Young composers
As part of our Young Musicians Programme, the Kingston Third Age Orchestra (K3AO) is very pleased to announce that we are able to invite students or aspiring composers to compose a piece for the orchestra. The first performance will take place at our Winter Concert on 6th December 2026. Thanks to the generosity of the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust (HRTCT), this will be the sixth such commission since the orchestra’s inception. Download the attached information for details.
New Compositions
The orchestra likes to encourage young composers and over the last few years has commissioned the following:
2012: You are old Father William by John-Paul Bowman (Guildhall School of Music and Drama).
2013: An Eve Owl by Joseph Alexander (Kingston University).
2015: Panta Rhei by Sofía Oriana Infante (above) (Kingston University).
2017: Once in a Big City by Sergey Lunev (Kingston University).
2019: The Incandenza Variations by Greg Harradine (Kingston University)
2022: All other things will change by Kit McCarthy (Guildhall)
2024: A Dream within a Dream by Jasmine Meaden (Guildhall)
Watch the orchestra’s performance of the whole of Sergei Lunev’s work (top) and highlights from Greg Harradine’s (below).
Our Young Musician scheme is sponsored by the H R Taylor Trust.
