Tom Coult (Composer)
Tom Coult, 22, is a London-born, Manchester-based composer whose work has been performed by ensembles including the Manchester Camerata, the Hebrides Ensemble, Trio Atem, Vaganza, Chimera Ensemble, Ansae Ensemble, Raise Your Voice Collective and the University of Manchester Chamber Orchestra. Rhythmically and dramatically charged, Tom's work often combines tight, propulsive organisation with moments of freedom or stasis.
After an electrocution accident at six, Tom started learning the violin as a way to nurse his burnt left hand back to health. Tom arrived at the University of Manchester in 2007 to study music and quickly unlocked a passion for composition. Graduating with a First Class degree, Tom was awarded numerous University awards, including Hargreaves Fund prizes for Aesthetics and Analysis, the Proctor-Gregg Prize for Composition, the Keith Elcombe award for Best Overall Performance in Music, the Humanities Faculty Award for Distinguished Achievement and the University of Manchester Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. He was also awarded a University of Manchester scholarship to study for his Masters in Composition under Philip Grange and Camden Reeves, completed in September 2011.
Tom is a co-founder and music director of the collaborative opera company Opera Viscera, and oversaw the composition of their production of 'Narcissus & Echo', composing two scenes and conducting performances at the Secret Garden Party festival and the Grimeborn Opera Festival at London's Arcola Theatre in Summer 2011. He was a finalist in the 2011 Philip Bates Prize for 'Seven Face Pictures', and has also had pieces workshopped by singers for The Opera Group and by the Quatuor Danel, and written a score for a 2009 production of ‘Sinbad’ at the Camden Roundhouse.
Visit Tom's website: www.tomcoult.com
