It was while he was at school that Cupper became influenced by the music environment which Colin Clouting and the distinguished concert pianist Eileen Last had responsibility for.
After he finished in 1976 he did an extended course of Organ studies with Susi Jeans and Nicolas Kynaston with the help of a stipend from Alderman Norman's Foundation.
[1] After his studies Cupper came back to his home city of Norwich, to begin his career as an organist and music teacher within Norfolk County Council's Adult Education Department.
[1] In 1988 Cupper became a registered member of the 'Norsk Kantor og Organist-forbund' and was there upon successfully appointed to the position of Cantor in the State Lutheran Church in Nordfjordeid, on the western coast of Norway.
[1] Ralph Cupper is known as a composer, pianist and organist and has held many concert tours in England, Germany and Norway.