John Sanders OBE. He studied the French horn with Mark Foster, a founder member of the Philharmonia Orchestra, read Music at Durham University and went on to train as a music teacher at Leeds University while singing professionally as a lay clerk in the Choir of Leeds Minster. Having also gained considerable experience as a freelance French horn player, Douglas now works as a full-time member of the Academic Music Department and choral training staff at Chetham's School of Music, the internationally renowned specialist music school in Manchester, England. In addition to this and his work as a composer, for several years he sang with the William Byrd Singers, directed by Stephen Wilkinson MBE.