Will Harmer

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Will Harmer is a London-based composer. He was a winner of the BBC Proms Inspire Competition and was subsequently commissioned by the BBC Singers to compose Voyage of the Soul, a piece commemorating the Apollo 11 Moon Landings which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Will’s piece for French Horn Cetus was performed on BBC radio and television by Annemarie Federle as part of the BBC Young Musician 2020. Will also participated in the 2021 Cheltenham Composers Festival Academy and was recently commissioned to compose new songs for Oxford Lieder and Ludlow English Song festivals. Aside from composition, he has worked as a singer with Genesis Sixteen and St Martin’s Voices, and as a conductor and accompanist for Oxford Youth Choirs. Will has studied composition at Worcester College, Oxford with Robert Saxton and at the Royal Academy of Music with Morgan Hayes.

Biography

Will Harmer is a London-based composer. He was a winner of the BBC Proms Inspire Competition and was subsequently commissioned by the BBC Singers to compose Voyage of the Soul, a piece commemorating the Apollo 11 Moon Landings which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Will’s piece for French Horn Cetus was performed on BBC radio and television by Annemarie Federle as part of the BBC Young Musician 2020. Will also participated in the 2021 Cheltenham Composers Festival Academy and was recently commissioned to compose new songs for Oxford Lieder and Ludlow English Song festivals. Aside from composition, he has worked as a singer with Genesis Sixteen and St Martin’s Voices, and as a conductor and accompanist for Oxford Youth Choirs. Will has studied composition at Worcester College, Oxford with Robert Saxton and at the Royal Academy of Music with Morgan Hayes.

Compilations with this composer

Compilations
NYC Young Composers 5

NYC Young Composers 5

NMC Recordings

A collection of imaginative, exciting new choral works by rising star composers Will Harmer, Millicent B James, Emily Hazrati and Alex Tay.

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