Profiles

Born in 1979, Elizabeth Winters studied viola and piano at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and subsequently continued her viola studies on the undergraduate course. In 2006, she gained her MMus in Composition with Distinction from Goldsmiths College, London. In 2011, she was awarded a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where she is working towards her DMus in Composition under Julian Anderson and Julian Philips. Elizabeth is supported by funding from the Headley Trust. Elizabeth’s works are regularly performed throughout the UK, by performers such as the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Ensemble 10/10, London Orphean Brass, Rarescale, The Orlando Consort, Aurora Nova and the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Recently, works have been programmed in the Leeds International Concert Season, Royal Opera House ‘Exposure’ Series, Lake District Summer Music Festival, European Capital of Culture Concert Series, RNCM Festival of Brass, Deal Festival, and as part of services at St Paul’s and St Alban’s Cathedrals. Several works have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Elizabeth also enjoys working with young musicians and has written pieces for both the National Youth Recorder Orchestra and for combined secondary schools as part of the opening night of the 2009 Farnham Festival. Most recently, Elizabeth won a 2009 British Composer Award in the Making Music category for her chamber orchestra piece The Serious Side of Madness. Other recent awards include winner of the 2008 Liverpool Capital of Culture New Composer Competition and a PRSF/Bliss Trust Composer Bursary for 2009-10. Elizabeth was also a Sound and Music shortlisted composer for 2006-2009. Elizabeth recently completed a piece for the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the LSO Discovery Panufnik Young Composers Scheme 2010. Future projects include new works for the 2012 Presteigne Festival and the Sixty-Fifth Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts.