He founded Australia’s foremost a cappella gospel choir Café of the Gate of Salvation in 1986, and wrote music for & directed it for 21 years. He founded a cappella choir the Honeybees and has directed and sung with reclusive male a cappella group the Heavenly Light Quartet since 1996.
In demand for his inspiring teaching style, Tony has run more than 2000 vocal workshops throughout the world for the public, for festivals, schools, universities, churches, organisations and corporate training events.
‘Tony Backhouse has been, and continues to be, a major influence on music in Sydney and beyond. The a cappella revival is almost entirely due to him.’ Martin Wesley-Smith, composer, Australia