| Biography | Robert Gordon Prizeman (28 February 1952-8 September 2021) was a British composer. He attended Trinity School, 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 the BBC television programme 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. He founded the successful boys choir Libera in 1995, which is based in St Philip's Church in Norbury, south London and records for EMI Classics. In 2010 he became an Associate of the Royal School of Church Music. He died on 8 September 2021.
His boys choir Libera, sang for two popes, including Pope Francis at Krakow on World Youth Day 2016, as well as at the wedding of the forer choirboy Aled Jones. |