Background
Nardone was born in Elderslie, Scotland.
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Nardone was born in Elderslie, Scotland.
He was educated at John Neilson High School, Paisley, before going on to study organ and piano at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (1983-1986).
He has sung with the Monteverdi Choir, The King’s Consort and the Tallis Scholars. He has been Director of Music at Chelmsford Cathedral and is currently Organist and Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral. As a boy he sang in the choir of Paisley Abbey where he continued as a countertenor until 1986.
In 1986 was awarded a grant by the Countess of Munster Trust to study singing at Royal Academy of Music, London.
He gained the Fellow of the Royal College of Organists diploma in 1999. Organist & Conductor In 1986 Nardone was appointed Assistant Organist at Croydon Parish Church, and in 1988 was made Assistant Organist at the Chapel Royal of Saint Peter ad Vincula with Her Majesty Tower of London.
In 1993 he was appointed Organist of Croydon Parish Church and in 2000 left to become Director of Music at Chelmsford Cathedral and Artistic Director of Chelmsford Cathedral Festival (2000-2007). In 2012 he became Organist and Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral and Artistic Director of Three Choirs Festival.
As a conductor he has worked with The King’s Consort and the Philharmonia.
He is also conductor of the Worcester Festival Choral Society. 2000 Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.