A programme for aspiring graduates pursuing a career in composition.
Introducing the 2026
ORA Singers Graduate Composers
ORA Singers is thrilled to announce the five Graduate Composers selected as part of their 2026
Graduate Composers' Showcase.
The Graduate Composers' Showcase joins the Young Composers' Scheme and the 100 Commissions Project to complete ORA Singers' pipeline of support for composers at any stage in their career.
The programme offers an opportunity for early career composers to kick-start their portfolios and become commissioned by ORA Singers to write a new choral work. Each Graduate Composer will receive a commission fee and a guaranteed world premiere by ORA Singers at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
The selected Graduate Composers each showed a remarkable skillset in composition and a unique compositional voice, and ORA Singers is excited to work with them in 2026 as they write their new commissions ahead of the Showcase on 2nd October.
Meet the 2025 Graduate Composers
What's on offer
Join over 80 professionals as an
ORA-commissioned Composer
Consultation sessions with
Artistic Director, Suzi Digby OBE
Receive a commission fee of
£1,000.00
A world premiere performance by
ORA Singers at the Royal Welsh
College of Music and Drama in front of
industry professionals
ORA's full complement of 18
professional singers to write for
A video recording for portfolios
Eligibility
Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree, graduating no earlier than 2021.
Applicants may have graduated with a degree in any subject from any University or Conservatoire in the
United Kingdom.
Applicants studying at post-graduate level are eligible to apply, if they completed their undergraduate degree no earlier than 2021.
Applicants must be resident in the United Kingdom.
Applications are now closed.
For any queries, please write to
The Graduate Composers' Showcase has been generously supported by
The Linbury Trust, The Colwinston Charitable Trust, and The Garrick Charitable Trust
