Crispin Woodhead was educated at The Manchester Grammar School for Boys. As a boy he performed extensively as a chorister singing in cathedrals and concert halls throughout the UK. He began studying the piano aged twelve under Anne Oleesky and the organ aged fourteen under Derek Cantrell. He continued his organ studies under Andrew Dean at Manchester Grammar and subsequently entered Pembroke College, Oxford as an organ scholar where he read Modern Languages (French and German) with a Domus academic scholarship. After graduation he undertook dedicated keyboard studies in Manchester with Marjorie Clementi and entered the Royal Northern College of Music in 1996 to study as a postgraduate accompanist under John Wilson and Carole Presland. In his diploma year he won the Catherine Little Exhibition and the Stella Bradshaw prize for accompaniment. In 1997 he received a Junior Fellowship to the college and was later awarded the R.J. Forbes prize for répétiteur work. During that year he was involved as répétiteur in productions of Puccini's TOSCA and Mozart's LUCIO SILLA for the European Opera Centre and worked under the direction of Kent Nagano, Renata Scotto and Brigitte Fassbaender. He has performed in masterclasses to Ian Brown, Gordon Back, Malcolm Martineau and Graham Johnson. In 1998 he was appointed as a lecturer to the RNCM keyboard department. In 1999 Crispin moved to Weybridge where he now lives with his wife, Christine (herself a busy opera singer), and daugther Imogen. In the same year he established a classical artists management company in London with his friend, Allan Beavis. Alongside his business activities, Crispin continues to enjoy a busy career as teacher, coach and performer with a challenging and diverse list of students, regular concert appearances throughout the UK including three live appearances on Radio 3 this year and a special appearance on Radio 4 as accompanist on "Woman's Hour".