Author Biography
Robert Fielding holds MMus and MPhil degrees and is a holder of both the Fellowship and Choirmaster diplomas of the Royal College of Organists. He studied organ with Ronald Frost, Keith Bond, Noel Rawsthorne and John Bishop. His BA(Hons) involved studies in Drama, Theology and Church Music. Robert studied composition with Andrew Downes at the Birmingham Conservatoire, Ian Hare at Lancaster University, Adrian Beaumont and Jonathan Cross at Bristol University. Robert was Director of Music at Sarum College, Salisbury for six years. He directed courses for 'volunteer' organists as a free-lance musician. Robert's work included the creation and direction of a distance-learning Certificate course for church musicians in the Diocese of Salisbury where he was Diocesan Church Music Adviser and was funded by the Tindall Trust. He is an Honorary Member of the Birmingham Conservatoire and is Organist and Master of the Choristers at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire UK.