About Richard

I was born in Hull in 1961. As a family we moved to Sheffield in 1966. Educated at Silverdale Comprehensive School, a chorister, head-chorister and songman at Sheffield Cathedral. I started having singing lessons with Vivien Pike at the age of 17, gaining Grade VIII in Singing and progressed to Trinity College, London at the age of 21. At Trinity, I studied singing with Eric Vietheer and Anna Berenska as well as piano with Valda Aveling.

For 27 years until September 2013, I was (senior) Layclerk with Ely Cathedral Choir. During those years I was fortunate to sing in many of the great cathedrals and churches of England, Europe, Canada and the USA. I was co-founder of the close harmony group 'shades of blue'. I made numerous appearances on Radio and Television and featured on over 15 CD recordings. I also worked, until September 2020 for the Cathedral as Technical Manager and Webmaster.

Now semi-retired I spend most of my time working from home as a Media/Graphic Designer, Website Developer and as Technical Manager for the recording company Lantern Productions. I currently maintain 15 websites including, The David Clover Festival of Singing, The City of Sheffield Teachers' Choir, St John's Church, Clevedon, Cherry Hill Counselling Practice.

I also find time to pursue one of my other hobbies, radio broadcasting; presenting a weekly Sunday night radio request programme for the Hosptial Radio station - Radio Addenbrooke's in Cambridge. I am also Vice-Chair and Webmaster for Radio Addenbrooke's. Over the years I have had close links with Radio Hallam, BBC Radio Sheffield, CNFM (now Star Radio) and BBC Radio Cambridge.