"NYCGB has always championed new music, from a glittering back-catalogue by distinguished composers to a burgeoning pipeline of new commissions from an increasingly broad spectrum of international composers. It has always been an
important aim to offer opportunities to young composers to write for voices, and so the Young Composers Scheme was born. We celebrate the diversity of our choral repertoire, and the chance to push the boundaries of what choral music is and can be through the programming of imaginative and captivating performance programmes. The first year of the Scheme has seen our first cohort of Young Composers involved in a dizzying array of activities, including mentoring from an impressive roster of professional composers including Eleanor Alberga, Jonathan Dove, Anna Meredith and Toby Young, workshops, rehearsals and composing retreats and writing for a number of the NYCGB ensembles, including the National Youth Choir. Our young singers have been actively involved throughout the process – the result is four original and refreshing choral works which have been professionally recorded by the flagship National Youth Choir. - Ben Parry, NYCGB Artistic Director/Conductor
In this new partnership with the NYCGB we present choral works by four talented young composers Lillie Harris, Joanna Ward, Shruthi Rajasekar and Harry Baker. Their works experiment with a variety of styles and approaches to writing for voice, with themes ranging from the U.S.A.-Mexico border crisis, the impact of technology on our lives, and the John Franklin
expedition."
