First New York performance of RPT's Quintet for Piano and Strings
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RICHARD PEARSON THOMAS is a composer, pianist, librettist and lyricist whose works have been performed by the Boston Pops, Covent Garden Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Banff Centre, Skylight Opera Theatre, Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra, Riverside Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, and California State Fullerton Opera Theatre. His songs have been sung in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, and before the U.S. Congress. He is on faculty at Columbia University Teachers College and has taught at Yale.
The compositions of Richard Pearson Thomas meld concert music with music theatre. In equal parts lyrical and rhythmic, they engage the listener by telling stories through song, with or without words.
“Mr. Thomas has listened acutely to the world around him. He can bounce with nervous metric energy or sing simply …” The New York Times
Perusal scores, and scores for purchase are available by contact through this website. Many vocal works are available at Classical Vocal Rep. Instrumental and orchestral music are available at Lauren Keiser Music.
Please check out my comic opera A Wake or a Wedding!
Previous events
Performance with soprano Mireille Asselin and Jesse Blumberg
Katharine Rote and Philip Mayers perform works by RPT on their Katberet.
Sarah Pillow sings "If You See Something, Say Something"
Naho Parrini performs Spanish Sketchbook
Advanced Vocal Workshop Performance with pianist, Mark Robson
Violinist Naho Parrini and Richard Pearson Thomas premiere Spanish Sketchbook
Violinist Naho Parrini and Richard Pearson Thomas premiere Spanish Sketchbook
Spring Concert: Twinkle, Twinkle
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave., New York City
Program features work by RPT
CSUSB Opera Theatre Presents The AIDS Quilt Songbook
Matthew Carey and Victoria Kirsch in Concert
Riceland Hall, Arkansas State University, Fowler Center, Jonesboro, AR
Matt Carey sings RPT along with others in his farewell recital
Performances of Milhaud's La Creation du Monde and Dvorak Piano Quintet in A
Program features work by RPT
Program features work by RPT
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Virinca Trio CD Release Tour
Christiansen Recital Hall, Hvidsten Hall of Music, Concordia College, Moorheard, MN
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Previous events
First New York performance of RPT's Quintet for Piano and Strings
Performance with soprano Mireille Asselin and Jesse Blumberg
Katharine Rote and Philip Mayers perform works by RPT on their Katberet.
Sarah Pillow sings "If You See Something, Say Something"
Naho Parrini performs Spanish Sketchbook
Advanced Vocal Workshop Performance with pianist, Mark Robson
Violinist Naho Parrini and Richard Pearson Thomas premiere Spanish Sketchbook
Violinist Naho Parrini and Richard Pearson Thomas premiere Spanish Sketchbook
Spring Concert: Twinkle, Twinkle
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave., New York City
Program features work by RPT
CSUSB Opera Theatre Presents The AIDS Quilt Songbook
Matthew Carey and Victoria Kirsch in Concert
Riceland Hall, Arkansas State University, Fowler Center, Jonesboro, AR
Matt Carey sings RPT along with others in his farewell recital
Performances of Milhaud's La Creation du Monde and Dvorak Piano Quintet in A
Program features work by RPT
Program features work by RPT
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Virinca Trio CD Release Tour
Christiansen Recital Hall, Hvidsten Hall of Music, Concordia College, Moorheard, MN
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano
Darci Bultema, Audrey Miller and Philip Everingham perform RPT's Life on the Edge for soprano, clarinet and piano