Morris was educated at Manchester Grammar School, where he began to study the organ under Andrew Dean.
Upon leaving school he took up the post of organ scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
He was organ scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, before being appointed as Assistant Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral in 2000.
Whilst at Blackburn he performed the World Premiere of David Briggs' Organ Concerto and was a regular accompanist on BBC Radio 4's The Daily Service.
Over a period of 10 months during 2017 and 2018, he performed the complete organ works of J.S.Bach in a series of 28 recitals at venues across London.