Acting Through Song Tutor
Christopher Fossey is a musician and teacher currently based in
the Welsh capital of Cardiff, working variously as a freelance
composer and arranger, accompanist and musical director. He trained
at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was the
recipient of the 2010 RWCMD Composition Prize. As composer and
arranger, Christopher recently worked with Welsh musician Anthony
Reynolds on 'A Small Spit Of Land', a large-scale
biographical song cycle which was then performed in April 2013 with
string players of Sinfonia Cymru and will be recorded later this
year. As an accompanist, Christopher is in much demand and
regularly plays for rehearsals and classes on the MA Musical
Theatre course at RWCMD and was also a rehearsal accompanist for
their 2012 production of 'The Mystery Of Edwin Drood'. For
the Young Actors Studio at RWCMD he is an Acting Through Song tutor
and accompanist. Elsewhere, he is the resident accompanist and
co-assistant musical director for the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus
who have performed in numerous venues across South Wales and
beyond, including recent participation in the Cornwall
International Male Voice Choral Festival and a guest appearance at
London's Cadogan Hall. As a musical director and rehearsal
accompanist Christopher has also worked with Youth Music Theatre
UK, Orbit Theatre Co. and The Unknown Theatre Co. Future projects
include musical director for 'When You Say Goodbye', a new
musical based on the songs of Harry Parr Davies and Marguerite
Monnot.