James Thomas (English musician)

James Thomas MA FRCO (born 1963) is an English organist and choirmaster.

He spent two years at the Rouen Conservatoire, taught by Louis Thiry, and was awarded a Premier Prix in organ performance in 1988.

He was twice a finalist for the Tournemire Prize at the St Albans International Organ Festival in both 1987 and 1988.

In September 1997, he left Chichester to become Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, a position he held until 2020.

In 1998, he was appointed conductor of the Cambridgeshire Choral Society, a post he held until 2004.