[1][4][6][7] He was organist at St Columba's College, Dublin,[1][6] at Lowestoft,[1][6] and, following a competition on the organ at Westminster Abbey,[3][5] at Coventry Cathedral.
[1][6][8] In 1908, he moved to Canada to take up an appointment as professor of music at McGill University in Montreal and director of the Conservatorium[1][6][8][9][10] and was presented to King Edward VII prior to his departure.
[9] Perrin restructured the curriculum at the Conservatorium so that instead of simply learning an instrument or singing, students also studied the history and theory of music.
[4][5] He also established an orchestra[1][8] and a choir there,[1] and developed a Canada-wide system of musical examinations.
[1][8] He married Enid Hilda Pridmore in Coventry in 1896; they had one son and one daughter.Perrin died at his home in Exeter, Devon, in 1953.