Gabriel Jackson (composer)

Gabriel Jackson (born 1962 in Hamilton, Bermuda) is an English composer.

[2] Philip Barnes of Choral Journal describes him as "prominent among his British contemporaries by reason of a prolific output and engaging style".

[4] Jackson was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral before studying composition at the Royal College of Music, first under Richard Blackford, then with John Lambert.

Morris Prize for Composition in 1981 and 1983, and in 1981 also won the Theodore Holland Award.

[5] Notable compositions include the commissioned piece for the 2009 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge, a new work to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tallis Scholars in 2012 and a full-length Passion for Merton College, Oxford in 2013.