Editing St Albans Cathedral (section)

===Organists===
{{See also|List of musicians at English cathedrals}}
The master of the music and the assistant master of the music share the responsibility of directing the [[St Albans Cathedral Choir]] and the [[St Albans Cathedral Girls' Choir]] respectively.

The earliest known name of an organist at St Albans is Adam from the early 13th century. [[Robert Fayrfax]], the prominent English Renaissance composer, is recorded as being organist from 1498 to 1502, and was buried there following his death some 20 years later. Since 1820 the post of organist and master of the music has been held by a number of well-known musicians, including [[Peter Hurford]], [[Stephen Darlington]] and [[Barry Rose]]. The current master of the music, since 1998, is Andrew Lucas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stalbansbachchoir.org.uk/andrewlucas.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114032225/http://www.stalbansbachchoir.org.uk/andrewlucas.htm|title=Andrew Lucas (St Albans Bach Choir)|archivedate=14 January 2010}}</ref> The assistant master of music at the cathedral is sometimes also the master of music at [[St Albans School (Hertfordshire)|St Albans School]] — for example, [[Simon Lindley]] and Andrew Parnell.

Since 1963 the cathedral has been home to the [[St Albans International Organ Festival]], founded by Peter Hurford, and winners of which include Dame [[Gillian Weir]], [[Thomas Trotter (musician)|Thomas Trotter]] and [[Naji Hakim]].