Dr Christopher Tinker
Christopher Tinker was educated at Uppingham, the Royal College of Music (with Ralph Downes, organ), the Royal School of Church Music and Durham University. He later obtained a Doctorate from the University of Lancaster; this was supervised by Dr Anthony Pople and examined by the eminent musicologist Stephen Banfield. His career has included posts as Organist to The King's School Canterbury, Director of Music at Hilton College in South Africa, Sedbergh, Whitgift, St Joseph's Ipswich,and Organist at St Andrew's Church Croydon. He has also undertaken much freelance work including the Ulverston Choral Society and more recently the Stondon Singers in Essex and the Ipswich G&S Society.
Orchestral conducting has included concerts with the Lakeland Sinfonia, the R.P.O. and the London Mozart Players, and he has given concerts all over the UK, in Europe (including Belgium, Austria and Hungary) and further afield in Japan and South Africa.
He is currently involved with much conducting; and his professional portfolio also includes composition, examining, private teaching and he is about to become Director of Music at St Margaret's Church Ipswich.
The site includes photos of his favourite fly fishing club at Hintlesham (out of season - see the snow!) and of his M.G.