John Bertalot, 94, died February 21.
Born September 15, 1931, in Maidstone, Kent, UK, he studied organ at the Royal College of Music and was an organ scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, from 1955 to 1958.
He served as organist of St. Matthew’s Church, Northampton, from 1958 to 1964 and of Blackburn Cathedral from 1964 to 1983 before moving to the United States, where he was organist of Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, New Jersey, from 1983 to 1998.
Bertalot was the author of John Bertalot’s Immediately Practical Tips for Choral Directors, Five Wheels to Successful Sight-Singing, and How to be a Successful Choir Director.
For information: bertalot.org.
