 The same year he served as assistant organist at the Kingsway Hall, London.After doing National Service he became assistant organist at St Bartholomew-the-Great Smithfield, London (1960–1961), and then assistant organist to John Birch at Chichester Cathedral, England (1961–1968).In 1968 he took up the post of organist and master of the choir at Salisbury Cathedral, a position which he held until 1997.