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Current position: First baritone with The King's Singers since 1994 with over 1500 concerts performed worldwide and for ten years the group's principal arranger. Ten arrangements recorded on The King's Singers' cd "Simple Gifts" which won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album in February 2009. Choral workshops and masterclasses given worldwide. Over 20 CD/DVD recordings made with the group. Many appearances on TV and Radio. 1988 - 1994: Director of Music at Chafyn Grove Preparatory School. 1982 - 1994: Lay Clerk in Salisbury Cathedral Choir. Freelance baritone - many solo engagements. Regular work in London with The Sixteen, CM90. Pianist and arranger for Take 7 jazz band. 1979 - 1982: Freelance singer in London. Permanent Lay Clerk at Southwark Cathedral. Regular work with The BBC Singers, Taverner Choir, Opera Rare, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Westminster Abbey Choir, Westminster Cathedral Choir, all major London church choirs. 1976 - 1979: Studied Music at York University, specialising in Choral Conducting, Composing, Organ and Singing. Achieved a First Class in Year 1 assessment, graduated with B.A. (Hons.) degree. Founded and conducted York University Motet Choir. Choral Scholar in York Minster Choir (counter tenor 1976-78; baritone 1979) 1975 - 1976: Organist at Worth Parish Church, Sussex and Lowfield Heath Parish Church, Surrey 1962 - 1975: Educated at Pound Hill Primary School and Hazelwick Comprehensive School, Sussex. |
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