David Goode (organist)

David Goode (born 1971) is a British organist and composer.

Life and career

Goode was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, briefly attended Wells Cathedral School, was then a music scholar at Eton College and then organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge 1991–94. While there, he studied the organ with David Sanger and Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1996–2001, he was sub-organist at Christ Church, Oxford. He won prizes at the 1997 St. Alban's Interpretation Competition and at the 1998 Calgary Competition. From 2003 to 2005, he was the organist-in-residence at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles California. He was Organist at Eton College from 2005-2022.

In 2021, Goode was suspended from his role at Eton after searching for indecent images of children on a work laptop on 229 separate occasions between March and December of that year. In 2024, Goode was banned from teaching in schools indefinitely by the Teaching Regulation Agency.

Discography

• Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Signum Records
• A Parry Collection, Regent Records
• Bach from Freiberg Cathedral, Signum Records
• Max Reger: Complete Organ Works, Volume 1 – Herald Records
• Max Reger: Organ Works, Volumes 2 and 3, Signum Records
• Orb and Sceptre, Herald Records
• Commotio, Herald Records
• The Organ of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
• The Great Organs of First Church, Volume 2, Gothic Records
• Organs of Cambridge, Volume 3
• French Showpieces from King's

External links

• Official website