BIOGRAPHY

Torquil was born in Edinburgh and trained at the Royal Academy of Music. He has appeared as a soloist throughout Scotland most notably in performances of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, Mozart No. 26 and Rachmaninoff No. 2. He has also delivered solo recitals in the Edinburgh Festival as well as broadcast with BBC Radio Scotland. His choral anthem To See a World was awarded 1st prize in an international composers' competition and received its world premiere in Glasgow Cathedral in 1990.

As a music director in theatre, Torquil has been involved with many hit productions both in the West End and on Broadway - he was part of the original team to set up the worldwide smash Mamma Mia! and was music director with the show at the Prince Edward Theatre in London for 3 years. Other credits include Blood Brothers (UK Tour), The Last Five Years (Theatre Royal, Haymarket and Duchess Theatre), Tick Tick... Boom! (Duchess Theatre), David Bedella, Live (Leicester Sq. Theatre), They’re Playing Our Song (Menier Chocolate Factory), Christmas in New York (Lyric Theatre), Bounce (Musical Supervisor, Roundhouse), It’ s A Bird, It’ s A Plane, It’ s Superman (York Theatre, New York). As Associate MD: Cats (UK Tour), Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Baby (Reprise@UCLA, Los Angeles).

Torquil's piano and keyboard playing has been heard on many west end shows including Blood Brothers, Bombay Dreams, Tell Me On A Sunday, Hairspray, Chicago, Joseph, Spamalot, Sister Act, Oliver, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Ghost, Shrek and Legally Blonde, which he also regularly conducts. Broadway credits include Wicked and Curtains.

In 2004 Torquil was invited to Los Angeles by Synchronicity Music to work on projects and music production for TV and film. As a composer, his music has been heard on Nick & Jessica - The Newlyweds, The Osbournes and Battle for Ozzfest (all MTV); The Love Lounge (VH1); Before & Afternoon Movie (USA Network); Fox Sports Network and all 3 Fox College Sports stations. In 2005 he received a Golden Trailer nomination for best original music for a motion picture trailer for the worldwide campaign for Ocean’ s 12. He has scored 2 feature films: True Love (Antic Pictures) and What We Do (Skyrock Entertainment), along with numerous shorts and commercials.
Torquil was involved in the US version of Grease – You’re The One That I Want for NBC and was vocal coach for Pierce Brosnan and Amanda Seyfried in preparation for their roles in the Mamma Mia! movie.