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Hyde, Thomas (b. 1978, London). British composer of mostly chamber, choral and vocal works that have been performed throughout the UK, as well as in the USA.
Mr. Hyde studied composition privately with David Matthews and then at St. Anne's College in Oxford from 1996-99 and later had post-graduate studies with Simon Bainbridge at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1999-2001, where he earned his MMus. In addition, he attended a course with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in Hoy in 1996 and studied with Sir Harrison Birtwistle at Dartington in 2000, on a scholarship.
Among his honors are the National School Band Association Composers Prize (1993) and the Manson Award (1999), a grant from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust (1999) and the Manson Junior Fellowship in Composition (2001-02), all from the Royal Academy of Music.
He is also active as a writer and has contributed to The Musical Times.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: thomashyde78@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.thomashyde.co.uk
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Sinfonia minuscola, small orchestra, 1999; Concerto for Orchestra, 2000-01
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet No. 1, 1998; First Suite for Solo Cello, 1999; Autumn Music, oboe, piano, 1999; Paraphrases (on six Lieder of Richard Strauss), 8 celli, 2000; The Angel of the Sun, French horn, string quartet, double bass, 2000; Mosaic, flute, oboe, clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet), bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, double bass, 2000; Draw on, sweet night, harp, 2000; Lachrimae Amantis, flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet, 2001; Second Suite for Solo Cello, 2001-02; Arabesques for Humpty, clarinet, 2002; Autumnal, viola, ensemble (flute [+ alto flute], clarinet, harp, cello), 2003; Mr Gibbons, his Foxtrot, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet, piano, percussion, string quartet, double bass, 2004
CHORAL: There Is No Rose (text from an anonymous 15th-century source), mixed chorus, 1993; Jubilate Deo (text from Psalm 100), mixed chorus, organ, 2000; O Sing a New Song (text from Psalm 98), boys' chorus, organ, 2001; O nata lux (text from the Hymn for the Transfiguration), mixed chorus, 2002; Sweet was the Song (text by William Ballet), mixed chorus, 2003; As a lily among thorns (text from the Song of Solomon), mixed chorus, 2004; Veni, Emmanuel (texts from anonymous 15th-century carols), mixed chorus, organ, 2004
VOCAL: Song for a Young Guard (text by the composer), baritone, clarinet, piano, 1998; Shouts for Herodias (text by the composer), female voice, 1999; Here they lie... (text from an anonymous source), voice, piano, 2001; An Anniversary (text by Andrew Motion), voice, piano, 2002
PIANO: Four Études, piano 4 hands, 2002
ORGAN: Praeludium, 1996
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Three Little Waltzes, violin, piano, 2002; The Nativity, youth voices, variable ensemble, 2002
DISCOGRAPHY
There Is No Rose. Neil Price/Mayfield Singers (Mariner: MMCD 9801, 1998)
Praeludium. Norman Harper, organ (Cardinal: CSCD 104, 2000)
(Last updated on December 2, 2004)
