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“Three Dream Songs” wins British Horn Society Composition Prize
My piece for unaccompanied solo horn, Three Dream Songs, has won the British Horn Society Composition Prize 2025. The premiere performance, by the excellent Tommaso Rusconi, coincided with the announcement of the award on 30th November 2025 as part of the British Horn Festival and the publication of the piece by edition db. The piece…
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“Imaginary Lover” in Armenia
I’m thrilled that my song cycle for tenor and piano, Imaginary Lover, to texts by Armenian poet Vahan Terian, will be performed again on 19th July in Yerevan, Armenia in a concert at the Komitas Museum-Institute, with tenor Berj Karazian and pianist Arpine Kalinina. The piece was commissioned for Arpine’s “British and Armenian Musical Bridge”…
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Year in Review: 2024
Some exciting things happened over the last year, from the London premiere of My Lover Spoke at JAM’s season launch concert in March to the world premiere of Movements for Philip Sharp by its dedicatee at the University of Glasgow. It was also a genuine honour to have my Canzoni et ricercari, which won the…
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Listen to “Movements for Philip Sharp” online
I’m pleased to be sharing a recording of my piano piece Movements for Philip Sharp online, performed by the dedicatee himself. This piece is particularly personal for me, as it reworks material from a piece I wrote for Phil when we were both still at school. You can listen to the piece below, or on…
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields to perform “Canzoni et ricercari”
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields will be performing my string ensemble piece Canzoni et ricercari in London on Saturday 6th July. The concert, titled “Summer Serenade”, also features music by Elgar, Walton, Ruth Gipps, Philip Herbert and Britten, and takes place at 7.30pm in St Anne’s Church, Limehouse as part of the…
Read More“Movements for Philip Sharp” premiere in Glasgow
Philip Sharp will premiere my new solo piano work, Movements for Philip Sharp, in Glasgow University Concert Hall at 1.10pm on Thursday 21st March. Commissioned by Phil and tailored to the way he plays, this piece reworks material from another one I wrote for him while still at school, giving it a special emotional significance…
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JONATHAN WOOLGAR 