Richard Moore

Richard read Music at St John’s College (Oxford), after which he took up a place studying Organ at the Royal College of Music (MMus). Whilst at the RCM, he was Organ Scholar at St Paul's Cathedral, where, in addition to playing for services and training choristers, he also played at a number of important occasions, including the funeral of Baroness Thatcher. From 2017-2023 Richard was Sub Organist at Guildford Cathedral. He holds the Soloist (Artist) Diploma of the Royal Danish Academy of Music; as a recitalist he has performed in venues from North America to Australasia, and concerto appearances include Lou Harrison's Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra (collaborating with conductor Thomas Søndergård).

In addition to his liturgical and performing work, Richard is active as a researcher and writer; recent work on the organ music of Ethel Smyth has uncovered two unpublished pieces. He is a member of the joint steering committee of the British Organ Archive, and is Reviews Editor for the British Institute of Organ Studies. 

As Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Richard assists the Organist in all aspects of their Cathedral work. He accompanies the Cathedral services when the Cathedral Choirs are in residence, and plays for special services, concerts and recordings. His educative remit includes overseeing the boy chorister probationer training programme, and developing an outreach programme centred around the organ. 

Rich in allusion and fertile in creativity: the organ works of Ethel Smyth, Journal of the Royal College of Organists (2026)

Praise Him with Trumpets • Delphian • 2025 • Clifton College

Via Crucis, Philip Moore • Convivium • 2023 • Guildford Cathedral

Towards a kaleidoscopic hermeneutic: British organ composition and organ-building culture, 1945-2000, Journal of British Institute of Organ Studies 46 (2022)

As the leaves Fall, Duruflé & Darke • Regent • 2022 • Guildford Cathedral

On Christmas Night, Chilcott • Priory • 2021 • St John’s Upper Norwood

Christ Rising • Herald • 2019 • Guildford Cathedral

A conjectural note…, Journal of British Institute of Organ Studies 42 (2018)

Illuminations, Dances, and Poems (Illumina Duo) • Convivium • 2017 • Portsmouth Cathedral

Zeitgeist manifest as style: eclectic authenticity in the St Paul’s Cathedral Grand Organ Project, 1972-77, Journal of British Institute of Organ Studies 39 (2015)

A cruel reversal of fortune? Peter Racine Fricker and the perils of pan-Atlanticism, Journal of the Royal College of Organists (2015)