Janet Owen Thomas

  Composer of Concert Music

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Janet Owen Thomas, the contemporary British female composer of concert music, has written both vocal and instrumental music for chamber orchestra, strings, piano, organ, and music-theatre. Her works have been performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the BBC Proms, and others. Her song settings include poems by Dylan Thomas and Wendy Cope.

Janet Owen Thomas' output encompasses almost all genres, and performers of her work have included the Allegri String Quartet, Kevin Bowyer, Mary Wiegold, Gemini, Lontano, Stephen de Pledge, the Option Band and the Boccherini String Trio. Her work has been played, broadcast and sold in the USA, France, Germany, Denmark, Spain and Eire as well as in the UK, where her music has appeared in festivals in Oxford and Norwich.

Email: janet@janetowenthomas.com

" ...CANTUS is a very beautiful piece indeed ..."

Poul Ruders