George Arthur

George Arthur Richford is a multi-award-winning composer and conductor, living and working in the South of England. He currently directs at Salisbury Cathedral having held previous posts at Newcastle Cathedral, St John’s College, Durham, Romsey Abbey and Southampton University.

His compositions have been performed and broadcast around the world, and have received premiers on BBC 1, Radio 3 and 4, and at the 300th Anniversary of the Three Choirs’ Festival in Hereford. He has had commissions from Ralph Allwood and the ORNC in Greenwich, Canterbury Cathedral, Choir and Organ Magazine, Royal Holloway University amongst others. He currently holds a major contract with Universal Edition and is recording a number of his works with the acclaimed chapel choir of Royal Holloway, under Rupert Gough.