Biography
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. Following her Master’s degree Elizabeth studied composition with Judith Bingham and is currently studying with Kenneth Hesketh.
Elizabeth’s works have been performed throughout the UK, by performers such as the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Ensemble 10/10, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Kensington Chamber Orchestra, London Orphean Brass, Rarescale, The Orlando Consort, Aurora Nova and the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Premières have been given at the Deal Festival, the 2008 European Capital of Culture Concert Series, the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, the Enterprise 08 Festival, the John Armitage Memorial concerts and as part of the 2009 Lake District Summer Music Festival. 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 three 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, Diploma of Merit in the 2009 Alessio Monti International Competition for Guitar Composition and a PRSF/Bliss Trust Composer Bursary for 2009-10. Elizabeth was also a Sound and Music shortlisted composer for 2006-2009.
Future projects include a new work for the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the LSO Discovery Panufnik Young Composers Scheme 2010, a solo violin piece for Peter Sheppard Skaerved, an alto flute solo for Carla Rees, and a piece for the clarinet quartet, Clariphonics. Elizabeth is also taking part in the 2010 VOX2 ‘Composing for Voice’ project at the Royal Opera House.
Elizabeth’s works have been performed throughout the UK, by performers such as the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Ensemble 10/10, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Kensington Chamber Orchestra, London Orphean Brass, Rarescale, The Orlando Consort, Aurora Nova and the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Premières have been given at the Deal Festival, the 2008 European Capital of Culture Concert Series, the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, the Enterprise 08 Festival, the John Armitage Memorial concerts and as part of the 2009 Lake District Summer Music Festival. 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 three 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, Diploma of Merit in the 2009 Alessio Monti International Competition for Guitar Composition and a PRSF/Bliss Trust Composer Bursary for 2009-10. Elizabeth was also a Sound and Music shortlisted composer for 2006-2009.
Future projects include a new work for the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the LSO Discovery Panufnik Young Composers Scheme 2010, a solo violin piece for Peter Sheppard Skaerved, an alto flute solo for Carla Rees, and a piece for the clarinet quartet, Clariphonics. Elizabeth is also taking part in the 2010 VOX2 ‘Composing for Voice’ project at the Royal Opera House.