Known as a composer and pianist, he served for over 20 years as head of the piano division at the University of Saskatchewan.
From age ten he performed publicly, and in 1949 he won teenage talent of the year in a London competition in which he played Piano Sonata No.
In the late 1960s, despite having a full schedule teaching and performing in Britain, he took the position at the University of Saskatchewan in order to have a more secure job, and moved with his wife and four children to Saskatoon, Canada.
Following his retirement from the university in 1994, he and Marilyn moved to Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia, and he continued with some teaching and performing.
He moved in 2008 to British Columbia to be close to piano teacher Rachel Anderson, and she became his third wife when they married in 2011.