He studied organ and theory at the University of Durham.

He began to study piano and organ with his father at the age of five.

At the academy he studied the violin, organ, and piano as well as conducting.

He began to study classical organ in 1970.

During these years, Brain studied piano and organ.

Two years later he went to Stuttgart, where he studied organ, piano, and composition.

He studied organ, was also interested in history and ethnography.

He studied organ under his father, then at the University of Helmstedt.

In 1946 he entered the Royal College of Music to study organ and composition.

Two years later he began studying music theory, rhythm, piano and organ.