Getting on for six years ago, when my appointment as Master of The Queen’s Music was announced, this blog was set up in a great hurry....

Living on the periphery of the choral music world, I’m aware that there's a lot of reasonably good singing going on in the UK. It’s an...

Monday’s concert of Masters of The Queen’s Music from Sir Edward Elgar up to myself was given in the remarkable Sam Wanamaker Playhouse,...

One more announcement - I have been appointed Associate Composer with the BBC Singers starting at the beginning of 2015. You can read the...

Buckingham Palace have today officially announced that I have been appointed as Master of the Queen’s Music in succession to Sir Peter...