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The Kreutzer Quartet and violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved’s recording of UYMP Composer Robert Saxton's String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4, plus Sonata for Solo Violin 'Reflections in Time' has received outstanding reviews in Fanfare, The Strad and British Music Society.

UYMP are delighted to welcome Philip Grange as a house composer!

UYMP are excited to announce that house composer Evis Sammoutis has been awarded a New Music USA Creator Fund Award!

UYMP are delighted to announce that house composer Evis Sammoutis has won the prestigious Roy Minoff Competition!

We’re delighted to announce that UYMP House Composer Sadie Harrison has completed a vibrant new work for the Isbourne Trio, Aviary (May 2025) a collection of eight bird-inspired movements for Soprano Voice, Clarinet and Piano, setting poetic fragments from across the UK and written especially for the Trio; this marks her second piece for the ensemble, who will perform Nani Ka Itou? at Syde Manor, Cheltenham on 9 October 2025.

Excellent reviews by BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone, and a Broadcast on ABC Australia for Thomas Simaku

UYMP house composers, David Blake, Elisabeth Lutyens and David Lancaster all have performances of their pieces during the May concert series at Late Music, York.

Robert Saxton's Le Tombeau de Ravel will be premiered on 2 May at Wigmore Hall. Also, three of Robert's works will be released on CD on 23 May. 

We are so pleased that the poetry by Jo Heyde inspired by house composer Sadie Harrison’s new work where she has always been … ble mae wastad wedi bod … has now been published. The 20 minute, 9 movement piece for solo cello will be premiered at the book launch at the Bank Vault, Aberystwyth by Neil Heyde. Sadie writes, "where she has always been … ble mae wastad wedi bod … takes its title from a set of poems of the same name written in Welsh by Jo Heyde in response to this specially composed work for solo cello, inspired by the legends of Rhiannon, Blodeuwedd and Ceridwen from the Mabinogian, a collection of early medieval Welsh stories dating to the 12th/13th centuries."

We are very pleased that house composer Sadie Harrison has received a most positive review for her piece 10,000 Black Men Named George from Charlottesville Classical. The work was released earlier this year on Divine Art Metier (MEX 77132) performed by the Kreutzer Quartet. 

Three distinguished pianists are playing at Late Music York this weekend, at the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate: David Hammond, Jakob Fichert and Ian Pace.  Firstly, David Hammond (Friday 5th April, 1pm) continues his exploration of composers with a Yorkshire connection.  Late Music York write: ‘The programme includes music by the remarkably talented Richard Stoker, William Baines’ Goodnight to Flamboro’, Sadie Harrison’s tribute to Baines, 3 Portraits of William Baines from Shadows: Six Portraits of William Baines plus Frederick Delius’ On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring’.  On Saturday 6th April at 1pm Jakob Fichert will present a programme curated by Tom Armstrong (composer and alumnus of the University of York) which will comprise a tapestry of variations from Schumann to Beehoven to Liszt and Leighton – four discreet panels threading together works from the 19th to the 21st centuries.   

UYMP is delighted to announce that we are looking for a part-time Assistant Administrator to join our small, York-based team. This role will focus on the administration and operation of the UYMP office, supporting the Administrator in their work.

In this role you will:

• Contribute to general office duties and assist with enquiries, as required.
• Assist with the promotion of UYMP publications, liaising with composers, performers and promoters, and building relationships with them.

To find out more about the role and how to apply, please click here .