Thomas Fielding

Welcome to the webpage of Tom Fielding! I am glad that you have chosen to find out more about my work as an organist and composer and it is a delight to be able to share my work with you! If you have any questions about any of the contents of these pages, please feel free to contact me using that section of this webpage. I am always happy to discuss the possibilities of recitals and commissions with you in addition to the availability of my works for performance in church and concert hall.

I have been engaged for several recitals this coming spring and fall. First, I have been selected to perform on the L'Organo series for the Spoleto Festival held each year in Charleston, SC. (www.piccolospoleto.com) This recital will take place on 5 June, 2009 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church on a lovely Kenneth Jones English tracker organ housed there. (www.stmichaleschurch.net) While fiting within the 50-minute time frame allowed by the festival, the large, Romantic program will include Tuba Tune by Norman Cocker; Prelude, Fugue and Variation by Cesar Franck, Dramatic-Lyric by David Harned Johnson, a colleague of mine from graduate school at IU, Bloomington, IN; and Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue by Canadian composer Healey Willan. I will also perform at Edenton Street UMC, Raleigh, NC in the fall on the large new five-manual, 92-rank Letourneau Organ housed there in addition to an appearance on the concert series at Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark, NJ.

I have also been commissioned to compose a new piece of music for men's chorus by Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, TX, Dr. Mark Rohwer, director of choirs. The c. 3.5 - 4 minute secular piece will be based on a yet-to-be-determined text and will premiere on a program of state contest music in May of 2010 at the school.

I have also been chosen to participate in the Essentially Choral workshop for composers of new choral miusic hosted by VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, artistic director, 16-18 April, 2009 for my piece Madrigals on Epigrams to Priapus. The three-day intensive study session and public reading takes place at Sateren Auditorium on the campus of Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN. During that time, I will have mentoring sessions with internationally recognized composer Stephen Sametz and artistic director Philip Brunelle and participate in rehearsals of my piece with the 32-voice professional mixed chorus.

Finally, the choirs and orchestra of St. Thomas R.C. Church, Avondale, AZ premiered my In Honorem Sanctissimi Sacramenti: Pange Lingua et Tantum Ergo for SATB chorus, Brass quartet, organ, timpani and strings on 1 February, 2009, at a Solemn Mass honoring the church's patronal feast day. I will be able to post recordings to this site when they become available.

Again, please feel free to email me with your questions or comments. Cheers!