Biography

Organist and composer Thomas Fielding, DMus. (b. 1975) is Director of Liturgy and Music for St. Augustine Cathedral, Kalamazoo, MI and is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs’ School of Music where he studied organ with Christopher Young and Larry Smith and composition with David Dzubay and Sven-David Sandström. He has taken first prize in the national Arthur Poister (Syracuse, NY) and San Marino (CA) performance competitions, has won several national composition prizes, has also been the recipient of several full-tuition scholarship awards at IU and, as an undergraduate, won several music prizes offered by Valparaiso University. He has performed on many of the world’s finest instruments including the English Cathedrals of St. Paul, London, and of Coventry, the Kathedral Basiliek St. Bavo, Haarlem, Netherlands, St. James Cathedral, Toronto, and on the famed Flentrop "E. Power Biggs" organ at the Adolphus-Busch Hall, Harvard University. He was for four years the Dean of the Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

As an active and commissioned composer, Dr. Fielding publishes with the Choristers’ Guild, EC Schirmer, and Boosey & Hawkes. His works have been performed by soloists, choirs and orchestras in the United States, England, France, and Canada and have been broadcast on National Public Radio. The first commercial recording of his prize-winning piece "Behold the Dark and Bitter Night" has been released on the Gothic label.

In his free time, Fielding enjoys cooking, reading, and being outdoors with his dog Roxy.

Additional Accolades

“Very musical … I thoroughly enjoyed [your] playing … BRAVO!”

Alan Morrison

Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA

“nice flowing, singing lines … a lively performance and very good control … you are a very musical player.”

Ben van Oosten

The Hague, the Netherlands

“… a brilliant performance!”

Dr. Ann Lebounsky

Duquesne Univeristy, Pittsburgh, PA