Robert Prizeman
Robert Gordon Prizeman was a British composer. He was born in the London Borough of Lambeth. He attended Trinity School in Croydon and the Royal College of Music in South Kensington. Prizeman studied organ with Timothy Farrell and John Birch, and harpsichord with Millicent Silver.
In 1986 he composed the theme to Songs of Praise, which was published by Chester Music and Wilhelm Hansen, and from 1985 was the programme's musical director. The programme's theme was initially an organ composition.
He worked as a choirmaster from 1970. In 1984 his choir performed with Sal Solo in his arrangement of San Damiano. He founded the successful boys choir Libera in 1999, which is based in south London. In 2010 he became an Associate of the Royal School of Church Music. He died on 8 September 2021.
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- played at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
- played at Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
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