between the two 'sides' of the Choir, known in the English choral tradition as Decani and Cantoris. Dec and Can have a close rivalry with Can winning football for the last 3 years and Dec winning Cricket for the last 3 years as well. Organists The Choir is directed by the Master of the Music, currently Andrew Lucas. The Assistant Master of the Music is currently Tom Winpenny. The current Organ Scholar is Dewi Rees. Masters of the Music 1302 Adam 1498 Robert Fayrfax 1529 Henry Besteney 1820 Thomas Fowler 1831 Edwin Nicholls 1833 Thomas Fowler 1837 Thomas Brooks 1846 John Brooks 1855 William Simmons 1858 John Stocks Booth 1880 George Gaffe 1907 Willie Lewis Luttman 1930 Cuthbert E. Osmond 1937 Albert Charles Tysoe 1947 Meredith Davies 1951 Claude Peter Primrose Burton 1957 Peter Hurford 1978 Stephen Darlington 1985 Colin Walsh 1988 Barry Rose 1998 Andrew Lucas Assistant Masters of the Music The assistant master of music at St Albans may also be the Master of Music at St Albans School. For example, John Rutter's Donkey Carol is dedicated "to Simon Lindley and the choir of St. Albans School". 1908–09 John Cawley 1921–30 George C. Straker 1936–39 Sydney John Barlow 1948–51 Frederick Carter 1951–70 John Henry Freeman 1970–75 Simon Lindley 1975–76 John Clough 1976–2001 Andrew Parnell 2001–08 Simon Johnson 2008–current Tom Winpenny Notable ex-choristers Rod Argent (born 1945) – pop musician, founding member of The Zombies and writer of international hits including "She's Not There", "Tell Her No" and "Time of the Season" Rogers Covey-Crump (born 1944) – tenor Mike Newell (born 1942) – film director Alfred Victor Smith VC Croix de Guerre (1891–1915) – recipient of both the Victoria Cross and the Croix de Guerre Julian Trevelyan (born 1998) – concert pianist Trivia St Albans Cathedral Choir appeared in the 2003 film Johnny English, starring Rowan Atkinson and John Malkovich, as the choir of Westminster Abbey during the coronation scene. Performances St Albans Cathedral Choir most notably hosts the Three Choirs Concert, a key part of the St Albans International Organ Festival. Since 2015, the Choir has accomplished three BBC Radio 3 broadcasts, and has performed in two BBC One television programmes. It has performed with several world-famous choirs, the most recent examples being the 2017 Three Choirs Concert, when it performed jointly with St Paul's Cathedral Choir and Temple Church Choir, and the 2019 Three Choirs Concert, with