Join us in the Chapel of Royal Holloway for our beautiful first Advent carol service of the season.

Join us, broadcast from the Chapel of Royal Holloway University of London, for this sung choral evening service live on BBC Radio 3.

Join us in the Chapel of Royal Holloway for our beautiful first Advent carol service of the season.

Come and join us for an enchanting evening of festive music at St Mary's Church, Easebourne. The programme will include Anthony Bolton's 'A Garland of Carols' for Upper Voices and harp. The Choir of Royal Holloway will perform this and other Christmas music led by Rupert Gough and accompanied by Cecily Beer on the harp.

Enjoy a festive evening at one of the grandest addresses in the capital, Apsley House. Step inside its glittering interiors and delight in carols performed in the Waterloo Gallery.

Join us in the Chapel of Royal Holloway for our beautiful first Advent carol service of the season.

The Choir of Royal Holloway is the only university choir in the UK to offer free concerts every week during term-time. The innovative programmes have included themes of seasons, festivals, single composers, one historical period or event, concerts of solos or ensembles, organ recitals as well as everything else in-between.

From solo performances to University music groups, baroque to contemporary, we are pleased to continue our new platform for the community at the Department of Music to share their world-class talents. For this edition of The Platform, students will curate a relaxed concert perfect for unwinding and enjoying timeless works. Whether you're a seasoned classical music lover or a newcomer, this concert offers an intimate, welcoming experience for all.

Following a highly successful Come and Sing in September, we are excited to present our launch concert programme, celebrating living composers.

The art of transcription is seen in the reimagining of vocal works for the keyboard by Nathan James Dearden and Liszt. The lyrical form of the Ballade popularised by Chopin is traced through the works of Clara Wieck-Schumann and Kaija Saariaho. Stripped back textures pioneered by Erik Satie find echoes in the works of Julius Eastman and Ryuichi Sakamoto. At the heart of the recital is Caroline Shaw’s response to a Chopin Mazurka, her contemporary soundworld surrounding a complete rendition of Chopin’s work

Join us live on BBC Radio 3 for this evening compline services, broadcast from the Chuirch of St. Bartholomew-the-Great in London.

Following a highly successful Come and Sing in September, we are excited to present our launch concert programme, celebrating living composers.

We conclude the festival by bringing together all our resident performers in an enchanting celebration of Folk Song. Featuring music originating all over the British Isles and beyond, Freddie Crowley will lead Corvus Consort in choral folksong arrangements by Benjamin Britten, Simon Carrington, Harry Baker and Nathan James Dearden (last year's WAF Composer-in-Residence), as well as Gustav Holst's lovely Six Choral Folksongs, Op. 36, in celebration of Holst's 150th year in 2024.

After three sold-out concerts, MOSAIC are excited to be back for Inventions, a celebration of the next generation of composers and an homage to inspiration. This concert will showcase the works of emerging artists to explore themes of influence and musical connections.

As part of the 2024 Presteigne Festival, join the Choir of Royal Holloway and cellist Alice Neary for the World Premiere of Nathan James Dearden’s Three Motets.

A highlight every year in the stunning location of one of the Great Lighthouses of Ireland, this is a location unlike any other to experience an interactive morning of music and fun, featuring music by Bach, Shostakovich, and Nathan James Dearden.

The Tlws y Cyfansoddwr [Composer's Trophy] is presented to the most promising composer at the 2024 National Eisteddfod for a chamber ensemble composition using images of Rhondda Cynon and Taf as inspiration.

Exotic romantic fantasy infuses The Cloud Messenger, a rich sung epic inspired by Indian stories and beliefs, performed by the Three Choirs Festival Voices. Holst sets a Sanskrit poem describing how a nature spirit persuades a passing cloud to send a love message to his wife in the distant Himalayas; a remote and colourful paradise is brought to life by the music. In response, Nathan James Dearden’s exciting festival commission creates a series of choral landscapes that respond to, and set, messages from throughout history to future generations. Alongside these works, fluttering wings and scratching feet are heard in Respighi’s The Birds as the composer paints a picture of bird movements and birdsong in lively and extraordinary music.

Nathan James Dearden chats with fellow composers whose works are being performed at this year’s festival. Get to know the faces behind the music and learn more about what it’s like to be a composer from the people themselves.

The day following is a sonic landscape for these now distant memories of a lost community in Wales, created by award-winning Welsh composer, Nathan James Dearden, and performed by UPROAR New Music Ensemble. The screening will also feature works by the student composers attending Musicfest Aberystwyth’s summer school. The screening lasts approximately 30-minutes, and will be looped, so audience members can come and go.

Cerddwn is a radically different developmental opportunity for composers. Aberystwyth University wants to create a world-leading hub for musical experimentation and innovation in mid-Wales. Working with community orchestra Aberystwyth Philomusica and leading professional orchestra Sinfonia Cymru, composers and mentoring performers will create visionary new works for orchestra. To kickstart this new project four Welsh composers have been commissioned, David John Roche, Nathan James Dearden, Mared Emlyn and Jefferson Lobo.

The Founder’s Choir of Royal Holloway will be touring Serbia this summer 2024, featuring a blend of choral classics and the contemporary. As part of this tour, the choir will be premiering Nathan James Dearden’s introit, Locus iste, a work especially created for the choir.

The Founder’s Choir of Royal Holloway will be touring Serbia this summer 2024, featuring a blend of choral classics and the contemporary. As part of this tour, the choir will be premiering Nathan James Dearden’s introit, Locus iste, a work especially created for the choir.

The Founder’s Choir of Royal Holloway will be touring Serbia this summer 2024, featuring a blend of choral classics and the contemporary. As part of this tour, the choir will be premiering Nathan James Dearden’s introit, Locus iste, a work especially created for the choir.

Honorary Fellowships are awarded to those who have achieved eminence and those who have made an outstanding contribution to the life and work of the University, or either of the parent colleges, or to the cause of education generally.

This performance will be part of the 2024 Honorary Fellowship Ceremony at Royal Holloway University of London.

The Choir of Royal Holloway is now well-established as one of the leading collegiate choirs in the UK. This incredible team of 24 choral scholars and director, Rupert Gough are known internationally for their highly engaging performances and vast catalogue of stunning recordings, particularly in collaboration with Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo. In their Festival debut, they present a programme of popular orchestral music arranged for chorus, including Vaughan Williams’ ‘Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis’, Ravel’s ‘Pavane pour une infante défunte’, and a new mass setting based on Peter Warlock’s ‘Capriol Suite’ by George Arthur.

Following our Scenes from a Street and Professor Bad Trip tours in 2022 our talented and accomplished ensemble will be performing a brand new programme to five venues in Wales between February and March, including new works by Richard Baker, Nathan James Dearden, and Lynne Plowman.