{{Infobox musical artist | name = Robert Prizeman | image = Robert Prizeman.webp | caption = | birth_name = Robert Gordon Prizeman | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|2|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Lambeth, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|8|1952|2|28|df=y}} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Composer * conductor * choirmaster }} }} {{Short description|English composer (1952–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} '''Robert Gordon Prizeman''' (28 February 1952 – 8 September 2021)<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/20/robert-prizeman-composer-conductor-wrote-theme-tune-songs-praise/ Robert Prizeman, composer and conductor who wrote the theme tune for Songs of Praise and founded the boys’ choir Libera – obituary]{{subscription required}}</ref> 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.
He became the programme's musical director in 1985, and in 1986 composed the theme to Songs of Praise, published by Chester Music and Wilhelm Hansen. 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 boys choir ''Libera'' in 1999, which is based in south London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/prizeman/|title=Classic FM|website=Classicfm.com|accessdate=9 August 2020}}</ref> In 2010 he became an Associate of the Royal School of Church Music.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.singers.com/choral/director/Robert-Prizeman/|title = Robert Prizeman|date = |accessdate = 4 December 2014|website =Singers.com |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> He died on 8 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2021 |title=Robert Prizeman RIP • Libera |url=https://libera.org.uk/news/robert-prizeman-rip/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=Libera |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0698189}}
===Video clips=== * {{YouTube|xIvnY_ZH1Yg|''Songs of Praise'' special in January 2009}} * {{YouTube|9Zn0uqZAh_w|2006 interview}} * {{YouTube|8OQVvUKP7gk|''Songs of Praise''}} played at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney * {{YouTube|XsrweMeDSwE|''Songs of Praise''}} played at Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
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