Gordon Graham is Director of the ESAF, and the Festival of the Sacred Arts in the Fringe. Ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion, he served in the Diocese of New Jersey, USA from 2006-2018, during which time he was also a summer -time priest at St Vincent's Chapel. Having moved rto Edinburgh, he is now Assisting Priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church at Christ Church Morningside.
A graduate of the Universities of St Andrews and Durham, Gordon Graham taught philosophy at St Andrews where he also established the University Music Centre., In 1995 he was appointed Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999. In 2006 he moved to the United States to become Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he remained until his retirement in 2018. In 2016 he directed the Princeton Film Festival on 'Faith, Hope and Violence'.
In addition to journal articles and invited contributions to encyclopedias and handbooks, his many publications on art and religion include three books -- Philosophy of the Arts (Routledge, 3rd edition 2005), The Re-enchantment of the World: art versus religion (Oxford University Press, 2007) and Philosophy, Art and Religion: understanding faith and creativity (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He is the author of two verse anthems set to music by the composer Paul Mealor.
A graduate of the Universities of St Andrews and Durham, Gordon Graham taught philosophy at St Andrews where he also established the University Music Centre., In 1995 he was appointed Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999. In 2006 he moved to the United States to become Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he remained until his retirement in 2018. In 2016 he directed the Princeton Film Festival on 'Faith, Hope and Violence'.
In addition to journal articles and invited contributions to encyclopedias and handbooks, his many publications on art and religion include three books -- Philosophy of the Arts (Routledge, 3rd edition 2005), The Re-enchantment of the World: art versus religion (Oxford University Press, 2007) and Philosophy, Art and Religion: understanding faith and creativity (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He is the author of two verse anthems set to music by the composer Paul Mealor.
Les Shankland is Music Advisor to the ESAF. After reading music at the University of Edinburgh, he was awarded a scholarship to study choral conducting at the Hochschule in Vienna. Since then he has worked extensively with many choral and instrumental groups throughout Scotland. He co-founded Pocket Opera, an amateur company that specializes in taking small-scale opera performances to rural venues, and for two years was musical director of Edinburgh Grand Opera. Les was a full-time music teacher at Bo’ness Academy and Director of Music at Old Saint Paul’s Church in Edinburgh for many years. He is now Director of Music at St Vincent's Chapel, Stockbridge, and since January 2008 he has been musical director of the Chapter House Singers He enjoys arranging and composing music, the results of which have been heard in concerts and on BBC radio.
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Barnaby Miln is Secretary-Treasurer of the ESAF. He serves as Property Convener of St Vincent's Chapel, and Venue Manager for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A regular music reviewer, covering many concerts in Edinburgh each year, he was a seedsman and agricultural plant breeder by profession. Barnaby has long and extensive experience in promoting and organizing major events -- the AIDS ribbon and World AIDS Day (1986/7), the first Fairtrade Fortnight (1997) and the Jubilee 2000 Human Chain for the meeting of G7 leaders in Birmingham (1998). As a magistrate, he was the first openly gay member of the British judiciary. Formerly a member of the Church of England General Synod, he is currently a member of the Scottish Episcopal General Synod.
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