Richard Vendome

Richard Vendome studied organ, piano and composition at the Royal College of Music and at Queen’s College, Oxford. Subsequent research into choral and keyboard manuscripts at Christ Church led him to develop computer software for the editing and printing of music in the 1970s. He held British Technology Group and Leverhulme Research Fellowships at Oxford and was awarded the British Computer Society’s medal in 1990. He has also taught composition techniques and music history at Queen’s and St. Hilda’s Colleges, and also advises on the design and preservation of pipe organs throughout the UK and abroad. Having directed several choirs including at St. Giles’ Church and Exeter College, Oxford, he founded the Oxford Girls’ Choir in 1984 for which he is music director.