Composer

Will Harmer is a London-based composer. Will was a winner of the BBC Proms Inspire Competition and was subsequently commissioned by the BBC Singers to compose ‘Voyage of the Soul’, a piece commemorating the Apollo 11 Moon Landings which was broadcast on Radio 3.

Will’s piece for French Horn ‘Cetus’ was performed on BBC radio and television by Annemarie Federle as part of the BBC Young Musician 2020. Will also participated in the 2021 Cheltenham Composers Festival Academy and was recently commissioned to compose new songs for Oxford Lieder and Ludlow English Song festivals.

This year he is a National Youth Choirs Young Composer and his pieces ‘Fireworks’ and ‘Three Madrigals’ were released on NMC Records as part of the scheme. Will studied at Worcester College, Oxford with Robert Saxton and currently studies composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Morgan Hayes.