Educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Dorset 1965-1972, he was organ scholar 1972-1975 at New College, Oxford, where he gained a First Class Honours degree in music.
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He is currently Head of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, London (since 1997), where he is also a professor of organ (since 1999), Director of Music of the London Oratory (since 1999), Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (since 2001) and Chief Examiner of the Royal College of Organists (since 2005).
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He has also been an organ consultant, most importantly (with Nicholas Thistlethwaite) for the rebuilding of the Harrison and Harrison organ at Ely Cathedral (1999-2001).
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He studied organ with Nicholas Danby and at the age of 23 was appointed Organist of the London Oratory in 1977 in succession to Ralph Downes.
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