Rutter fell in love with Christmas carols when he was a chorister in grade school, but he gradually became more ambitious.

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As a boy, Berkeley was a chorister at Westminster Cathedral.

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His musical journey began as a Gloucester Cathedral chorister and organ student, before he moved on to the Royal College of Music where his studies were interrupted by a call-up to fight in World War One.

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