John Trent Wallace

John Trent Wallace

Composer

His musical theatre compositions include for All 4 ONE with Kevin Heuston (pub. Weinberger), THE GREAT SLEIGH ROBBERY with Simon James Green, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (pub. French - the forerunner to NOTRE DAME) with Gary Sullivan, and many new full scores for David Wood’s stage plays including JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and FANTASTIC MR FOX. In addition to his work in musical theatre John has many choral compositions and arrangements to his name.

Working with the creative team of Theatre Pourquoi Pas, John composed the music for their Italian tours of FRANKENSTEIN and PETER PAN (a non-Pantomime version). These shows were commissioned to promote English theatre and will have been performed to in excess of 160,000 people by mid 2011.

He has also created music for a BT Global Marketing campaign, and book launch and corporate videos for Continuous Insight Ltd.

He studied piano, violin and singing under scholarship at The Redbridge Music School. As a boy treble, he sang for four seasons at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Mozart’s The Magic Flute alongside Kiri Te Kanawa and Thomas Allen. He also toured Europe with The English Music Theatre Company, a sister company of The Royal Opera House, performing in Britten’s Three Church Operas under the musical directorship of David Bedford. ITV’s South Bank Show filmed a production at Britten’s local church at Orford for use in a documentary about Britten’s life.

His musical activities are varied and include Director of Music for The South Woodham Ferrers Male Voice Choir and Resident Musical Director of Brentwood Theatre (2001-2010). He is also an active freelance musical director for musicals, concerts and summer schools.

As a live sound and recording engineer, John has worked on many projects including; Brentwood Council’s Alchemy Dance project, which featured the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Redbridge Schools Choral Festival at The Royal Albert Hall; and the World Premier of Benjamin Till’s Oranges and Lemons, a specially commissioned work featured by the BBC, which was performed in the stunning setting of Bow Church in London’s Cheapside.