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

Trinity Term 2026

Wednesday 29 April – Henry Smith, Bradfield College

Wednesday 6 May – Louis Jones, Keble College

Wednesday 13 May – Sea-am Thompson, Magdalen College

Wednesday 20 May – Richard Brasier, Concert Organist

Wednesday 27 May – Max Carsley, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh

Wednesday 3 June – Michael Chesters, Christ Church

Wednesday 10 June – Richard Moore, Christ Church

Wednesday 17 June – Liam Cartwright, The Queen’s College

Henry Smith began his music studies at the age of 11 taking Tuba lessons at Abbey Gate College, Chester. Two years later he started the Piano and developed an interest in Jazz improvisation and began Organ lessons at the age of 15. He sang in the College Chapel Choir giving regular performances in the UK including St Paul's Cathedral and on tour in Germany. He was offered a place at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Saturday School during his last three years at School. At the RNCM, Henry studied Tuba under Leslie Neish, gaining a distinction in the ABRSM Diploma, Piano under the Concert Pianist, Benny Hui and his Organ tutor was Simon Mercer. In 2021, Henry began the 3 year BMus course at Royal Holloway University where he was a Choral Scholar. His main study was Organ under the tutorship of Rupert Gough. He became the accompanist for the University Founder's Choir which sang Evensong at places like Southwark Cathedral and Hampton Court Palace. In June 2024, Henry accompanied the Choir on tour in Belgrade. Henry is now Assistant Organist at Bradfield College, Berkshire, where he accompanies the chapel choir for Evensong in the college chapel each week with visits to other venues such as St George's Chapel, Windsor (2025), Guildford Cathedral (2026), and Salisbury Cathedral later this year. Some upcoming recitals include Magdalen College, Oxford (6 June), St Stephen Walbrook (October), and Norwich and Worcester Cathedrals (2027).

Louis Jones is currently Organ Scholar at Keble College, Oxford, where he is in his first year reading music. He studied the organ for five years under Benjamin Cunningham at Winchester College, before studying at the Royal Academy of Music for a year with Richard Pinel. He has participated in masterclasses with Matthew Martin, William Whitehead, John Scott Whiteley and Nathan Laube, and he is currently taught by Stephen Farr. 

Sea-am Thompson is currently Junior Organ Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he plays regularly for services, assists in the training of the choristers, and occasionally conducts the choir. Alongside his organ scholar duties, he is reading for a BA in Music.

A native of New Zealand, Sea-am completed his secondary school education at St Andrew’s College, Christchurch, in 2024. A versatile musician, he plays the violin, piano, and organ, sings, and enjoys conducting. He served as the concertmaster of his school’s symphony orchestra and held organ and choral scholarships at Christchurch Cathedral for almost six and eleven years respectively.

Sea-am holds an LTCL in organ (2024) and an ATCL in violin (2022). He won the national NZCT Chamber Composition Competition with his Piano Trio no. 2, which premiered at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre, and has received several commissions for other choral, orchestral, and chamber works. Sea-am served as rehearsal accompanist for Christchurch City Choir, performing with them as a piano accompanist, and has also appeared as guest organist with City Choir Dunedin.

Upcoming projects include a commissioned canticle setting for the 175th Anniversary of the Anglican Church in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Richard Brasier is an internationally active concert organist, scholar, and pedagogue. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln, he has performed widely across the UK, Europe, and Asia in major recital series and international festivals on both historic and modern instruments. Recent projects include complete surveys of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Robert Schumann—performed on a nineteenth‑century pedalflügel—and César Franck.

Richard is an accredited teacher and examiner of the Royal College of Organists and serves as artistic director of the College’s biannual study trips to instruments of historic significance. He is regularly invited as a competition jury member and external examiner, and his former students have achieved national and international success.

His acclaimed eight‑volume edition of César Franck’s organ and harmonium works, published by Lyrebird Music, is widely regarded as an essential scholarly reference. He is organist of St Mary’s German Lutheran Church and curatorial organist of St George’s German Lutheran Church in London.