I was born in Stratford-on-Avon, England, and received my education at Winchester College. Beginning my musical studies at the age of nine on the violin, I soon found the guitar and lute to be my instruments of choice. While still in my teens, I studied at the Spanish Guitar Centre in London and attended the course "Musica en Compostela” in Spain. Living in Spain for three more years, I studied and mastered the classical guitar under the tutelage of Maestro Jose Tomas, one of Andres Segovia's most outstanding pupils.My concert appearances range from New York's Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, to London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, and The Sidney Opera House, touring extensively in the US, Canada, Great Britain, throughout Europe, Sweden, Greece, New Zealand, and Australia. I've performed with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Seacliff Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and numerous other orchestras around the world.I've worked with and composed for many theatre companies – most notably, the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I met director Peter Brook for whom I created (through improvisation) the guitar music in Brook’s acclaimed production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. I've worked with the Julliard Theater, arranging the score of “The Beggar’s Opera”, and with Music Theater Group for whom I composed two music/theater works, and I composed the score for the documentary film “Into the Mainstream”. Many of my compositions and arrangements are recorded for solo, 2 and 3 guitars, guitar and flute, guitar and recorder, guitar and voice, and also with the Empire Brass quintet. Two of my compositions for solo guitar are featured on a Grammy Award winning CD on Sony Classical. I have more than 20 recordings to my credit on Argo, EMI, Classic Editions, Musical Heritage Society, Telarc, Dorian Recordings, and Music Minus One. Some have achieved Gold and Platinum sales.