Christopher Fossey | Musician

Christopher Fossey - Photo by Jake Morley

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About

Hello! I'm a Cardiff-based musician working variously as a freelance composer and arranger, music director and accompanist. I studied composing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and have since worked as an arranger and orchestrator on numerous different projects of varying scale. I'm an experienced accompanist, regularly playing for auditions in both Cardiff and London, for classes and auditions at RWCMD and Wales Academy of Voice & Dramatic Arts, as well as for many choirs, groups and soloists. I'm also the resident pianist for Borders Ensemble, a Cardiff-based classical quartet. As a music director I have worked with WAVDA, Leeway Productions, South Wales Gay Men's Chorus, Youth Music Theatre UK, Mess Up The Mess Theatre Ltd., Superstars in the Making, The Stage Centre, Vale Academy of Performing Arts, Cardiff Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival and Concept Players. Download my CV to read more about my recent professional experience, and have a listen to some examples of my work below.

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And the World Goes 'Round - Photo by Kirsten McTernan

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Teaching

For any teaching enquiries please drop me message using the form below. For any exam accompanying enquiries please also send me a message.

Buy

A number of my vocal arrangements written for the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus can now be digitally purchased at Sheet Music Plus here.

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Listen

Have a listen to some examples of my recent work as a composer/arranger, pianist, and music director.

Ar Noson fel Hon

An orchestration I wrote for the Welsh of the West End to use at their 2023 Eisteddfod concert.

Songs to Colour Them Bright

My 10-minute musical, 'Songs to Colour Them Bright', was part of the 2022 Leeway Productions 10-minute musical project in partnership with the Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy. This miniature song cycle explores hidden LGBTQ+ stories within 3 different artworks.

Martinu - Variations on a Slovak Theme and Faure - Cello Sonata No.1 extracts.

Accompanying cellist Kirsten Miller, filmed at Fieldgate Studio, Penarth.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

My arrangement for male voices and piano performed by the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus at the Bristol Beacon for the 2024 Hand in Hand festival.

My Hero

My arrangement for male voices performed by the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus in Bologna at the 2023 Various Voices Festival.

Spring

My entry for Score Relief 2021 with The Cue Tube, re-scoring this short animation by The Blender Foundation.

Christmas

A song written by Nathan Jones & Geraldine Smits for which I wrote the orchestration. Performed here virtually by Rechoir with guest singers and a virtual orchestra.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

My arrangement for male choir & piano, featuring the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus with myself accompanying. This arrangement was awarded 'Best Single Piece of Music' at the 2017 Cornwall International Male Choral Festival.

Ribbons Down My Back

My arrangement of the Jerry Herman ballad from 'Hello, Dolly!', performed by Savannah Stevenson and musicians from the Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra.

Have You Heard From Her Lately?

An Anthony Reynolds song featured on his 2019 album 'A Painter's Life', for which I wrote the string arrangement and recorded piano.

Tidal Sidings

An Anthony Reynolds song featured on his 2019 album 'A Painter's Life', for which I wrote the string arrangement and recorded piano. Originally written for his 2013 song cycle 'A Small Spit of Land'.

The Lambeth Walk (excerpt)

An arrangement & orchestration I wrote for the Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra, performed by Alex Jacobs and conducted by Andrew Hopkins.

Total Eclipse of the Heart (excerpt)

My arrangement for choir and orchestra which was performed in the finale of the 2019 Hand in Hand LGBT+ Choir Festival.

Secret Love

My arrangement for male choir & piano, featuring the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus with myself accompanying.

West Side Story (highlights)

Highlights from the 2015 Superstars in the Making & Memo Arts Centre co-production of 'West Side Story' which I music directed and conducted.

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