ABOUT - BIOGRAPHY

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Originally from Colchester, Essex, Thomas has a BMus (First Class with Honours) from Cardiff University and the University of New Hampshire, an MMus (Distinction) in Choral Conducting from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) and a PGCE in Secondary Music from the University of Cambridge.

Known for his energetic, engaging and humorous rehearsals, Thomas has been conducting from an early age and has over 10 years’ experience of conducting choirs and orchestras. He has worked and studied with many conductors including Simon Halsey CBE, Neil Ferris, Andrea Brown, Greg Hallam, Edward-Rhys Harry and Paul Spicer. He has been fortunate himself to have been conducted by some of the most well-renowned conductors, such as Sakari Oramo, Xian Zhang, Tadaaki Otaka, Mark Wigglesworth and Sir Andrew Davis. Whilst at university, Thomas received the Fujisawa Male Voice Choir Award for Choral Conducting (RWCMD) for two consecutive years, and the Sir Geraint Evans Award for highest mark in a voice recital (Cardiff University).

Thomas is currently Musical Director of The Malmesbury Singers in Malmesbury, The Athenaeum Singers in Warminster and Cheltenham Choral Society in Cheltenham; an Animateur for Welsh National Opera; Director of Music and Organist at St. Mary's Priory Church in Monmouth and Artistic Director of the Prometheus Consort. He is also the Co-Founder of Cardiff Opera and, in Summer 2021, conducted three sold-out performances of Mozart’s ‘Le nozze di Figaro’. Thomas has conducted in venues such as St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City), St. Paul's Cathedral (London) and in other countries such as Spain, America and China.

Previous positions include Youth Opera Chorus Master of Welsh National Opera; Director of Music at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Whitchurch; Assistant Conductor of The Harry Ensemble, Assistant Musical Director of Cardiff Bach Choir; Assistant Musical Director of Cardiff University Operatic Society; Chorus Manager and Assistant Chorus Master of the Cardiff University Symphony Chorus; and Musical Director Blank Verse and Musical Director of the Welsh Hospital Choir (South Glamorgan).

Alongside conducting, Thomas is frequently invited to join for concerts as a soloist. Thomas appeared on the 2022 series of ‘The Voice UK’ on ITV, singing as one half of 'Thomas and Emilie'. They received four chair turns and a block from Sir Tom Jones, with whom they eventually decided to have as their coach. Thomas regularly performs as part of the Llandaff and Gloucester Cathedral Choirs, including for live and recorded broadcasts for the BBC. Whilst a student in Cardiff, he held a bursary with the BBC National Chorus of Wales, performing at the BBC Proms on several occasions. On the stage, he has performed the roles of Khashoggi in ‘We Will Rock You!’ and Anthony in Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd’, winning the Glamorgan Drama League award for “Best Performance in a Musical 2020”. Thomas also works with a number of charitable organisations, including Music in Hospitals and Care, Lost Chord and Tenovus as a singer, pianist and conductor.

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