Mr. Mervyn Cousins gained much of his musical formation as a Cathedral Chorister at Southwell in Nottinghamshire, UK, where he learned four instruments. He later obtained BMus and MMus degrees at Royal Holloway College, University of London, where he was College Organ Scholar – and he was a prize-winner both at University and at Royal College of Organists examinations.
Mr. Mervyn was appointed as Assistant Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in 1987. He became Director of Music there in 1993 and was also Chorus Master of the Bury St Edmunds Festival Chorus. In 1997, he held the position of Director of Music at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and took the role of Organist at the University of Liverpool during that time. Under his direction each cathedral choir broadcast and recorded frequently for radio and television – also gaining wide recognition for their CD recordings. He has also served as Executive Director of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.
In November 2015, he was appointed as ABRSM’s Deputy Chief Examiner, working partly from the organisation’s headquarters in London. He was appointed as the first Chair of a new Chief Examiner Group at ABRSM in September 2023 and continues to lead the group, ABRSM’s 500 examiners and many other ABRSM-related projects.
