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.[1][better source needed] 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.[2] In 2024, Goode was banned from teaching in schools indefinitely by the Teaching Regulation Agency.[3]
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
References
- ^ "David Goode". Global Music Network Inc. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ Ng, Ellie. "Classroom ban for ex-Eton teacher who searched for indecent images of children". MSN News. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Waple, Katie (5 September 2024). "Eton College teacher made indecent internet searches". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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