John LeGrove read Music at Bristol University and at London University where he studied composition with Edward Gregson. He has worked mostly as a school teacher in the North West, in the Midlands and in Suffolk.

As an accompanist he has played at the Maltings, Snape, at the Purcell Room in a Music for Youth international competition and for BBC TV Young Musician of the Year. He is currently on the academic music staff at Chetham’s School of Music, where he directs its Year 7 and 8 Choir.