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 major 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. On 9th December, he was arrested by the police on suspicion of possession and distribution of indecent images of children. Because of insufficient evidence, no charges were brought. Thames Valley Police stated that "the only reason" Goode was not prosecuted was because he was not in possession of indecent images but "there was no doubt in the police’s mind that Mr Goode accessed such images", according to the Teaching Regulation Agency panel. In 2024, Goode was banned from teaching 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
• Max Reger: Organ Works, Volumes 2 and 3 - Signum
• Max Reger: Complete Organ Works, Volume 1 – Herald
• Orb and Sceptre – Herald
• Commotio – Herald
• The Organ of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
• The Great Organs of First Church, Volume 2 – Gothic
• French Showpieces from King's
• Organs of Cambridge, Volume 3

External links

• Official website