# Robert Prizeman

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{{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](/source/London_Borough_of_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](/source/composer). He was born in the [London Borough of Lambeth](/source/London_Borough_of_Lambeth). He attended Trinity School in Croydon and the [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music) in [South Kensington](/source/South_Kensington). Prizeman studied organ with Timothy Farrell and [John Birch](/source/John_Birch_(musician)), and harpsichord with [Millicent Silver](/source/Millicent_Silver).

He became the programme's musical director in 1985, and in 1986 composed the theme to [Songs of Praise](/source/Songs_of_Praise), published by [Chester Music](/source/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](/source/Sal_Solo) in his arrangement of San Damiano. He founded the boys choir ''[Libera](/source/Libera_(choir))'' 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](/source/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>

==References==
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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](/source/St_Mary's_Cathedral%2C_Sydney)
* {{YouTube|XsrweMeDSwE|''Songs of Praise''}} played at [Cherry Hills Village, Colorado](/source/Cherry_Hills_Village%2C_Colorado)

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Category:English male television composers
Category:People from the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:English male classical composers
Category:21st-century English conductors (music)

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