You’re invited to come and see a brand new line of performances in our Spring 2026 Noon Hour Concert Series! Admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital between 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., with the concerts beginning at 12:15 p.m.
About Ian Sadler (organ)
Ian maintains an active career as a Concert Organist and Choral Conductor. Highlights in recent seasons have included conducting his Cathedral Singers for a week of services at Westminster Abbey, guest organist for the Memorial Service for of Mr. Galen Weston in Toronto, and recital tours in Jamaica and Helsinki, Finland.
In August 2025 Ian was organist-in residence for a week at Salisbury Cathedral, UK. Ian was a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England. He was awarded the organ scholarship at Bristol University and later, the organ scholarship for three years back at St. Paul’s Cathedral. His final engagement in the UK before moving to Canada was to play the organ in the movie Chariots of Fire.
In 1980, Ian moved to Canada following appointments in Toronto as director of music at Grace Church on-the-Hill and choral director at Upper Canada College. He has since held positions as organist of St. James Cathedral, Toronto, and most recently as director of music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ontario.
In 1986, he won first prize at the Syracuse International Organ Competition in the United States. Recitals have since taken him to Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Austria, Australia, the United States and United Kingdom.
In 2001, Ian was awarded a Juno for a choral album by his Burlington Chamber Choir, Pro Musica. In 2007, he was awarded the Fellowship Diploma from The Royal Canadian College of Organists for his promotion of Canadian organ music.
2026 began with a series of concerts in Barbados. In July, Ian will be organist-in-residence at Durham Cathedral and following Christmas his Cathedral Singers has been invited to act as choir-in-residence for a week at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, UK.