Join us to enjoy the sparkling sound of one of the UK’s finest organs, bathed in the glorious architecture and acoustic of the Baroque chapel.

Each Wednesday at 1.10pm during term time we host an informal lunchtime recital which ends before 2pm.

Admission is free with a retiring collection.

For disabled access please speak to the Porters Lodge (01865 279120).

If you have any further enquiries please ring the choir office on 01865 289177 or email choir@queens.ox.ac.uk

Michaelmas Term 2025

Wednesday 15 October – Richard Moore, Christ Church

Wednesday 22 October – Robert Costin, Sherborne School

Wednesday 29 October – Damin Spritzer, University of Oklahoma

Wednesday 5 November – Gabriele Damiani

Wednesday 12 November – Mark Williams, Magdalen College

Wednesday 19 November – Stanley Godfrey, Great St Mary’s, Cambridge

Wednesday 26 November – Rudyard Cook, The Queen’s College

Richard Moore has entertained audiences across the globe, from North America to Australia and New Zealand, as well as throughout Europe. Concerto appearances have included Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra (collaborating with conductor Thomas Søndergård), and amongst recent recording projects is a first recording of Elizabeth Poston’s Te Deum, and the premiere of Philip Moore’s devotional sequence Via crucis.

Richard is Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford, where he articulates the liturgies of the Cathedral and is Deputy Conductor of the world-renowned Cathedral Choir. A prize-winning graduate of the Royal College of Music, he also read Music as Organ Scholar of St John’s College Oxford. Having been Organ Scholar at St Paul’s Cathedral, he went on to roles at St Martin-In-the-Fields, and Guildford Cathedral, where, with the choirs, he regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4.

© Richard Moore, September 2025

Robert Costin’s performing career encompasses recitals, broadcasts, and collaborations with orchestras internationally. His critically acclaimed recordings include J.S. Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, recorded on the organ of Trinity College, Cambridge.

He has held cathedral appointments in the UK and New Zealand. A dedicated educator, he has held teaching posts in the UK, Italy, and Thailand and is currently Head of Academic Music and Organist at Sherborne School. His early musical training began as a chorister at Peterborough Cathedral, leading to studies at the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Cambridge. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2024.

Internationally acclaimed organist Damin Spritzer has been praised for performances that are ‘spellbinding’ (Organists Review), ‘expressive and musical’ (American Record Guide), and ‘enormously sensitive’ (AAM Journal). Known for championing rare and rediscovered repertoire, she has performed across the U.S., the U.K. and Europe, South America, and as far as Israel, appearing at major festivals, universities, and international conventions. A prolific recording artist for Raven Recordings, her eight acclaimed albums pair overlooked composers with historic instruments worldwide, earning consistent praise in review. Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and Artist-in-Residence for St. Matthews Episcopal Cathedral Arts in Dallas.

Previously Chapel Organist and Music Teacher at St Edward’s, Oxford, Gabriele Damiani has recently served as Director of Music at Our Lady’s, Abingdon (OLA), where he led a team of fifteen Visiting Music Teachers and oversaw the school’s full academic and practical music programme.

He studied at the Verdi Conservatoire in Turin, Italy, before continuing his training with Anne Marsden Thomas at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. As part of his Bachelor of Music studies, he attended masterclasses with P. Hurford, A. Marcon, L. Lohmann and J. van Oortmerssen, and undertook extensive training in counterpoint, conducting, basso continuo and accompaniment. During his final year, he was appointed Church Music Scholar at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and subsequently served as Organ Scholar at Westminster RC Cathedral.

An ARCO prize-winner, Gabs has been an accredited Royal College of Organists’ organ teacher since 2012, representing the Oxford area and specialising in practice techniques and Baroque repertoire. A visiting tutor at the University of St Andrews and co-founder of the Accademia Organistica in Trieste, Italy, he maintains an active performance schedule across the UK and internationally. He is also active as piano accompanist, continuo player, orchestral conductor and church musician.

Mark Williams has been Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford since January 2017. Under his leadership, the Choir introduced the first female Academical Clerks in its history and, for five years, Mark oversaw a project to replace the Chapel’s organ with a new four-manual instrument by Hermann Eule Orgelbau, which was unveiled to wide acclaim in January 2023.

Mark studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was for six years Assistant Organist of St Paul’s Cathedral and Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral School. Between 2009 and 2016, he held the post of Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has appeared as organist, harpsichordist and conductor internationally and on disc with many of the UK’s leading ensembles, and given solo recitals, judged competitions and led masterclasses in choral training, singing and organ performance in the UK, the USA, Asia and Africa. A trustee of a number of musical charities, he is also the Artistic Director of the William Byrd Festival which takes place annual in Portland, Oregon, USA. He has appeared as a broadcaster on the BBC and visiting speaker and lecturer in the UK and Europe. He has worked with pop groups, crossover artists and appeared as conductor and organist on major Hollywood film scores, and he has acted as musical consultant for various television programmes, including the ITV crime drama, Endeavour.

Stanley Godfrey is Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Great St Mary’s, the University Church of Cambridge. He has previously held posts at Ely Cathedral and Selwyn College, Cambridge, and is a graduate of St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he was Organ Scholar. A prize-winning Associate of the Royal College of Organists, he maintains a regular recital presence both in the United Kingdom and abroad.