Daniel Mansfield, BA, ARCO, started his musical life at the Parish Church of St Mary, West Derby, where he joined the choir, aged 7.  On occasions, he was taken by his grandparents to Liverpool Cathedral, where the music was led by Prof. Ian Tracey and Ian Wells, each of whom later became his teacher and mentor.  He started to learn the organ whilst at St Margaret’s CE High School, Aigburth, under Ian Wells, who later appointed him to Holy Trinity, Southport, as Organ Scholar.  During his university years, he became Organ Scholar at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; another great experience for him.  Having graduated, he spent a couple of years as Organist of St John’s, Tue Brook, before returning to Southport this time as Director of Music.  Since then, he has been awarded the prestigious Associateship of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO).
It was fitting that Dan should give this recital, as one of his his C19 predecessors at Holy Trinity was Henry Hudson, FRCO, who served as consultant to the rebuilding of the Ormskirk instrument in its present form and location by William Denman of York and Robert Hope-Jones between 1877 and 1894