Richard has a busy and vibrant career as a freelance musician, specialising in choral music of all kinds, as conductor, accompanist and composer. He works regularly with many of the major choirs and choral societies in and around London and south-east England, he has also recently been appointed to the post of Director of Music at St Swithuns Parish Church in East Grinstead where he is already enjoying the challenges and opportunities that this major church provides.

During his years as an organ scholar, studying with Richard Popplewell at the Royal College of Music in London and with Flor Peeters in Belgium, Richard won the major prizes in the Fellowship examinations of the Royal College of Organists, and was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Concert and recital appearances have taken him to cathedrals, major churches and concert halls across the UK and Europe, and he continues to be in demand, both as organ soloist and accompanist. Television and radio broadcasts, plus recordings, have also taken Richard to an even wider audience, both at home and abroad.

Increasingly though, his career has focused on conducting and composing. This has included motivating vast forces when directing 'full scale' performances of works such as the Verdi Requiem, the Mozart Requiem, Bach's Mass in B minor, Britten's St. Nicolas, Howard Blake's Benedictus, Brahms' German Requiem and the Gloria by Francis Poulenc. Broadcasts and compositions have taken Richard to a world-wide audience, including Australia and the United States. Most recently he conducted an all Mozart programme, which included the famous and ever popular Symphony no 40 in G minor.

Richard is also experienced in directing Choral Workshops - a leading/coaching/teaching role he particularly enjoys. He has travelled widely on concert tours, most recently conducting a chorus of 75 singers from EGCS in an Anglo-Spanish programme, presented at several venues in the Costa Brava, and as organist on tours in Bavaria and Belgium.

When not working, Richard enjoys sport (mostly from the safety and comfort of a large sofa, with a good beer for sustenance!) and - most of all - the beauty and tranquillity of his native and much-loved county of West Sussex.