X-Nico

5 unusual facts about H. Hugh Bancroft


H. Hugh Bancroft

After nine years, he left for the Church of the Ascension in Hamilton, Ontario, but stayed there only nine months.

•

In 1936 while at St. Matthew's, he earned an external BMus from Durham University.

•

He was briefly at Christ Church Cathedral in Nassau, Bahamas, before moving to All Saints' Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1958, where he remained until his retirement in 1980.

•

From 1968 to 1977 he also taught for the Department of Music of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

•

He was then organist of Old Clee parish church, and was supplementing his modest income by playing in the local theatre and by working as a compass adjuster.



see also