BYRCHMORE, Ruth

Ruth was born and educated in Birmingham. She went on to study at Sheffield University (BMus) and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1991 with an MMus in Composition.She received a British Composer Award in 2005 for the MBF St Cecilia Day anthem A Birthday, performed by the joint choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral.
She also received an RPS/Radio 3 Award for Education in 2004 for her children’s opera Katerina for Welsh National Opera.
As a composer, Ruth began her career as RVW Trust/Parry Jerusalem Fellow and Composer in Residence at Wells Cathedral.
Her work has been commissioned for performance throughout Britain and internationally, and she has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Her work is published by both Faber and Chester-Novello, and she was commissioned to write two new works for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen which were recorded and premiered in 2011, in Westminster Cathedral.