Calkin served as or­gan­ist, pre­cent­or and choir­mas­ter at St. Co­lum­ba’s Coll­ege, Na­van (later Rath­farn­ham), Ire­land; and or­gan­ist at Wo­burn Cha­pel, Lon­don (1853-57); Cam­den Road Cha­pel (1863-68); and St. Tho­mas’ Church, Cam­den Town (1870-74). He be­longed to the Lon­don Phil­har­mon­ic So­ci­e­ty and the Coun­cil of Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, and was a pro­fess­or at the Guild­hall School of Mu­sic and Croy­don Con­serv­a­to­ry, and a Fel­low of the Roy­al Col­lege of Or­gan­ists.

His works in­clude morn­ing and ev­en­ing ser­vic­es; set­tings for the Mag­ni­fi­cat, Te De­um and Nunc Dim­it­tis; an­thems, songs, part-songs, glees, hymn tunes, and or­gan piec­es.

• Haeussler, p. 580
• Hustad, p. 216
• Nutter, p. 454
• Reynolds, p. 262

1. Calkin
2. Dedication
3. Elim
4. Let Mu­sic Break on This Blest Morn
5. Munus
6. Nox Prae­ces­sit
7. Ramoth
8. Savoy Cha­pel
9. Sefton
10. Waltham