Thomas Gabriel (born 25 August 1957) is a German church musician, composer and arranger.

Born in Essen,[1] Gabriel studied Catholic church music at the Folkwang Hochschule,[2] organ with Sieglinde Ahrens and Josef Bucher.

Since 1998, he has been cantor for the Regional Institute of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Mainz with a focus on Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL, New sacred song), for the deaneries Offenbach, Rodgau and Seligenstadt, at the church St. Marcellinus und Petrus [de]).

[4] He composed in 2005 Missa mundi (Mass of the world) for the final mass of the World Youth Day in Cologne on 21 August 2005, representing five continents in style and instrumentation: a European Kyrie influenced by the style of Bach, a South American Gloria with guitars and pan flutes, an Asian Credo with sitar, an African Sanctus with drums, and an Australian Agnus Dei with didgeridoos.

[6][7] It was premiered by a project choir from the Würzburg Cathedral, conducted by Martin Berger, with Gabriel at the keyboard.