A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Richard Elliott earned his Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, later receiving master’s and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Prior to his appointment as a Tabernacle Organist in 1991, he spent three years on the full-time music faculty of Brigham Young University. A Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, he has performed at national and regional conventions of the guild. He has traveled extensively as a solo recitalist, with performances on five continents, and previously served as an assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (later Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest fully functioning pipe organ.
