Tom Wiggall is a London-based teacher and composer writing music for stage, screen, and
live performance. Over the past decade he has taught at Birmingham University, Birmingham
Conservatoire, Birkbeck College, the Royal College of Music and North London Collegiate
School. He is currently Assistant Director of Music and Head of Academic Music at Surbiton
High School.Tom's most recently completed work includes: 'Hic est enim', an Advent carol commissioned for Harrow School's 2011 Nine Lessons and Carols; 'Gloria' and 'Amor nos Semper Ducat', works for the combined choirs of Surbiton High School; music for IBM's recent X-force viral advertising campaign; title music for Melvyn Bragg's ITV1 documentary series 'Faith in the Frame'; and 'Alban', a community opera commissioned by St Albans Cathedral for their 1800-year centenary celebrations in 2009.
In recent years Tom has also composed for independent film and theatre projects, having his music played in venues including the Riverside Studios, The Soho Curzon, The Criterion Theatre and the Royal Opera House. His work for television and radio includes music for Channel 4's 'The Art Show' documentary series and arrangements for BBC2's 'Friday Night is Music Night'.
Tom is currently working on 'Claremont Mass', a mass for upper voices commissioned by Surbiton High School, an anthem commissioned for Musica Deo Sacra's 2012 Tewkesbury Choral Festival and a song cycle based on Shelley's poem, 'The Cloud'.
RECENT PRESS
"With his first opera, Alban, young London-based composer Tom Wiggall has served up a cogent chamber opera worthy of Britten's Church Parables." (Opera Now Magazine) Click here to read the full article.
"...a young composer whose musical flair and intellectual energy seem audible in every bar." (Church Times) Click here to read the full article.