 Colin
Marston
Born in Otley, West
Yorkshire, he studied music at St. John's College, Cambridge, and sang in the
university choir under Sir David Willcocks. He then gained a Diploma in
Education from Reading University, where he won the Education Prize. He studied
organ with Keith Rhodes (Bradford Cathedral) and Douglas Fox (Great St. Mary's,
Cambridge), and gained the F.R.C.O. diploma in 1964.
For eight years he was organist and Assistant Director of Music at Brighton
College, singing in the Brighton Festival Chorus under Laszlo Heltay. From 1972
until 1981 he was Director of Music at Reading School and taught in the Music
section of the Education Department of Reading University.
In 1981 he was appointed Head of Music at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in
Penrith, a position he held until 1998. A year after moving to Penrith he was
appointed Organist and Choirmaster of St. Andrew's Church, and recently
celebrated twenty years in the post. He is also chairman of Penrith Music
Club.
Chairmen - Past and
Present
Newly elected chairman, John Fletcher [ right], presents retiring chairman,
Charles Clayton [ left] with a clock from members of the choir to thank Charles
for all his hard work for the choir. In his remarks at the A.G.M. our musical
director spoke of the service which Charles has given to the choir in his ten
years as chairman.
'Charles has been a splendid ambassador for the choir during that time as well
as doing many of the mundane and routine tasks without which the choir could
not function. We owe him a tremendous debt and hope that we will see him as a
member of the tenor section of the choir for many years to come.'
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