composers
The Scottish composer Rory Boyle was born in Ayr in 1951, was a chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and studied composition with Dr Frank Spedding at the Roya Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, as well as piano, organ, clarinet and conducting. A Travelling Scholarship enabled him to continue his studies with Lennox Berkeley, in London.
He has won several important awards, notably the BBC Scottish Composers' Prize (1971), two Royal Philharmonic Society Prizes (1973 and 1975), and the Zaiks Prize (1987) for his orchestral score Winter Music which was premiered in Cracow, Poland. His list of works covers most genres from large orchestral scores to incidental music for television.
He has been commissioned by many Festivals, Societies and leading performers including Evelyn Glennie, Nicholas Daniel, Peter Seivewright and the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, and he has also written extensively for younger players including four children's operas. Future projects include a clarinet concert for David Campbell and a piano trio for the Schubert Ensemble. His music is performed and broadcast widely both in Britain and abroad. He lives in South Ayrshire and teaches at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Rory Boyle
The Scottish composer Rory Boyle was born in Ayr in 1951, was a chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and studied composition with Dr Frank Spedding at the Roya Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, as well as piano, organ, clarinet and conducting. A Travelling Scholarship enabled him to continue his studies with Lennox Berkeley, in London. He has won several important awards, notably the BBC Scottish Composers' Prize (1971), two Royal Philharmonic Society Prizes (1973 and 1975), and the Zaiks Prize (1987) for his orchestral score Winter Music which was premiered in Cracow, Poland. His list of works covers most genres from large orchestral scores to incidental music for television.
He has been commissioned by many Festivals, Societies and leading performers including Evelyn Glennie, Nicholas Daniel, Peter Seivewright and the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, and he has also written extensively for younger players including four children's operas. Future projects include a clarinet concert for David Campbell and a piano trio for the Schubert Ensemble. His music is performed and broadcast widely both in Britain and abroad. He lives in South Ayrshire and teaches at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
- Judith Weir
A collection of 20 works drawn from The Schubert Ensemble's Chamber Music 2000 series.
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