Thomas Wilson
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Thomas moved to London from New Zealand in 2003 to begin postgraduate studies in organ and musicology at the Royal Academy of Music where his research interests included the organ music of Dieterich Buxtehude and the choral music of J.S. Bach. Whilst at the Academy he won prizes for organ playing and improvisation and performed in several high profile concerts, accompanying ’cellist Stephen Isserlis at the Wigmore Hall and giving a concerto performance in Neresheim Abbey with the Royal Academy Baroque Orchestra.
Prior to moving to the United Kingdom Thomas was Organist and Director of Music at Wellington Metropolitan Cathedral. His work with the Cathedral Choir gained national attention through a busy schedule of services, recordings, broadcasts, tours and concerts, most notably during the Cathedral’s Centennial Festival, during which he conducted performances of Bach’s Mass in B minor and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Wellington Sinfonia, as well as Poulenc’s Organ Concerto with organist David Titterington. Under Thomas’ direction the choir toured Italy, singing at services and concerts in Rome, featuring as guest choir at the Epiphany Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. His final engagement with the Cathedral Choir was New Zealand’s first period-instrument performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, presented as a liturgical reconstruction.
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