Mark Goddard

Mark Goddard was born in 1960, and went to school in Oxford, before going on to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he gained the GRSM(hons) and LRAM (piano). He received nine awards for Composition while at the RAM, including the coveted “Eric Coates Prize” and the “Capital Radio Prize”.  After the Academy, he married another RAM student: the bassoonist Pat Goddard and worked in Oxford for ten years; composing, arranging and conducting orchestras and choirs.

In 1989, Mark and Pat founded Spartan Press. The business relocated to the Scottish Highlands ten years later, along with a burgeoning family and various giant dogs! In 2018, Mark and Pat sold Spartan Press and relocated to the vibrant city of Bristol.

In 2015 he was honoured with the “Associate of the Royal Academy of Music” (ARAM) for services rendered to the music profession.