In his teenage years, he slowly established himself as a classical player in the Scottish accordion scene, which was famous for such greats as Sir Jimmy Shand OBE and Prof. Hamish McTaggart.
He went on to study with Mogens Ellegaard at The Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen, graduating with a Diploma in 1982.
He has a recording entitled "On the Wings of the Wind", a composition renowned for the "windy gush" technique, achieved by depressing the air button, normally used for closing the bellow after practice.
Chrissie Leatham was one of Scotland's greatest accordion players and teacher to many of Scotland's best known musicians including Kenny McGinty, Simon Thoumire, Phil Cunningham, Ian McPhail, Sandy Brechin, Jim Johnstone to name but a few.
Murray has been the Head of Classical Accordion at London's Royal Academy of Music since 1986.