![]() ![]() I love using modes in my writing and there’s often a folk feel to my music. I’ve been told that my music sounds very English! I think this stems from my love of composers such as Vaughan Williams and Elgar. Tell us about your stylistic influences - your violin and string knowledge is evident in your writing - are there particular elements you like to include in your compositions? Since then, my composition has grown year on year and I’m very lucky that so many people seem to be enjoying performing my works. by the award winning Lux choir, and the BBC Singers on BBC Radio 3. I followed that up with writing a string orchestra movement for the chamber orchestra I was playing with at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Sinfonia, and it developed into my Suite for String Orchestra which has become popular today. It’s since been published by Multitude of Voyces in a Christmas Anthology of sacred music by female composers and has been performed all over the world, including Washington D.C. ![]() In 2016 I wrote my first Christmas carol Silent Night, which was premiered by The New London Singers at St Martin in the Fields. Once leaving college I followed the path of being a violinist, which I also love, however I just started to feel like a huge part of me wasn’t being fulfilled. Composing feeds my soul! I did second study composition at the Royal Academy of Music where I developed my love of choral writing, guided by one of my teachers Gareth Wilson, who commissioned me to write a piece for his choir Christ Church Chelsea, while I was still at college. I’ve always loved composing ever since I was a little girl, and it’s always been part of my life in the background. Violinist and composer Libby Croad © Alex Barnesĭiscover more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub You’ve enjoyed a career as a violinist - what made you decide to pursue composition as well? ![]()
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