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Lucy is a composer, educator and multi-instrumentalist from the northwest of England. As a composer, she has received many accolades for her work, most notably in 2011 when she became the first female artist to be presented with a British Composer Award in the Brass/Wind Ensemble category. This work – In Pitch Black was also the first composition for brass band to win a BCA. Lucy has subsequently been a member of the judging panel in the Brass/Wind Band and Community/Educational Music categories for the BCAs and the Ivor Novello Awards.
Much of Lucy’s work as a composer relates to heritage and storytelling, ranging from mixed media installations to illustrative instrumental solos and large-scale differentiated educational projects. Her work is included in the ABRSM brass exam syllabuses from grades 1-8, including features in the ABRSM publications ‘Shining Brass’ and ‘Brass Mix’ books.
Lucy is a performance (2004) and composition (2007) graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music. She was awarded a PhD in 2020 from the RNCM/MMU, with supervisors Professor Adam Gorb and Dr Larry Goves. Her research (Brass Bands: In and Out of Context) focussed on contemporary applications of the traditional brass band.