In 1953, it was leased to the Royal School of Church Music, initially to house choirboys assembled from all over Britain to sing at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Having adopted the Royal School of Church Music of America's Voice for Life program, these boys begin at the white level and advance through the dark blue levels.
Martin has spent most of his career with the Royal School of Church Music where he was known principally as a choir trainer specialising in the training and motivation of young singers.
She was made an Honorary Member of the Royal School of Church Music in 2009 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts for her contribution to news journalism and charity work by the University of Bedford in 2010.
The largest church music organisation in Britain, the Royal School of Church Music was founded in 1927 by Sir Sydney Nicholson and has 11,000 members worldwide; it was originally named the School of English Church Music.
The parish is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music, and the choir members regularly attend workshops and choir schools run by the local northern branch of the RSCM.
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In the summer of 2010, he was the choir director at the Royal School of Church Music America's King's College course in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
He was a Fellow and Governor of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, Chairman of the Church Music Society and Chairman of the School of English Church Music.
Harry Wakefield Bramma FRCO born (11 November 1936) is a British organist, who was Director of Music, at All Saints, Margaret Street, 1989–2004; Director of the Royal School of Church Music 1989–1998.
He grew up in Nice, where he was organist at the Anglican cathedral, and trained in organ and composition at the conservatoire, before continuing his studies in church music at the Royal School of Church Music and at English cathedrals.
He was the son of Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, and brother of the stained glass artist Archibald Keightley Nicholson and of Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist at Westminster Abbey and founder of the Royal School of Church Music.
Born in Hull, England, his serious musical education started at the Royal School of Church Music in 1938.