He was a music teacher at Aberdeen University and, from 1975, at Sherborne School in Dorset. During his time at Sherborne, he achieved a D. Phil. from Oxford University and has continued to teach part-time at the school following his retirement in 1999.

Richard Kershaw plays the piano and the ‘cello. Retirement has allowed him to spend more time composing, as well as bird-watching and cultivating his extensive rock garden.

Have Oboe, Will Travel builds on the success of World Jazz Tour, a set of songs from different countries written for the piano in jazzy…