Biography
Composer, songwriter, pianist, mellotronist, improviser, singer and member of Progressive Rock Band Beggars Opera. Born 1948 Glasgow, Scotland and studied Pianoforte and Cello at RSAMD Glasgow and St Cecilia Rome.
Worked as composer and session musician in diverse areas of the music world including and with: Beggars Opera, British Lion Music, Ricky Gardiner Songs, Tony Visconti and for Renfrewshire CC Music Dept, Trinity College Music Dept, University of Wales, as Tutor in pianoforte, cello, theory and composition.
Piano tutors: Mary McPherson, Margaret Ferguson, Kathleen Belford RSAMD, Maestro Satta St Cecilia Rome, Carlo Vidusso Milan and Micheal Roll RWCMD.
Cello Tutor: Grace Dick RSAMD
Compositional background: Self taught but pointed in interesting directions initially by Robin Barr RSAMD and later, at a pivotal moment, by Gwyn Pritchard.
Lives and works in UK.
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