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Will Todd

Born: 1970. Living in: England
English composer Will Todd is well known for his beautiful and exciting music. His work encompasses choral works large and small, opera, musical theatre and orchestral pieces, as well as jazz compositions and chamber works.

His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in Blue (originally titled Jazz Mass), has been performed hundreds of times all over the world. His arrangement of Amazing Grace was performed at President Obama's Inauguration Day prayer service in 2013 and as part of the BBC's Nelson Mandela Thanksgiving Service.

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Recordings and DVDs

Vasari Singers : Mass in Blue

Leading young composer Will Todd performs a unique fusion of sacred choral music and jazz in his Mass in Blue. This central work is complmented by beautiful musical setting of religious texts, infused with a highly individual and melodic style, bringing the composer's life-long love of traditional choral music into the 21st century with spiritual sensitivity and a contemporary edge.

Songlist: Mass In Blue, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Christus Est Stella, The Christ-Child, Ave Verum Corpus, None Other Lamb, The Rose, Lead Me Lord, Lighting The Way, Every Stone Shall Cry