The Hampstead & Highgate Festival in London is to premiere a major new stage work by Thomas Hyde. That Man Stephen Ward, tells the story of Dr Stephen Ward, a central figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963 and is scored for male voice, dancers and mixed ensemble. The libretto is by David Norris. The first performance will be conducted by the festival's artistic director, George Vass on the 11 May 2008.

The first CD devoted to Thomas Hyde's music is set to be released in 2008 by the enterprising Toccata Classics label. The disc features a selection of chamber and instrumental pieces including Autumnal (Edward Vanderspar), Second Suite for solo Cello (Katherine Jenkinson), Nocturnes (Evelina Puzaite) and Three Dancers (Rautio Piano Trio) as well as three choral works performed by Commotio conducted by Matthew Berry and the organ piece Lucis Creator (Norman Harper). The engineer is David Wright (Gemini Sounds) and the session producer, Geraint Lewis.

The March/April 2007 issue of Choir & Organ Magazine features an interview with Thomas Hyde in which he introduces his new piece for organ, A Little Invocation. The score of the work can be downloaded for free for the next six months. Simply visit www.choirandorgan.com and click the New Music button.

BBC Radio 3 (90-93FM) will be broadcasting Thomas Hyde’s Scherzo Capriccoso on Tuesday 3 October 2006 as part of their Listen Up! Festival celebrating Britain’s amateur orchestral scene. The performance is by the City of Southampton Orchestra under their conductor John Traill. The broadcast is part of ‘Performace on 3’ starting at 7.30pm.

Thomas Hyde awarded a Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship 2004-6

Thomas Hyde has been awarded a Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship to complete his doctorate at Christ Church, Oxford. During 2005-6 he will be working on a large-scale music-theatre piece in collaboration with the writer David Norris.

'Visions of Reality': Profile of David Matthews

In March 2003 The Musical Times published a profile of composer David Matthews by Thomas Hyde to mark his sixtieth birthday. You can now read the article by following this link