David Trendell was a much-loved, respected, and admired Director of Music at St Bartholomew the Great from 1996 until 2009. He was the first Director of a then new professional choir that has sung at the church ever since he first called it together. The performances they gave under his direction were as remarkable for the performers as they were for the congregations that heard them. He added enormously to the experience and quality of the sacred liturgies of the church.

David's sudden death at the end of October 2014 was an enormous shock for all his many friends and everyone who appreciated his work. The Parish of Great St Bartholomew is commissioning a plaque to be placed on the wall of the church Cloister, between plaques that commemorate two other great Directors of Music at the Church, Paul Steinitz, who was there from 1949 to 1961, and Brian Brockless, who was Director twice, from 1961 to 1969, and from 1979 to 1995.

David's music was a service to the church and to the community, and we want to give an opportunity for everyone who would like to do so to contribute to this permanent memorial to him. As with the other two plaques, David's will be made from slate into which gilded letters are cut.

Thank you for any donation you feel able to give to enable David to be commemorated in this way.