Thomas is the co-founder of Cardiff Opera, an opera company based in South Wales that bridges the gap between the student and professional world.
In their first performance post-Covid, Cardiff Opera performed Mozart's incredible Le nozze di Figaro. Here, you can hear Thomas conducting the orchestra in the famous overture at the start of their concert performance.
Thomas composed a piece called 'Afterglow' in memory of two of his grandparents, who passed away in September and December 2022. It was performed at both funerals by a Male Voice Choir, originally being scored for TTBB and Piano. For the Athenaeum Singers' Remembrance Concert in November 2023, Thomas rearranged the piece for mixed voices, piano and string quartet.
The text is by Helen Lowrie Marshall and speaks of how one wishes to be remembered when they pass away.
In memory of Alan and Elvene Mottershead (1928 / 1933 - 2022)
Choir: The Athenaeum Singers Orchestra:
String Quartet - Jennifer Cleland, Eduarda Prata,
Maggie Lamelas, Anna Leary
Piano: Stephen Moore
Conductor: Thomas Mottershead
Thomas is the co-founder of Cardiff Opera, an opera company based in South Wales that bridges the gap between the student and professional world.
In their first performance post-Covid, Cardiff Opera performed Mozart's incredible Le nozze di Figaro. Here, you can hear Thomas conducting the orchestra in the famous overture at the start of their concert performance.
In March 2022, Thomas had to step in to conduct the entirety of Cardiff Bach Choir's Spring concert, entitled 'Serenade to Music', due to the organist getting COVID, with the Musical Director of Cardiff Bach Choir stepping in to play organ. Here you can see Thomas conducting Vaughan Williams' 'Five Mystical Songs'.
Soloist: Philip Lloyd-Evans
Organist: Stephen Moore
As part of the Royal Welsh College and Music and Drama's (RWCMD) RepCo week, in February 2020, Thomas conducted a concert of 'Musical Theatre Through The Ages. One of the pieces performed at the end of the concert was Jason Carr's wonderful arrangement of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sunday', from "Sunday in the Park With George". This was the version performed at the 2010 Prom, 'Sondheim at 80'.
As part of the Royal Welsh College and Music and Drama's (RWCMD) RepCo week, in February 2020, Thomas conducted a concert of 'Musical Theatre Through The Ages. One of the pieces performed in the concert was 'Mambo' from Leonard Bernstein's iconic "West Side Story". Definitely one to get you moving!