Background
Todd was born in County Durham, attended Durham School and joined the choir of Street Oswald"s Church, Durham under its choirmaster David Higgins.
Todd was born in County Durham, attended Durham School and joined the choir of Street Oswald"s Church, Durham under its choirmaster David Higgins.
University of Bristol.
He went on to study music at the University of Bristol. Mass in Blue (originally entitled Jazz Mass) was commissioned by Hertfordshire Chorus and first performed at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in July 2003 with Will Todd at the piano. Todd"s wife, Bethany Halliday, performed the soprano solo alongside the Blue Planet Orchestra and Hertfordshire Chorus, conducted by David Temple.
The Screams of Kitty Genovese, a music theatre work, has been produced at the Boston Conservatory and New York Musical Theatre Festival.
His oratorio Saint Cuthbert, with a libretto by Ben Dunwell based on the life of the saint, has been performed and recorded by the Hallé Orchestra and Choir under Christopher Austin. Among Angels was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation and was premiered by The Sixteen in Salzburg.
Written for WNO Max, Sweetness and Badness was performed in a tour during autumn 2006, and Whirlwind, commissioned by Streetwise Opera, was first performed at The Sage Gateshead.
