Key Events
- 1929-1933 Chorister of York Minster under Edward Bairstow
- 1933-1940 Organist of Malton Parish Church
- 1937 Gains FRCO with the Limpus Prize
- 1946-1982 Organist of York Minster
- 1957 Gains DMus Durham University
- 1970 Becomes Fellow of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey
- 1972-1974 President of the Royal College of Organists
- 1978 Appointed OBE for services to music.
- 1982 On retiring from York Minster in 1982 he received the Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music, the Doctorate of the University of York and, at the hands of the Archbishop of York, Lord Blanch, the Order of Saint William of York.
- 2007 Promoted to CBE in the Queen's birthday honours for services to music.
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