Until October 2007, John Marston was in General practice in Barnstaple, Devon, but has always been interested in music from an early age.

At Ardingly College he first encountered and started playing the harpsichord, having played the piano since the age of 5yrs.

Also at school he took up the oboe, and reached the final audition for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

He sang alto in the school choir, and later with the Elizabethan Singers under the direction of Louis Halsey.

Tutored by Alfred Deller, he gained a Choral Scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1966.

He has played the harpsichord ever since, and now owns two harpsichords and a fortepiano, as well as a small chamber organ.