Mary is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed by ensembles including The Riot Ensemble, CHROMA, BCMG and the Nash Ensemble, in venues ranging from Southwark Cathedral to the Wigmore Hall. She has recently received commissions from The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, The Ripieno Choir and The Choir of All Saints, Fulham and her opera Esther: a voice for the voiceless was premiered by Cambridge University Opera Society under her baton. She takes a keen interest in collaboration with living authors, filmmakers and performers, founding her own New Music Festival to promote new music at the University of Cambridge. She continues to explore new music as a conductor, having been Musical Director of her own opera and MD of an original musical premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Mary read Music at Jesus College, Cambridge followed by MMus Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated with Distinction and was awarded the Bertie Douglas Haywood Award. She is now Associate Conductor of The Ripieno Choir and has been awarded a full scholarship to compose a new opera with Guildhall School of Music and Drama in association with the Royal Opera House.
for SSAA choir
for solo soprano and string quintet
