Gareth Wilson
Composer / Performer
Gareth Wilson studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Edinburgh University (BMus) before undertaking postgraduate performance diplomas at the Royal Academy of Music in London (receiving the DipRAM for an outstanding final recital) where he became a Fellow, and subsequently lecturer, in Academic Studies from 2000 to 2004. At the same time, he joined the Music Department at King’s College London where he teaches Techniques of Composition and Orchestration and is director of the Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Wilson also lectures for the Royal College of Organists and, in addition to freelance work as a choral conductor, is Director of Music at Christ Church, Chelsea, where he has been responsible for the composition, commissioning and directing of over 100 new works for the Anglican liturgy as well as playing a leading role in the installation of the church’s new Flentrop organ.
Between 2007 and 2011 he undertook postgraduate degrees in Theology and Philosophy from London University’s Heythrop College before embarking upon doctoral research in the Theology department of King’s College London, where he is researching the contribution of music to the growth of atheism in 19th century Europe, combining this with his interest in early 20th century Jewish-Christian relations. In 2011 he was nominated for a King’s College London Teaching Excellence Award by the students of the Music Department.
Biographical Details
- Director of The Choir of Christ Church, Chelsea
- Former director of The Choir of King’s College London
- Website: https://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/directory/mr-gareth-wilson
Works by Gareth Wilson
- Collegium Regale
- Logos LV: Quia hic filius meus mortuus erat
- Logos VII
- Logos XIX
- Logos XL
- Logos XLVIII: Quia Iohannes baptizavit
- Logos XVI: Into Thy Hands I commit my spirit
- Logos XXII: Pater Noster
- Logos XXIII: Ego sum ostium
- Mass XVIII
- Missa Sancti Jacobi
- Preces and Responses
Festival performances of works by Gareth Wilson
Call for Scores submissionWorld premiere
LFCCM 2023
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 14 May 2023 at Christ Church, Chelsea
- LFCCM @ Home Choral Evensong on Wednesday 17 May 2023 (online stream/broadcast)
LFCCM 2022
- Sung Mass on Sunday 15 May 2022 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2021
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 23 May 2021 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM @ Home
- Choral Evensong on Sunday 17 May 2020 (online stream/broadcast)
LFCCM 2019
- Eucharist on Sunday 19 May 2019 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2018
- Sung Eucharist on Sunday 13 May 2018 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2017
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 14 May 2017 at Christ Church, Chelsea
- Choral Mattins on Sunday 14 May 2017 at Chelsea Old Church
LFCCM 2016
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 15 May 2016 at Christ Church, Chelsea
- Choral Evensong on Sunday 15 May 2016 at St Pancras Parish Church
LFCCM 2015
- Choral Evensong on Tuesday 12 May 2015 at King’s College London
- Choral Eucharist on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at King’s College London
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 17 May 2015 at Christ Church, Chelsea
- Choral Evensong on Sunday 17 May 2015 at St Pancras Parish Church
LFCCM 2014
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 18 May 2014 at Christ Church, Chelsea
- Choral Matins on Sunday 18 May 2014 at The Wren Chapel, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
LFCCM 2013
- Choral Evensong on Tuesday 14 May 2013 at King’s College London
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 19 May 2013 at Christ Church, Chelsea
Works performed by Gareth Wilson
Call for Scores submissionWorld premiere
- 23rd Psalm David Bevan
- Collegium Regale Gareth Wilson
- Ecce Adam James Walton
- Ego sum resurrectio et vitae Robert Busiakiewicz
- Fantasy on “Tu es Petrus” Robert Busiakiewicz
- Guttuur Tuum Robin Burlton
- If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels Louisa Sullivan
- In Memoriam Libby Croad
- In manus tuas Robin Burlton
- Locus iste Robin Burlton
- Locutusque est Dominus ad vos de medio ignis Robin Burlton
- Logos LV: Quia hic filius meus mortuus erat Gareth Wilson
- Logos XL Gareth Wilson
- Logos XLVIII: Quia Iohannes baptizavit Gareth Wilson
- Logos XXII: Pater Noster Gareth Wilson
- Logos XXIII: Ego sum ostium Gareth Wilson
- Lost Son Milly Atkinson
- Magnificat Robert Keeley
- Mass Louisa Sullivan
- Mass XVIII Gareth Wilson
- Missa Pentecostalis James Walton
- Missa Petra Sancta James Walton
- Missa Sancti Jacobi Gareth Wilson
- Nunc Dimittis Robert Keeley
- O salutaris hostia Nicholas Walker
- Panis Angelicus Francis Grier
- Pentecost Alleluias Robert Busiakiewicz
- Pie Jesu Antony Pitts
- Preces and Responses Anthony Wilson
- Preces and Responses Gareth Wilson
- Psalm 104 Trevor Weston
- Si linguis hominum Louisa Sullivan
- Solvite templum hoc Louisa Sullivan
- Tantum ergo Nicholas Walker
- Tantum ergo Christopher Mitchell
- Upon this Rock Robert Busiakiewicz
- With Great Delight I Sat Under His Shadow Alice Rivers
Festival performances by Gareth Wilson
Call for Scores submissionWorld premiere
LFCCM 2023
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 14 May 2023 at Christ Church, Chelsea
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 21 May 2023 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2022
- Sung Mass on Sunday 15 May 2022 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2021
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 23 May 2021 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2019
- Eucharist on Sunday 19 May 2019 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2018
- Sung Eucharist on Sunday 13 May 2018 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2017
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 14 May 2017 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2016
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 15 May 2016 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2015
- Choral Evensong on Tuesday 12 May 2015 at King’s College London
- Choral Eucharist on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at King’s College London
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 17 May 2015 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2014
- Choral Evensong on Tuesday 13 May 2014 at King’s College London
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 18 May 2014 at Christ Church, Chelsea
LFCCM 2013
- Choral Eucharist on Sunday 19 May 2013 at Christ Church, Chelsea
Recorded performances of works by Gareth Wilson
LFCCM 2015
- Preces and Responses performed by The Choir of St Pancras Parish Church / Christopher Batchelor Conductor
