Originally from Windsor, Ontario, Richard Hansen began formal organ studies at age thirteen under Victor Batten. He has since studied with David Palmer at the University of Windsor, Ian Sadler in Stratford, Ontario and Helga Hoffman in Stuttgart, Germany. In June of 2009, Richard traveled to Vancouver, for the purpose of organ study with Canadian concert organist, Denis Bedard. In January 2010, as one of the accompanists for the Cathedral Singers of Ontario trip to London, England, Richard accompanied the choir at St. John’s Parish Church, Hyde Park, and played the Organ Prelude before the choir’s final Choral Evensong, in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Throughout the 40 + years of his Church Music career, Richard has been Organist and Choir Director at numerous churches in Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie, London, Victoria, St. Marys and Burlington. The postings have been at both the Parish Church and Cathedral levels. In 2013, he accepted the invitation to become the Organist and Choir Director at St. James’s Anglican Church, in Dundas, Ontario.

As an organ soloist, Richard has given recitals in venues from coast to coast in Canada, and has performed in the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Lithuania.

In 1998, Richard was conferred the Diploma of Associate by the Royal Canadian College of Organists.