Thomas Mottershead

Primary Skill:

Tenor

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English

Experience

Opera

Conductor
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Cardiff Opera
2021
Bardolph
Falstaff (Verdi)
Serenata Singers
2018
Mr. Jenks
The Tender Land (Copland)
University of New Hampshire
2017

Operetta/G&S

Dragoon (Chorus)
Patience (Sullivan)
Cardiff University Operatic Society
2016

Musical Theatre

Musical Director
Little Shop of Horrors (Mencken)
Samuel Ward Academy
2020
Anthony
Sweeney Todd (Sondheim)
Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society
2019
Khashoggi
We Will Rock You! (Queen)
Ipswich School
2015

Art Song

Tenor Soloist
Songs for Ariel (Tippett)
Independent
2018

Chorus

Tenor Chorus
Requiem (Brahms)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2019
Tenor Chorus
Symphony No.8 in Eb Major (Mahler)
BBC National Chorus of Wales (BBC Proms)
2018
Tenor Soloist and Chorus
Gloria (Poulenc)
Cardiff University Symphony Chorus
2018
Tenor Chorus
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (Jenkins)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2018
Tenor Semi Chorus
War Requiem (Britten)
BBC National Chorus of Wales / RWCMD Chorus
2018
Tenor Chorus
Messiah (Handel)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2018
Tenor Chorus
L'enfance du Christ (Berlioz)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2018
Tenor Chorus
Via Victrix (Stanford)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2018
Tenor Chorus
Symphony No.9 in D minor (Beethoven)
BBC National Chorus of Wales (BBC Proms)
2017
Tenor Chorus
Four Sacred Pieces (Verdi)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2017
Tenor Chorus
Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev)
BBC National Chorus of Wales (BBC Proms Opening)
2016
Tenor Chorus
A Child of our Time (Tippett)
BBC National Chorus of Wales (BBC Proms)
2016
Tenor Chorus
Daphnis et Chloë (Ravel)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2016
Tenor Semi-Chorus
Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2016
Tenor Chorus
Messiah (Handel)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2016
Tenor Chorus
4 Motets (Bruckner)
BBC National Chorus of Wales

Oratorio/Concerts

Conductor
Musicals Through The Ages (Various)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - REPCo
2020

Choral

Conductor
St John Passion (Bob Chilcott)
The Athenaeum Singers
2024
Conductor
Les Sept Paroles du Christ en Croix (César Franck)
The Malmesbury Singers
2024
Evangelist
St. John Passion (Bob Chilcott)
Llandaff Cathedral
2023
Conductor
Messe de Requiem (Camille Saint-Saens)
The Athenaeum Singers
2023
Conductor
'Serenade to Music' - Music by RVW and Parry (Ralph Vaughan Williams / Sir Hubert Parry)
Cardiff Bach Choir
2022
Conductor
'A Feast of Mozart and Schubert' (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Schubert)
The Athenaeum Singers
2022
Evangelist
St. John Passion (Bob Chilcott)
Llandaff Cathedral
2022
Tenor Soloist (Evangelist)
St. Mark Passion (Charles Wood)
St. Edmundsbury Cathedral
2021
Tenor Soloist
Mass in C Major ('Coronation') (Mozart)
Serenata Singers
2020
4th Tenor Sololist
Seven Angels (MacMillan)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
2018
Conductor
Requiem (Rutter)
Cantus Laetus (Independent)
2018
Conductor
Requiem (Fauré)
Cantus Laetus (Independent)
2018
Conductor (Semi-Chorus)
St. Nicolas (Britten)
Woodbridge Choral Soceity
2016

Classical

Conductor
Flute Concerto No.1 in G Major (Mozart)
Cantus Laetus (Independent)
2018
Conductor
Missa in Tempore Belli (Paukenmesse) (Haydn)
Cantus Laetus (Independent)
2016
Trumpet
Symphony No.2 in E Minor (Rachmaninov)
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra
2016
Trumpet
Symphony in D Minor (Franck)
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra
2016
Trumpet
Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra
2016

Film/TV

Tenor
'Bring Him Home' from 'Les Misérables' (Claude-Michel Schönberg)
The Voice UK (ITV)
2022

Jazz

Conductor
Big Band Showcase (Various)
Independent
2019

Other

Guest Tenor Soloist
An Evening of Musical Theatre (Sondheim, Schönberg, Bricusse, Miranda)
Lisvane Singers
2019

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Awards

The Fujisawa Male Voice Choir Award for Choral Conducting - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2020)

The Fujisawa Male Voice Choir Award for Choral Conducting - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2019)

Sir Geraint Evans Award (Outstanding Vocalist) - Cardiff University (2018)

Huber Cup - All-round Service to the Music Department (Ipswich School (2015)

Senior Musician of the Year (Holmwood House) (2010)

Education

MMus: Choral Conducting
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2018–2020
Bachelor of Music - BMus (Hons)
Cardiff University
2015–2018