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.

My award-winning Christmas piece Behold the Dark and Bitter Night, as featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, is now available from Boosey & Hawkes. I have been overwhelmed by the response to this piece over the last few years and have been fortunate to have had numerous performances of this piece throughout the country by choirs of all sizes. A recording of this piece along with the NPR story can be found in the Recordings section of this webpage. I hope that you, too, will be moved by this poignant piece.

In 2007 I assumed the responsibilities of Associate Minister of Music for North Raleigh United Methodist Church, Raleigh, NC. At NRUMC I direct four of the church's 15 vocal and handbell choirs and serve as principal organist. The good people of NRUMC are a most welcoming and gracious congregation and I am delighted to join their staff!

I have also been commissioned to compose a new piece for St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, Avondale, AZ, Matthew Sprinkle, director of music for the church's patronal feast day, 28 January. The piece will be composed in two large sections: the first for SATB chorus, brass quartet, timpani, strings and organ will be a processional anthem on the Pange Lingua Gloriosi text for a Solemn Eucharistic Procession; the second a congregational hymn with the same accompanying forces on the Tantum Ergo text for the reposition of the Blessed Sacrament. The church boasts a semi-professional choir, seating for 2,000 and a 5.5 second acoustic.

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