Geoff Davidson was born in Dumfries and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, graduating with honours in singing and piano, and taking part in master-classes with Sir Adrian Boult and James Loughran. He was for seven years a staff member of the BBC Singers touring extensively and appearing as soloist in London's major venues working with some of the world's greatest conductors including André Previn, Pierre Boulez, Sir George Solti and Sir Simon Rattle. He occasionally acted as chorus master for Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir.

One of Scotland's most distinguished singer/musicians, Geoff has appeared as soloist in virtually every European capital as well as Poland, Scandinavia, the Ukraine, Canada and the USA where he appeared at the Lincoln Center, New York and the Kennedy Center, Washington.

He also appeared in several roles at Wexford Festival Opera, Scottish Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and sang Luciano Berio's CORO at La Scala, Milan. His countless broadcasts have included an astonishing variety of music from English lute songs (to his own lute accompaniment) to songs by Britten, Stanford and himself and for the last twelve years he has been a frequent "star" guest on Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night. On two recently issued CDs of highlights of the programme, two of Geoff's recordings were included.

Geoff is a former conductor of the famous Alexandria Choir of London who gave regular concerts at the Albert Hall. 2001 saw the world premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell.Davies' Canticum Canticorum in which Geoff sang the baritone solo with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and Nuremberg Opera-Chorus.

His solo commercial CDs include Stainer's Crucifixion conducted by Brian Kay, Schubert part-songs and Brahms' Liebeslieder with Jane Glover and The Art of Robert Burns, with the Musicians of Edinburgh.

Geoff is co-founder and conductor of the Norwich Pops Orchestra which flourishes in Norfolk and beyond and provides unique and enterprising programmes of film and light music. He is also musical director of Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society and has conducted their performances in the Theatre Royal, Norwich for 9 years.