Silas Wollston

Among the most versatile musicians on the English early music scene, Silas Wollston has been active as a harpsichord and organ soloist, a continuo player, and a choral conductor. He is also noted as an educator, composer, arranger, and musicological researcher. Wollston was born Silas Standage, and to avoid confusion with his father, he changed his surname to Wollston. From 2000 to 2010, he served as the principal keyboard continuo player and assistant conductor to John Eliot Gardiner and his various early music ensembles. Wollston is a member of In Echo and The Bach Players and performs as a guest with other early music groups. Wollston has played continuo on a pair of albums with countertenor Iestyn Davies: If (2019) and Lamento (2021). In 2025, he played the organ on the album In Chains of Gold: The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem, Vol. 3.