He was born in Gloucester on 19 December 1928 and educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he studied music with Thomas Armstrong and Bernard Rose. He was also a composition pupil of Lennox Berkeley.
Born in Gloucester on December 19, 1928, he attended The Crypt School and Pembroke College, Oxford for his education. There, he studied music with Thomas Armstrong and Bernard Rose, and also learned composition from Lennox Berkeley.