Ian Sadler has been appointed organist of St. James Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario, effective April 2016. He is working alongside David Briggs, artist in residence, and Robert Busiakiewicz, director of music.
Originally from the U. K., Sadler was a boy chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, organ scholar at Bristol University, and organ scholar at St. Paul’s Cathedral working under John Scott and Christopher Dearnley. In 1980 he moved to Canada following his appointment as director of music at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, and choral director at Upper Canada College, Toronto. In 1986 Sadler won first prize at the Poister Organ Competition, Syracuse University.
As a recitalist, he has presented concerts in Denmark, Germany, Austria, the United States, Australia, and the U.K., where he recently gave his third recital at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. This season Sadler has been invited to present a second recital at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and a New Year’s Day recital at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, U.K.
