Head, Robert, 1893-1957
Born in Congleton, Cheshire and described as an organist in the 1911 Census.
Organist and master of the choir, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, 1929-1957
Married in the cathedral to Evelyn Mackie, in July 1939
President of the Edinburgh Society of Organists:
1944-45 Dr Robert Head, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., F.T.C.L.
1949-50 Dr Robert Head, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., F.T.C.L.
Instrument(s)/responsibility:
conductor, organ
Concerts by Performer
| Title | Date | Venue | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, January 29, 1933 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, February 13, 1936 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, March 22, 1936 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, March 11, 1937 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, November 21, 1937 | St Mary's (Episcopal) Cathedral | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, December 2, 1937 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, March 10, 1938 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, December 8, 1938 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Orchestral Concert | Thursday, January 26, 1939 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert | Sunday, February 26, 1939 | Usher Hall | Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 |
| Reid Organ Recital | Friday, November 19, 1954 | McEwan Hall | Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971 |