peterborough Cathedral where he had a major role in accompanying the Cathedral choir for some of the daily services and training the probationer choristers. Harvey graduated in July 2023 with a BMus (Hons) degree in organ performance from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where he studied organ with Daniel Moult and Nicholas Wearne, harpsichord with Robin Bigwood and choral conducting with Sarah Tenant-Flowers and Paul Spicer. He previously held Organ Scholarships at Coventry and Blackburn Cathedrals, respectively.

Harvey released his debut CD ‘FANFARE’ as the culmination of his degree studies. This disc celebrates the organ music of the 20th century English composer and organist Percy Whitlock performed on the authentic Compton organ of Southampton Guildhall. “…It is good to be reminded of Whitlock’s genius a composer of some of the great organ music of the 20th century by such an up-and-coming player” (The Organ Manual, 2023).