Meet the composers
Connect with some of today’s most exciting composers, showcasing the artistic merit and diversity of new music enriching UK culture.
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- Musical theatre
- Pop
Rachel is a GRAMMY voting member, the recipient of a prestigious British Citizen Award for contribution to the arts.
The writer of new British musical The Circle and winner of the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize 2023, Rachel is currently writing songs with Grammy, Emmy and Ivor Novello award winners, The Voice UK and American Idol alumni and Oscar nominees.
- Musical theatre
- Opera
- Orchestral
Yshani’s sound is an ever-evolving mash-up: contemporary classical music, dirty grooves, Sri Lankan parents, games, play, melancholy, and activism to list a few.
Alongside glimpses of her career as a pianist and music director, Yshani shares early drafts of new work, ideas and reflections, improvisations, and experimentation with her patrons.
- Opera
- Orchestral
- Vocal and choral
Tom Coult is a composer born in London in 1988. Since 2021, he has been Composer-in-Association with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra which recorded a disc of his music in 2024, and most recently premiered ‘Monologues of the Curious’ at the BBC Proms.
His 2022 opera ‘Violet’ was described by The Telegraph as ‘the best new British opera in years’, and has had productions in the UK, Germany and France.
- Folk
- Orchestral
Amelia is a Northern Irish composer who creates folk-influenced work for dance, stage and concert hall, exploring potent contemporary issues through the lens of nature, mythology and literature to find nuanced perspectives.
Collaboration with choreographers, writers and artists is integral to many of her projects.