He went to Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music where he studied singing with Norman Bailey and won the choral conducting prize. He regularly appears as a guest chorus master throughout the UK and Europe and became Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Chorus in October 2008.

Edward works as chorus master and conductor with NDR Chor, Netherlands Radio Choir, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart and the BBC Singers.

Based in Scotland, Edward works as a lecturer in the Department of Vocal Studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and teaches singing at the University of Glasgow. As Outreach Director of Cappella Nova he conducts the Scottish Plainsong Choir and leads workshops across Scotland.  He also directs the course ‘Health and Wellbeing through Song’ at the University of Strathclyde.