John enjoys inspiring anyone wishing to sing believing that anyone can sing if given the right instruction and inspiration. In 2010 he led 900 highly enthusiastic inner-city, mostly primary, schoolchildren in a performance in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall of Karl Jenkins’s Requiem that almost raised the roof with the sheer energy and commitment drawn out of the performers. John’s work with choirs in the Home Counties has seen many performances of rare British works including Howard Ferguson’s “The Dream of the Rood”, George Dyson’s “Hierusalem” and George Lloyd’s “Requiem” – the latter with the St Albans Chamber Choir with whom John is able to programme a wide range of repertoire both a cappella and accompanied. John is also Choral Director of Clifton Cathedral where he was organist in the late 1980s.