David Dunnett was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, and at the Royal Academy of Music. After a time working in America as Director of Chapel Music at the College of Wooster in Ohio, he spent six years at Uppingham School before moving to Winchester Cathedral as Sub-Organist, accompanying their renowned choir for services, concerts, broadcasts, recordings and overseas tours.  He assisted David Hill with the Waynflete Singers and is a previous conductor of the Southampton University Chamber Choir and the Winchester Music Club.

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Working in a variety of styles, both classical and jazz, he is a regular recitalist and accompanist for singers and instrumentalists on the organ, harpsichord and piano; he features on many recordings as accompanist, as well as conductor and soloist. He is a former conductor of the Norwich Philharmonic Society and part-time lecturer at the University of East Anglia.  David recently retired from Norwich Cathedral, where he was Organist for 29 years and also Master of the Music from 1996 to 2007.