Gordon Munro was brought up in Avoch on the Black Isle.  He attended Fortrose Academy and went on to study music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), winning prizes in Music History and Choral Conducting.  Gordon graduated Bachelor of Education (Music) with first class honours in 1994.

At the University of Glasgow, Gordon undertook postgraduate research into the history of Scottish church music and Scottish song schools (1500-1700) with the late

Dr Kenneth Elliott. He completed his PhD thesis in 1999 and has since published various articles and editions.  Gordon served as a member of the Church of Scotland's Committee to Revise the Church Hymnary and some of his editions of early Scottish psalm harmonizations appear in ‘CH4’.

Gordon has taught music history at the Music School of Douglas Academy and has lectured at the University of Glasgow and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 

As General Editor and Trustee of Musica Scotica, Gordon promotes performances of and research into Scottish music.  He is also in demand as a choral conductor, and was Musical Director of Bridge of Weir Choral Society and Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Society in Paisley.  Gordon is also a Theory Examiner for the ABRSM.