Christmas Eve
Ēriks Ešenvalds
Mixed choir (extended/divisi) · Other · 4′10″ · Moderate
Publisher: Musica Baltica
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ComposerLink is a dedicated hub within CHORALLY connecting composers, publishers and performing organisations through structured professional profiles, commissioning opportunities, news and events. It supports the creation, promotion and performance of new choral music worldwide.
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Opportunities & commissions
Commissions, calls for scores, competitions, residencies and awards curated for composers worldwide.
Events & premieres
Festivals, workshops and performances linked to the ComposerLink network.
Works
Releases & new repertoire
Newly published choral works, recordings and editions from composers and publishers across the ComposerLink network.
Laudate Dominum
Ian Gabriel Corpuz
Mixed choir (extended/divisi) · A cappella · Advanced
Publisher: Muziksea
Score & information RSCM Evensong Collection for Sopranos, Altos and Unison Lower Voices
Flexible voices · Moderate
Publisher: Royal School of Church Music
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Composer profiles
Professional listings for established and emerging composers, with biography, works and representation.
Bernard Hughes
Composer
Bernard Hughes is a composer of exciting and appealing choral music, which ranges from the memorably melodic to the fast and rhythmic.
United Kingdom
Bob Chilcott
ComposerConductor
Bob Chilcott is one of the world’s most performed choral composers, celebrated for his ability to write music that connects singers and audiences alike.
United Kingdom
Cecilia McDowall
Composer
Cecilia McDowall (b.1951) is one of the UK’s leading composers of sacred and secular choral music and has won many awards including, in 2014, the British Composer Award in the Choral category for her haunting work, Night Flight.
United Kingdom
Eric Whitacre
ComposerConductor
Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, is among today’s most popular musicians. A graduate of The Juilliard School, his works are performed worldwide, and his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united well over 100,000 singers from more than 145 countries.
United States
Ēriks Ešenvalds
Composer
Ēriks Ešenvalds is amongst the most sought-after composers working today. Widely performed and recorded, his works span choral, orchestral, stage, and film.
Latvia
Ian Gabriel Corpuz
Composer
Ian “Gab” is a conductor, composer, arranger, chorister and music educator. Discovering his interest in music at the age of three, Ian was exposed to choral singing and other music ensembles in the Philippines and graduated in Centro Escolar University Conservatory of Music with a degree in Bachelor of Music Education major in Choral Conducting.
Philippines
Memli Kelmendi
ComposerConductor
Memli Kelmendi is a Kosovan composer and conductor based in Peja, Kosovo. Alongside his choral output, he is active as a film composer, contributing music and sound design to award-winning films presented at major festivals including the Berlinale and Cannes.
Kosovo
Paul Smith
Composer
United Kingdom
Opportunities
Commissions, awards and residencies
Calls for scores, competitions, residencies and awards curated for composers worldwide.
- Featured Open now
Cambridge University Schola Cantorum Carol Composition Competition
Cambridge University Schola CantorumThe winning carol will be performed in Schola Cantorum's carol services in Great St Mary’s, Cambridge and Temple Church, City of London in December 2026, and the winning composer will receive a prize of £250. Entries will be adjudicated by the Director of Cambridge Schola, Graham Walker and our Composer-in-Residence, Tim Watts
10 days leftUnited KingdomComposition award / competition · Restricted by region - Featured Open now
The Harold Smart Memorial Composition Competition 2026
Royal School of Church MusicAre you a composer with a passion for church music? Do you have a creative spark and a desire to share your musical talents with the world? The Harold Smart Memorial Composition Competition is your chance to shine!
Closes 4 Jan 2027Open internationallyCall for scores · Open to all · Open internationally - Featured Open now
Kantos Carol Competition
Kantos Chamber ChoirKantos invites composers of all ages to enter its 2026 Christmas carol competition. The winning unaccompanied choral work will receive £500 and be performed at the choir’s Candlelit Carols concerts in Chester and Manchester. Entries close at 17.00 GMT on Thursday 5 November 2026.
14 days leftOpen internationallyComposition award / competition · Open internationally - Featured PeriodicScholarship
Azrieli Music Prizes
Azrieli FoundationCreated in 2014 by Sharon Azrieli CQ, D.Mus for the Azrieli Foundation, the Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) offer opportunities for the discovery, creation, performance and celebration of excellence in music composition.
Applications open periodicallyCanadaScholarship · Early career - BRBRPeriodic
Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Britten-Pears FoundationA long-established programme providing advanced training, residencies and professional support for outstanding early-career musicians.
Applications open periodicallyUnited KingdomProfessional development
News & Insight
Composers, publishing and new music
Interviews, industry developments and insight from across the sector.
- News12 Oct 2026RSCM opens Harold Smart composition competition for entries
The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) has opened entries for its 2026 Harold Smart Memorial Composition Competition, inviting composers to write a short anthem for church choirs of modest ability.
- News18 Sept 2026BBC and Ivors Academy agree new commissioning standards for media composers
New guidelines developed with the Musicians’ Union set out expectations on publishing rights, generative AI, pitching and access, as the Ivors Academy expands its support for composers.
- News11 Sept 2026Azrieli Music Prizes to premiere four new works in Montréal
Four composers will have new works premiered by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and OSM Chorus at the 2026 Azrieli Music Prizes Gala Concert, as the Azrieli Foundation continues its substantial investment in contemporary composition.
- Interview11 Sept 2026‘We want people to get in a room and sing’: Paul Smith on the wider world of VOCES8
What began with eight friends singing together has grown into an international organisation encompassing the ensembles VOCES8, Apollo5 and Lyyra, as well as education programmes, artist development, recording, publishing and its own London centre. Co-founder and CEO Paul Smith talks to CHORALLY about how it happened – and where it might go next.
Network
Publishers & partners
Leading organisations supporting the ComposerLink professional network.
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