ABOUT
Tamara earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Film Composition (MFA) at University of North Carolina School of The Arts and her Bachelor Of Music in Ethnomusicology (BA) at City University, London.
Tamara has written music for theatre, concert works, shorts and feature films, including documentaries and fiction. Film credits include, 'I'll Be Next Door for Christmas' streaming on Amazon Prime, Sky and Apple TV, and 'The Fabulous Ice age' on Netflix.
Whilst living in the US Tamara composed the music to the BAFTA/LA and Inner City Shakespeare Ensemble theatre productions of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Twelfth Night’ in LA as part of an outreach program.
UK theatre credits include 'Northanger Abbey' in 2026, 'Vanity Fair' in 2025 and 'Much Ado about Nothing' in 2024 (National UK Tours, London venues include: The Actor's Church, Keat's House, Dulwich Picture Gallery) 'Odd Shaped Balls' (Edinburgh Fringe and Old Red Lion), 'The Comedy of Errors' and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (Minack Theatre), 'A Passage to India' (Tower Theatre) and 'Jubilee Voices' (Arcola Outside).
Her concert works have been performed at The Hackney Proms, Islington Town Hall, Sutton House and The Old Church, N16.
She has played cello and sung for various musicians including Bombay Bicycle Club, Mr Jukes, Knaan, Imperial Mammoth and Toothless and has also sung at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in the 1993 productions of Puccini's 'La Boheme', followed by Charles Gounod's 'Romeo and Juliet.'
Tamara teaches the cello in Stoke Newington, London.
Testimonials:
‘Tamara has what we call in the business, ‘it’’ ~ Mel Stuart, director of ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ on working with Tamara on ‘Shakespeare in Watts’
‘Tamara’s music was brilliant, beautifully conceived and so sensitive to the needs of the play. Her attention to detail was outstanding and working with her was an absolute delight.’ ~ Rob Sheppard, Director of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Minack Theatre, Cornwall.
‘Tamara demonstrated a keen sensitivity, supported by an unusual talent for creating the musical contexts that supported the dramatic intentions of each and every film she worked on, regardless of style or genre. She never failed to compose something original, fresh, contemporary, and totally appropriate. Tamara was a gift’ ~ David McHugh, composer of Films such as ‘Mystic Pizza’, and ‘Moscow on the Hudson’, and head of MFA Film Composition at UNCSA.