Tom Appleton, Director of Music

Tom Appleton is in high demand as a conductor, singer, educator, presenter and workshop leader.

Tom is currently the Director of Music at Aldeburgh Music Club, a Community Programme Ambassador at Britten Pears Arts, and the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Come and Sing Company (www.comeandsingcompany.co.uk). 

Tom began his musical career as a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Whilst there he took the role of 'Miles' in a Broomhill Opera production of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw with a reviewer from The Times stating that he had 'a voice that any Cathedral Choirmaster would die for!'.

From St. Paul's, Tom gained a Music Scholarship to Gresham's and joined the National Youth Choir of Great Britain with whom he toured the world as Bass Section Leader.

Tom went on to read Music at the University of York and achieved the highest recital mark in his year group with a performance of Britten's Songs and Proverbs of William Blake.

Having completed his studies, Tom spent 10 years in the Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner and was a soloist with the group in the 2010 BBC Proms. With the Monteverdi Choir, Tom often performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Royal Opera House and the Palace of Versailles.

Alongside his singing career, Tom has also been the Music Director of groups such as the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus, the Southend Festival Chorus and the Milton Keynes Chorale. These positions have led to collaborations with groups and soloists such as Voces8, Stile Antico, Dame Emma Kirkby and Sir David Willcocks.

Tom is currently planning a three-year project based on performing Britten’s Noye’s Fludde in coastal communities – including outside Britten’s former seafront home in Aldeburgh!