Bernard Hughes

British

Summary

Bernard Hughes’s music has been performed by ensembles including the BBC Singers, Trinity Boys’ Choir and Juice Vocal Ensemble at major British venues including Symphony Hall, Birmingham and St Paul’s Cathedral in London. His music has won a number of awards both in the UK and internationally and is regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3. After studying music at Oxford University and composition privately with Param Vir, Bernard was awarded a PhD in composition by London University in 2009. A CD of Bernard Hughes’s choral music, I am the Song, performed by the BBC Singers, was released on Signum Classics in 2016. His orchestral works for family concerts, Bernard & Isabel and The Knight Who Took All Day are frequently performed around Britain. He lives in London, where he is Composer-in-Residence at St Paul’s Girls’ School.

Biography

Bernard Hughes’s music has been performed by ensembles including the BBC Singers, Trinity Boys’ Choir and Juice Vocal Ensemble at major British venues including Symphony Hall, Birmingham and St Paul’s Cathedral in London. His music has won a number of awards both in the UK and internationally and is regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3. After studying music at Oxford University and composition privately with Param Vir, Bernard was awarded a PhD in composition by London University in 2009. A CD of Bernard Hughes’s choral music, I am the Song, performed by the BBC Singers, was released on Signum Classics in 2016. His orchestral works for family concerts, Bernard & Isabel and The Knight Who Took All Day are frequently performed around Britain. He lives in London, where he is Composer-in-Residence at St Paul’s Girls’ School.

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