ERSO’s fab five – meet Sarah

We caught up with Sarah Cattley, one of our “fab five” composers who are finalists in the ERSO emerging composers’ competition: “A Fanfare for Ernest Read”.
We’re so excited to work on her excellent fanfare in our workshop final on March 15th.
Sarah Cattley photo
Sarah Cattley

“I read music at Newnham College, Cambridge, where my composition
supervisors included Joseph Phibbs and Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Since I
graduated in 2016, my music has been performed in Ireland, France and Sweden, as well as across the UK in venues such as Saffron Hall, Buckfast Abbey and Ely Cathedral. In 2017-18 I was Caritas Chamber Choir’s Composer of the Year, and last year I had two pieces performed on BBC Radio 3.

I’ve written a lot of choral music and chamber music, but this fanfare for
ERSO is my first piece for orchestra, so I know the workshop will be a
fantastic learning opportunity – I’m excited to discover what in my piece
works well and what doesn’t! I’m keen to write more orchestral music in the future and I’m sure it will be informed by the experience of hearing my piece workshopped by ERSO.”

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