THE EARLY YEARS
1953 - 1979
The '50s and '60s
I was born in Berkshire, England and lived in the small village of Brimpton, near Newbury. I was educated in 5 schools:
Kindergarten on Greenham Common - St Bartholemew's Prep School, Newbury - Brockhurst boarding school, Hermitage - Shiplake College, Henly-on-Thames
and finally the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London from 1969 to 1974
where I studied:
PIANO - FLUTE - ORGAN - CONDUCTING - GENERAL MUSICIANSHIP - SPEACH & DRAMA
The '70s
In the 1970's I worked as a peripatetic piano and flute teacher both privately and in schools around Berkshire (Elstree Prep. School and Pangbourne College for example).
At the same time I was Musical Director for various amateur operatic companies
Newbury Operatic Society -
N.O.M.A.D.S. -
Caversham Park Village Operatic Society
Maidenhead Musical Comedy Society
I formed my own Opera Company and conducted Operas by:
Mozart - Donzetti - Puccini - Purcell
The day I left school in 1969 I became the organist of Brimpton church. I formed a 24 voice choir singing every Sunday. Soon I became the organist of a second church nearby.
IN 1979 I STOPPED ALL TEACHING AND AMATEUR CONDUCTING!
I have been a
PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL DIRECTOR / CONDUCTOR SINCE 1979
occassionally working on Cruise ships since 1995
I have lived in France since 2001
