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Toby Young

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Toby Young
Born30th June 1990
Hampstead, London
💼 Occupation
  • Composer
  • Producer
  • Researcher

Toby Young DPhil Oxon (born 30th June 1990) is a composer and a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1]. A British composer of opera, chamber, and symphonic works, his influences range from plainchant to electronic dance music.

Young studied composition with Robin Holloway at the University of Cambridge, whilst also being a choral scholar in King’s College Chapel Choir. Young is a winner of the International ABRSM Composition Competition (2009)[2] and the Guardian/BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year (2006 & 2008)[3]. Young's works have been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, London Mozart Players, Britten Sinfonia, Fretwork, CHROMA, and choirs including the choirs of Kings College Cambridge, New College Oxford, the King’s Singers, and the BBC Singers.

Young has composed and co-written for artists including The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, Ellie Goulding, Florence and the Machine and Snow Ghosts; and hip-hop artists including Chase & Status, Jacob Banks and Moko. Young has written jingles for Yazoo milkshake and LighterLife, contributed to the Bollywood film Neethaane En Ponvasantham, and has produced orchestral and choral arrangements and additional material for international tours of musicians including the Rolling Stones and Ilaiyaraaja. He has also written material for D&B and hip-hop artists such as Tinie Tempah, Plan B and Labrinth.

Young is published by Oxford University Press, Faber, and Peer Music.

Biography[edit]

As a composer, commissions have included orchestral and ensemble works for the St. Petersburg British Music Festival, the City of Oxford Sinfonia, the London School of Economics, and the Royal Academy of Music, Opera Up Close, the Tete-a-Tete festival, as well as solo pieces for the Brighton Festival (2007), the Birmingham Conservatoire, the Cheltenham Ladies' College, the Chetham's School of Music, and the Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts.

Young’s output includes a setting of William Blake for the London Mozart Players, several songs for the urban music duo Chase and Status (2013), a solo Fantasy for cellist Guy Johnston (2015), commissions for the pianist Melvyn Tan, clarinettist Julian Bliss, the Sacconi and Vavaro quartets, and for the Ballet Rambert (2015). He has had a close working relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra, writing several orchestral works as a Panufnik Scholar (2009-2011), and the chamber opera Daisy Chain (2012) for the Soundhub scheme, and he worked alongside producer David Kosten and Gareth Malone on their album Voices. Large-scale works include the Shakespeare Cantata (2016), a set of Breath Madrigals (2016) inspired by medical research, a chamber opera remix of Handel entitled The Choice (2015), and The Art of Dancing (2016), a dance-music inspired double concerto for trumpet and piano.

Young is currently a Leverhulme Research Fellow at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (previously, Gianturco Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford), and lecturer at Somerville College, Oxford; Visiting Fellow, Cornell University (Department of Music); Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bristol (Department of Philosophy); and Curator and artistic consultant, advising on exhibitions at STORE Contemporary, Berlin (2016), Pizza Pavillion, Venice (2015), History of Science Museum, Oxford (2015), and Cornell University (2014).

Young’s research explores the relationship between creative practice and philosophy. Public Lectures include, Gresham College, What is Noise? Beauty and Taste in Twentieth-Century Music (2017)[4]. Modern Beauty looks at existing notions of beauty in the context of contemporary art and music; Transforming Operatic Voice, explores the relationship between singing styles in popular music and opera; Let there be house: narrative structures in Electronic Dance Music, for the University of Arts. Presentations include Incorporated Society of Musicians, Make Music Work, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2015). Young’s opera TEDx Talk is titled, Why do we warble?[5]

Young is a trustee of the Albert Schweitzer Institute[6], a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Education[edit]

Early education[edit]

From the age of six, Young sang with The Finchley Children’s Music Group (1996-2003). Performances include Paul Bunyan with the Royal Opera (1997) Mephistopheles (1998) and Der Rosenkavalier (1999) with the English National Opera, Carmina Burana with the London Concert Orchestra, Barbican (2000), Mercedes advertisement, recorded at the Angel Studios (2001), Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the City of London Sinfonia, Barbican (2002 and 2003), Mahler symphony No 8, Royal Festival Hall (2003), and English Schools’ Orchestra and Choir, Barbican (2004 and 2005).

Young studied at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department with Matthew Taylor. As an early composer, Young’s Christmas Carol, Telling God’s Story, was performed at St Alban’s Abbey (2005), dedicated (with permission) to John Rutter. His premiere of Paean, a virtuosic showpiece, was performed by the Junior Academy Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Stark (2008). Young’s first composition performed by professional musicians was at the Birmingham Conservatoire in 2005.

Young won the Guardian/BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year Competition, and the Hampstead and Highgate Festival Competition for Young Composers, aged 16. He was commissioned for a showcase at Sadler's Wells (2007) and was winner of the Cathcart Composer of the Year (2007). Aged 18 he won the London Symphony Orchestra Panufnik Young Composer prize (2009), the International ABRSM Composition Competition (2009), the Malcolm Arnold Composition Prize (2009)[7] followed by the Incorporated Society of Musicians Composition Competition (2013)[8]

Further education[edit]

Young studied at King’s College, Cambridge as a Choral Scholar, where he read music and studied composition with Robin Holloway and Colin Matthews, whilst singing professionally with Tenebrae, Polyphony, the Armonico Consort, and the BBC Singers.

Following his MA in music at the University of Cambridge, he undertook a DPhil at New College, Oxford [9], where he studied composition with Robert Saxton, musicology with Eric Clarke and philosophy with Roger Scruton. He was awarded his doctorate in music from the University of Oxford in 2016.

Music producer[edit]

  • Beethoven Late String Quartets, Philharmonia Orchestra (spatial audio installation) (2020)
  • Bluebeard’s Castle, Philharmonia Orchestra (spatial audio installation) (2020)
  • Mozart’s Requiem, English National Opera (BBC 2) (2020)
  • Turn of the Screw, Opera North (Marque TV) (2020)
  • Chen and Ravel, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Great Traditions, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ustad Wajahat Khan (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Hear and Now, Philharmonia Orchestra (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Messiah, English National Opera (BBC 2) (2021)
  • Poulenc and Ibert, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Tchaikovsky and Beethoven, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Benedetti (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Villa-Lobos, Brahms, and Harle, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Jess Gillam (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Lewis (streamed performance) (2021)
  • Labyrinth, Orchestra of the Swan, (Signum Records) (2021)
  • Saint-Saëns and Scriabin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Hough (streamed performance) (2021)
  • The Life and Death of Alexander Livtinenko, BBC Concert Orchestra (Garsington Opera) (2021)

Commissions[edit]

Choral works[edit]

  • You Can’t Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones, Wembley Arena and Glastonbury (2013)
  • Act 2 of Cantata Eliensis, Cantata Dramatica (2013)
  • Love and Harmony, London Oriana Choir and the London Mozart Players (2014)
  • Love and Harmony, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Blackheath Halls (2015)
  • Ave Regina Caelorum for London Oriana Choir, St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden (2015).
  • Music, Make for the combined choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral (2016)
  • S’Dremlen feygl and Kelele arranged for the King’s Singers (2017)
  • I Carry Your Heart (Singing on the River), The King’s Men, (2018).

Orchestral and Instrumental works[edit]

  • The Jaunty Economist (Comedy Overture), Music@LSE, St Cement Danes, (2006) (Dedicated, with permission from Anthony Day, to Sir Malcolm Arnold)
  • Money for old rope, Music@LSE, St Cement Danes, (2008)
  • Un inglese in Italia, Palazzo Galenga, Perugia, (2008) and Salle des etats de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (2008) (Commissioned by Universita’ Per Stranieri, Perugia in collaboration with Corso di Storia della Musica)
  • Quodlibet for oboe and piano, Volente Ensemble, Birmingham Conservatoire (2009) and Maclaren Hall (2009)
  • Celebration Fanfare, City of Oxford Orchestra, Sheldonian Theatre, (2009) (written in his second year at King’s College, Cambridge, Young originally entitled the piece, The Other Place!)
  • Ride with an Idle Whip, Sound Moves, London Southbank Centre (2010)
  • Rumours of Passion, Easter at King’s, Clare College chapel, (2012) (composed and conducted by Young, and supported by the Bible Society)
  • Sadanga for Violin and Electronics, The Violin Project, The Forge, Camden, (2013)
  • There Was a Monkey, London Youth Choir, Middle Temple Hall, (2013) (commission supported by Faber)
  • A Song for St Cecilia’s Day, and When Music Sounds, Reverie St Mary-at-Hill Church, (2013) (in collaboration with London Youth Choir,)
  • Antiphon: Preserve us, O Lord, London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, St Pancras Church, (2013)
  • Introit Save us, O Lord, London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, St Pancras Church, (2014)
  • Fantasy on a Theme by Malcolm Arnold, A Night with the Stars Gala Concert, Soloist, Julian Bliss, (2014) (Commissioned by the Malcolm Arnold Festival)
  • Charity Commission, Wigmore Hall (2015) (Commissioned by the Royal Society of Musicians)
  • Dancing Star, Joyful Company of Singers, St Paul’s, Covent Garden, (2016)
  • Doves of Damascus, Orchestra of St John’s, Somerville College (2019) and King’s Place (2019) (Supported by Arts Council England)
  • Suitcase Full of Songs, The King’s Singers and choirs, Bushell Hall (2019) and Warwick Arts Centre (2019)( Commissioned by Armonico Consort, supported by AC Academy and the Voice Squad)
  • Many Worlds in One Place, Orchestra of St John’s, SJE Arts, (2021) (Supported by Arts Council England and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities)

Opera[edit]

  • Lost, co-commissioned by the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, and the Fitzwilliam Museum (2011)
  • Diary of a Thief, King’s Head Theatre, Islington, commissioned by Opera Close Up, and supported by Wide Eyes Theatre in association with London’s Little Opera House (2010-2011)
  • The Daisy Chain, Gestalt Opera, co-commissioned by Tete a Tete and LSO Soundhub (2012)
  • The Choice, supported by Vocal Futures (2015)
  • Witch, supported by St Hilda’s College, Oxford (2018)
  • Beowulf, Comberton Village College, commissioned by Armonico Consort (2019)

Festival[edit]

  • Wind Ensemble, St Petersburg British Music Festival, (2009)
  • Love and Harmony, Presteigne Festival, Assembly Rooms, (2015)

Sacred[edit]

  • Magnificat, New College Service, New College, Oxford (2013)
  • Stars in Heaven, Westminster Abbey Christmas Concert, (2013) (Commission supported by John Lewis)
  • Sonata on R-E-G-E-R, Sunday Organ Recital Series, Westminster Abbey (2014)
  • Nunc Dimittis: St Pancras Canticles, London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, St Pancras Church (2015)
  • The Anthem, Festival of St Cecilia, Westminster Abbey (2016) (commission from Help Musicians UK, supported by the RVW Trust)

Compositions[edit]

  • A Fanfare for Malcolm, (Queen’s Temple Press) for brass ensemble (2014)[10]
  • Fantasy on a Theme of Malcolm Arnold, (Queen’s Temple Press) for clarinet and string orchestra (2014)[11]
  • Stars in Heaven, (Faber Music) for SATB and organ (2014)[12]
  • The Swete Roose, (Faber Music) for SATB (2014)[13]
  • I Carry Your Heart, (Oxford University Press) for SATB (2018)[14]
  • The Night, (Oxford University Press) for SATB (2018)[15]
  • Book of Mardigals I, (Edition Peters) for SATB (2019)
  • Fall, Leaves, Fall, (Oxford University Press) for SA and piano (2019)[16]
  • Give Me the River, (Oxford University Press) for SA and piano (2019)[17]
  • If You Love Me, (Oxford University Press) for SATB (2019)[18]
  • Three Shakespeare Songs, (Edition Peters) for SA and piano (2019)
  • Come and Dance, (Oxford University Press) for SATB (2020)[19]
  • Beowulf, (Edition Peters) for solo soprano, SATB, childrens’ choir, keyboards, harp, electronics (2021)
  • Wassail!, (Oxford University Press) for SATB and piano (2021)[20]
  • A Babe Was Born, (Oxford University Press) for solo voice and piano (2021)[21]
  • Book of Madrigals II, (Edition Peters) for SATB (2021)
  • Invitation to Love, (Oxford University Press) for solo voice and piano (2021)[22]
  • Splendour of God’s Pure Glory Bright, (Oxford University Press) for SATB and organ (2021)[23]

Recordings[edit]

  • Brand New Machine, Chase & Status (EMI) (2014)
  • Advent Carol, Advent Calendar. The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, David Crown (Stone Records) (2014)
  • Bright Sun of Heaven, A Year at Shakespeare’s Church. Choir of Holy Trinity Stratford-upon-Avon, (Priory) (2014)
  • Paper Gods, Duran Duran (Warner) (2015)
  • Ave Regina Caelorum. From Babylon to Brazil: Songs of Love and Devotion. London Oriana Choir, Dominic Peckham (LO Records) (2015)
  • The Swete Roose, Christmas at Peterborough. Peterborough Cathedral Choir, Steven Grahl (Guild Records) (2016)
  • Variation V, Panufnik Variations, London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live) (2016)
  • Lord’s Prayer, Before the Ending of the Day. Exon Singers, Richard Wilberforce (Resonus) (2017)
  • ‘What Child Is This?’, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Dominic Peckham (NYCGB Recordings) [Single] (2017)
  • Seven Trumpets. A New Heaven, The Choir of Queen’s College Oxford, Owen Rees (Signum Records) (2017)
  • The Art of Dancing, The Art of Dancing. Simon Desbruslais, Claire Hammond, English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (Signum Records) (2017)
  • I Carry Your Heart, Love from King’s. The King’s Men (KC Records) (2018)
  • A Quiet Ritual, Snow Ghosts (Houndstooth Records) (2019)
  • Give Me the River, As You Sing. The Oxford Choir (OUP Records) (2019)
  • Acid House, 50 Minimalist Classics. English Symphony Orchestra (Signum Records) (2019)
  • The Night, Choral Highlights 2019. The Oxford Choir (OUP Records) (2019)
  • Come and Dance, Choral Highlights 2020. The Oxford Choir (OUP Records) (2020)
  • Beowulf, Catrin Finch, Elin Manahan Thomas, Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (Signum Records) (2020)

Arrangements[edit]

  • You Can’t Always Get What You Want, GRRR! The Rolling Stones (Interscope) (2012)
  • She Moved Through the Fair and Suo Gân, Greensleeves. Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (Signum Records) (2016)
  • Kelele, Gold. The King’s Singers (Signum Records) (2019)
  • Suo Gân, 50 Ultimate Calming Classics. Armonico Consort (Signum Records) (2019)
  • S’Dremlen Feygl, Finding Harmony. The King’s Singers (Signum Records) (2020)

Distinctions[edit]

Competitions and Awards[edit]

  • Winner, Guardian/BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year (under-16 category) (2006)
  • Winner, Cathcart Young Composer of the Year (2008)
  • Winner, Guardian/BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year (over-16 category) (2008)
  • Winner, ABRSM Composition Competition (2009)
  • Panufnik Fellow, London Symphony Orchestra (2010 – 2011)
  • Winner, Malcolm Arnold Composition Competition (2010)
  • Winner, Clare College, Cambridge Composition Award (2011)
  • Associate Composer, Reverie Choir (2012 – 2015)
  • Winner, King’s College, Cambridge Composition Award (2012)
  • Composer in Residence, London Oriana Choir (2013 – 2015)
  • Composer in Residence, King Edward School, Stratford-upon-Avon (2013 – 2016)
  • Winner, Incorporated Society of Music Composition Award (2013)
  • Bretschneider Visiting Fellow, Cornell University (2014 – 2015)
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University of Bristol, Philosophy Faculty (2015 – 2019)
  • Composer in Residence, Armonico Consort (2015 – 2020)
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (2015)
  • Featured Composer, Stratford-upon-Avon Festival (2015)
  • Featured Composer, Kings Lynn Festival (2016)
  • Composer in Association, Schola Cantorum of Oxford (2018 – 2019)
  • Senior Fellow, The Higher Education Academy (2018)
  • Fellow, Oxford Innovation Society (2019 – 2020)
  • Adjunct Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford (2019 – 2021)
  • Artist in Residence, Wellington College (2019)
  • Composer in Residence, Orchestra of St John’s (2019)[24]

Prizes[edit]

  • Hampstead and Highgate Festival Competition for Young Composers (2006)
  • Guardian BBC Proms Composer of the Year (2006) Dirty Linoleum for wind quintet. Performed at Cadogan Hall, by Endymion (2006) and subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (2006).
  • Cathcart Composer of the Year (2007) Royal Albert Hall, Lovesick, orchestral overture, premiered at the Cathcart Spring PROMS, by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Arnold (2007).
  • LSO Panufnik Young Composer, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, Ecstasy (2009)
  • Malcolm Arnold Composition Prize, The Beckus Prize winner, Divertimento for Wind Quintet, performed at the Royal & Derngate (2009)
  • International ABRSM Composition Competition, Jubilate (2009) Performed at the ABRSM’s 120th Anniversary concert, Cadogan Hall (2009)
  • Clare College, Cambridge, Chamber Music Composition competition, Charades (2010)
  • LSO composer Soundhub Showcase Concert, Selected scenes from the Daisy Chain, and Cappricio (2011)
  • Incorporated Society of Musicians Composition Competition (2013)

Non-musical prizes[edit]

  • Winner, Big Draw (awarded by Quentin Blake) (2004)
  • Winner, Daunt Books and Keats House Short Story Competition (awarded by Anthony Horowitz) (2006)

Publications[edit]

Edited Volumes[edit]

  • “Oxford Handbook of Time in Music”, (Oxford University Press) (2021)[25]

Book Chapters[edit]

  • “Investigating Creative Practice-Based Methodologies for Research”, Handbook of Creativity at Work, (Palgrave) (2018)[26]

Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)[edit]

  • “Metaphysics and Heavy Breathing”, Tempo 71 (2016)[27]
  • “After Orlando”, Journal of Women and Music 21 (2017)[28]
  • “Immateriality and Absence in the search for Self”, Cultural Politics 13 (2017)[29]
  • “Towards a New Language: Gestural Metaphor in Multi-modal Composition”, Dovetail 3 (2018)[30]
  • “La petite mort: Arrival and Fulfilment in Electronic Dance Music”, Transposition 9 (2021)[31]

Miscellaneous[edit]

Composer-in-Residence[edit]

Orchestra of St John’s, Armonico Consort, University of Perugia (2009), Ballet Rambert (2016), London Oriana Choir, Reverie[32]

Musical Supervisor[edit]

Punchdrunk Theatre Company (2019-present)

Musical Director[edit]

Much Ado About Nothing, Cambridge Arts Theatre (February 2011)

Artistic director[edit]

Clive & Other Stories, Gestalt Arts Collective. Gestalt, creating works of opera and experimental music theatre, was founded in 2012 by Ruth Mainer and Toby Young.

Charity[edit]

Young is a Trustee of Schweitzer Institute (2021)[6], a member of Royal Society of Musicians (2009), a member and Fellow of The Academy of St Cecilia (2012) (FASC), and a Member and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA), a PRS writer member, and member of the Musicians’ Union.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Toby Young
  2. ↑ ABRSM Annual Review 2009
  3. ↑ 1916 and all that - the Guardian
  4. ↑ Gresham College – Dr Toby
  5. ↑ Why do we warble? – Toby Young TEDxUAL
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Toby Young - Trustee
  7. ↑ the Malcolm Arnold Composition Prize
  8. ↑ ISM News 2013
  9. ↑ University of Oxford – Toby Young
  10. ↑ A Fanfare for Malcolm – Toby Young
  11. ↑ Fantasy on a Theme of Malcolm Arnold – Toby Young
  12. ↑ Stars In Heaven – Toby Young
  13. ↑ The Swete Roose – Toby Young
  14. ↑ I Carry Your Heart – Toby Young
  15. ↑ The Night – Toby Young
  16. ↑ Fall, Leaves, Fall – Toby Young
  17. ↑ Give Me the River – Toby Young
  18. ↑ If You Love Me – Toby Young
  19. ↑ Come and Dance – Toby Young
  20. ↑ Wassail! – Toby Young
  21. ↑ A Babe Was Born
  22. ↑ Invitation to Love – Toby Young
  23. ↑ Splendour of God’s Pure Glory Bright – Toby Young
  24. ↑ Orchestra of St John’s – Toby Young
  25. ↑ Handbook of Time in Music. Eds. Toby Young, Mark Doffman and Emily Payne
  26. ↑ Investigating Creative Practice-Based Methodologies for Research
  27. ↑ Metaphysics and Heavy Breathing – Toby Young – Tempo 71
  28. ↑ After Orlando – Toby Young
  29. ↑ Immateriality and Absence in the search for Self – Toby Young
  30. ↑ Towards a New Language: Gestural Metaphor in Multi-modal Composition – Toby Young
  31. ↑ La petite mort: Arrival and Fulfillment in Electronic Dance Music – Toby Young
  32. ↑ Toby Young joins OSJ as Composer-in-Residence

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