Career
He had previously held positions at Royal Holloway College, University of London, Saint George"s Chapel, Windsor Castle & Christ"s Hospital School, Horsham. His work in Chichester involved him in numerous live British Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts and recordings, the Southern Cathedrals Festival and Chichester Festivities. Mark has featured as soloist and accompanist on numerous commercial recordings released through Interface Message Processor Classics, Carlton, Pickwick, Lammas, Guild and Priory.
He enjoys life as a recitalist and has a formidable reputation as one of the foremost British exponents of liturgical improvisation.
He has performed throughout Europe, South America and South Africa and has given recitals in most of the major venues in England, including a début performance in Saint John"s Smith Square and Westminster Abbey. Chichester"s links to Bamberg and Chartres have enabled him to give recitals in both of those cathedrals.
His programme in Chartres (in 2004) concluded with a 20-minute improvisation on the plainsong: Salve Regina. Mark is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
On Christmas Day 2009, Mark left the Choral Foundation at Chichester Cathedral to take up the post of Director of Music at Barrow Hills School in Surrey.
