Rhiannon Randle

British composer Rhiannon Randle's music combines an intimate awareness of diverse musical traditions with an original, contemporary twist that has won praise from Sir James MacMillan for its ‘breadth of expression and boldness of communication’. Her choral music is published and represented by Stainer & Bell and Boosey & Hawkes and is regularly performed by the choirs of York Minster, St. Michael’s Cornhill in the City of London where she is composer in residence, and Cambridge College Chapel Choirs, as well as by choirs across America and Europe. She has been commissioned for BBC Radio 3’s International Women’s Day celebrations, and broadcast live on Radio 3 by the BBC Singers and Owain Park. She has written three chamber operas, the latter in association with The Royal Opera House and has developed pieces in close collaboration with artists such as Dame Sarah Connolly, Britten Sinfonia, The Heath Quartet, The Belinfante Quartet, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, The St. Endellion Festival Orchestra, and the ACE-funded Theorbo Today project and Psappha’s "Composing for" scheme. Among more ‘usual’ combinations, she is passionate about composing for ancient, traditional and non-Western instruments such as erhu, guzheng, theorbo, lute and Kravik lyre. She is currently the inaugural musician-in-residence at Butser Ancient Farm and holds teaching positions at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Cambridge University, UK.