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DR JOHN WELLS, organ John wells is a graduate of Cambridge University where he was organ scholar at King’s College Chapel. He received his doctorate with high distinction from Indiana University after studies with Dr Oswald Ragatz. Dr Wells is Organist to the University of Auckland, Visiting Artist-Tutor at the School of Music and Patron of the New Zealand Association of Organists; as Auckland City Organist from 1998 to 2012 he played a key role in the campaign to rebuild the Town Hall organ. He is a past-President of the New Zealand Association of Organists, which elected him an honorary Fellow in 2002 for his services to organ music in New Zealand. He was invited to be National Director of the New Zealand branch of the Australian & New Zealand College of Organists in 2012. 13