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Kezia Tomsett
Biography
Kezia Tomsett is a London-based film composer, producer, composer’s assistant and vocalist. Working in animation, commercials, documentary, drama and thriller, Kezia uses her love of song-writing and music without words to enhance the visual narrative. Kezia has been selected for BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2021.
Kezia enjoys creating sweeping soundscapes, combining the acoustic and electro-acoustic, heightened by her use of her own voice in rich ethereal textures and thematic melodies. She works with both orchestral and electronic music, drawing from her training in classical music theory and extensive practise in solo piano.
Kezia began her career during her BA Music Hons. degree (Class 1, graduating July, 2019) at the University of Leeds and worked a year-in-industry with WMP Studios, composing for companies such as Covergirl, Maille Mustard and Betty’s.
2020 began with Kezia co-curating the 10th Brudenell Piano Sessions with pianist Simeon Walker, opening with her original song ‘Guiding Light’ from her debut EP ‘Glass Eyes’ (released April, 2020). She has since performed with composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres at Daylight Music, Union Chapel, singing their new-classical composition ‘Reawaken’.
Thereafter, Kezia has written and produced her next upcoming EP alongside scoring short films with Blue Zoo Animation Studios (‘In Shapes’, direc. Zoé Risser), Storm Features (‘Downtime’, direc. Michaela Storm Moir) and director Maya Armon (‘Admission’). She was also 1 of 10 composers featured on Sister X’s debut album ‘Isolation Textures’ and has had her music synced across shows such as Sky Sports, BBC News, BBC 2’s ‘Victoria Derbyshire’, BBC’s ‘The Film Review’ and ‘Click’.
Kezia is content editor and community manager for the UK’s Alliance for Women Film Composers and is an active researcher in the field of women in film, speaking at events such as the Hidden Figures Conference 2020 (Royal Holloway) and writing for The White Room Magazine.