Cheryl Frances-Hoad graduated from Gonville and Caius College with a triple 1st in 2001 and an Mphil (with Distinction) in Composition, also at Cambridge. She began composing at the age of eight while studying ‘cello and piano at the Yehudi Menuhin School, and since then has won several prizes, including the Purcell Composition Prize, The Bach Choir Carol Competition, the BBC Young Composers Workshop 1996, the Cambridge Composer’s Competition, the Birmingham Conservatoire Composition Competition and the Robert Helps Prize.
Commissions include works for the BBC, the Surrey Philharmonic, the Manchester International ‘Cello Festival, the Chard Festival of Women in Music, the Bass Club, Bass Fest, the Almeida Festival, the Schubert Ensemble, the Fujita Piano trio, and the Kreisler Ensemble. Cheryl has just finished studying for a Phd in Composition at King’s College London.
Sample performances and other material can be provided on request. Scores and parts are available for purchase: please contact me for details.
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