English tenor vocalist, writer and academic.
He started his career in the 70s in several avant-garde projects ([a=Swingle II], [a=Electric Phoenix], [a=New London Consort]).
After being backing vocalist for [a=Manfred Mann], [a=The Who] and [a=Mike Oldfield] among others, he joined the [a=Hilliard Ensemble] in 1984 (which he left 17 years later).
In 1989 he started the ensemble [a=Red Byrd].
He is now a teacher in York and coaches several ensembles in Europe and in the USA.