Thomas Norris (composer)

Thomas Norris (baptised 15 August 1741 – 5 September 1790) was an English musician, known as a singer and composer.

He then sang as a soprano at the Worcester and Hereford festivals of 1761–62, and at Drury Lane Theatre in a pasticcio, The Spring.

In 1765 he was appointed organist of Christ Church and of St John's College, Oxford, and in the same year graduated Mus.

He was one of the principal singers at the first Handel commemoration festival in 1784, and his success there led to engagements for oratorio parts in London.

[2] His instrumental works included six symphonies for strings, oboes, and horns, published around 1772, and an overture for The Tempest, written in 1774.