Owen Spicer - Music director

Owen Spicer is an organist and accompanist based in Montreal, Quebec. An Associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, Owen has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Godfrey Hewitt Scholarship, the Paul Westermeyer Hymn Playing Award and The Donald and Helen Mackey Memorial Award.  In 2024, Owen was awarded First Prize in the Osbourne Organ Competition run by the Summer Institute of Church Music.

Owen has held positions as Assistant Organist at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa, Organist at Montreal West United Church and Organ Scholar at Christ Church Cathedral Montreal, First St. Andrew's United Church London (On), and St. Martin's in the Fields London (On). 

As a recitalist, he has performed at many venues in Quebec and Ontario, including Redpath Hall Montreal, St. Andrew's Church Ottawa and St James Cathedral Toronto. Owen has appeared alongside numerous instrumental and choral ensembles around Canada, such as the Caelis Ensemble in Ottawa and the Stratford Symphony Orchestra. 

Owen is a graduate of McGill University with a bachelor's in organ performance, where he studied Organ Hans-Ola Ericsson and Jonathan Oldengarm and Choral Conducting with Jean Sébastian Vallée. He is pursuing a Master's degree at McGill University in the studio of Isabelle Demers. Owen is excited to join the Trinity Anglican Ministry team as Director of Music!