ABOUT - BIOGRAPHY

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Originally from Colchester, Thomas Mottershead holds a BMus (Hons) from Cardiff University and the University of New Hampshire (USA), a Distinction in his MMus in Choral Conducting from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and a PGCE in Secondary Music from the University of Cambridge. During his studies, Thomas received the Fujisawa Male Voice Choir Award for Choral Conducting whilst at RWCMD for two consecutive years, and the Sir Geraint Evans Award for highest mark in a voice recital from Cardiff University).

Conducting

Known for his energetic, engaging and humorous rehearsals, Thomas is currently Musical Director of The Malmesbury Singers in Malmesbury, The Athenaeum Singers in Warminster and Cheltenham Choral Society in Cheltenham; Director of Music and Organist at St. Mary's Priory Church in Monmouth and Artistic Director of the Prometheus Consort. He has also acted as an Animateur and Chorus Master of the Youth Opera for Welsh National Opera. Furthermore, he is the Co-Founder of Cardiff Opera and, in Summer 2021, conducted several sold-out performances of Mozart’s ‘Le nozze di Figaro’. in Wales and the South West of England. 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. 

Thomas has been conducting from an early age and has conducted several choirs and orchestras. He has worked and studied with many conductors including Simon Halsey CBE, Neil Ferris, Adrian Partington and Paul Spicer. He has been fortunate himself to have been conducted by some of the most well-renowned conductors, such as Sakari Oramo, Martyn Brabbins, Tadaaki Otaka, Mark Wigglesworth and the late Sir Andrew Davis.