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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- Opera
- Orchestral
- Vocal and choral
A versatile composer of concert music, Alice Beckwith’s music is lyrical and contemporary – her melodic sound firmly rooted in the British Isles – with an emphasis above all upon story-telling. Collaborations and commissions include Endelienta Baroque, The Carice Singers, AndPiano Festival (‘Five Armitage Songs’), and St Endellion Easter Festival.
- Sound Art
- Vocal and choral
Supriya is a synesthete, experiencing music through all her senses. Past projects have included exploring the sound of tea, the emotion behind lullabies, and water, in its various forms.
“I’m looking for people to hold my hand on the journey, give me ideas, tell me to think differently”
- 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.
- 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.