Christopher Cipkin began his musical career as a chorister of Leeds Parish Church. He later went on to become Organ Scholar at the University of Keele (1992-1994), where he gave the inaugural recital of the refurbished Chapel Organ. He was also awarded the Wedgwood Prize for a dissertation on organ history. While working at Canterbury Cathedral Library, he researched and catalogued the eighteenth-century music of the Canterbury Catch Club. He served as Organ Scholar at Newcastle Cathedral (1996-1997) and he studied organ with James Lancelot (Durham Cathedral), gaining his ARCO in 1997. After a short time as Director of Music at St. James the Less, Pangbourne (1998-2000), he took up post at Organist and Choirmaster at Wesley Methodist Church, Reading. As part of his job as a library manager at the University of Reading he has responsibility for music collections. He also recently graduated with an MA degree in Musicology from the University. Christopher is a committee member of the Berkshire Organists’ Association and the Reading Bach Choir and he regularly gives organ recitals in the area.