About Richard
Technical Manager
Richard Clover studied music at Trinity College of Music, London. (originally sited at Mandeville Place) In his junior years he was a chorister, head-chorister and songman at Sheffield Cathedral. He started private singing lessons at the age of 17, gaining Grade VIII before moving to Trinity College, London.
At Trinity, Richard studied singing with Eric Vietheer and Anna Berenska as well as piano with Valda Aveling. He has sung in many of the great cathedrals and churches of England, Europe, Canada and the USA. He is a co-founder of the close harmony group ''shades of blue''. He has made numerous appearances on Radio and Television.
Richard is currently (senior) Layclerk with Ely Cathedral Choir. He also holds the full-time position of Technical Manager with Ely Cathedral. In his spare time away from Cathedral life, as well as being heavily involved with Lantern Productions, he finds time to pursue his other hobby, broadcasting; presenting a Sunday night radio programme for the Hosptial Radio station - Radio Addenbrookes in Cambridge. He has over the years had close links with Radio Hallam, BBC Radio Sheffield, CNFM (now Q103) and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. He is supported by his wife Rachel and their son Alexander who like Richard has a passion for airplanes and trains.
When Lantern Productions was founded the recordings were recorded, engineered and edited by Richard to a very high standard and this is still attained today. He supervises every recording through the various stages of the production process, right through to the final master used for commercial production.