building. The chorister and choral conductor Peter Stanley Lyons was Director of Music and Deputy Headmaster of Wells Cathedral School, and Master of the Choristers at Wells Cathedral, from 1954 to 1960. The choral conductor James William Webb-Jones was Headmaster of Wells Cathedral School from 1955 to 1960. The school's connection with the cathedral offers a range of opportunities. There is a School service every Sunday evening and Monday morning in the cathedral, as well as music concerts. Chapel, chamber and cathedral choir rehearsals and performances are performed in both the cathedral and the Music School. Government funding of £3.5 million was obtained in 2008 to build a new concert hall and classrooms at Cedars Hall. Notable alumni Stephen Barton (born 1982), film and video game composer David Buckley, composer George Bull, Bishop of St David's Philip Dukes, violist Iestyn Davies, classical countertenor Michael Eavis, founder of the Glastonbury Festival Emily Eavis, his daughter, co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival Richard Jacques, composer Frederick Keel, composer, singer and academic Kris Marshall, actor Justin Mortimer, artist Malcolm Nash, cricketer Danny Nightingale, Olympic gold-medallist Bruce Parry, BBC presenter David Poore, musician & composer Roger Saul (born 1950), businessman, founder of the Mulberry (company) fashion label Tim Thorpe, principal horn player (BBC National Orchestra of Wales) James Turle, musician See also List of Cathedral Schools List of the oldest schools in the world References External links Wells Cathedral School website Wells Cathedral School Foundation website Profile on the ISC website Choir schools in England Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Music schools in England Private schools in Somerset 909 establishments Educational institutions established in the 10th century Buildings and structures in Wells, Somerset 10th-century establishments in England Wells Church of England private schools in the Diocese of Bath and Wells Boarding schools in Somerset Grade II* listed buildings in Mendip District Wells Cathedral