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Creating the Welsh Composers of the Future by Involving Them Now

The ultimate aim of the Young Composer of Dyfed is to improve the quality of musical composition among young people in the area and to help create a cohort of fine Welsh composers in future years.

There are two elements to our programme:
• educational, running between September and January; and
• competitive, entered in October, with entries received in February and those chosen, by a professional composer engaged as adjudicator, invited, in April, to a day of masterclasses, a public concert of their music and the award of prizes.

Music composition is the Cinderella of the curriculum. The Young Composer of Dyfed programme aims to redress this imbalance by educating school pupils and music teachers in the art and focusing this education with a competition.

History - of the educational and competitive process and its development.

Latest News - description of latest cycle and intentions for next cycle, differences etc.

Competition Results - Results, list of previous winners, finalists and their works.

Dates & Venues - Forthcoming dates and venues (with links to venue maps and calendar)

The Trust - and its members/other volunteers. Contacts for specific officers and their roles.

Associates (Current and Former) - Professionals and firms associated with YCD

Finalists' Recordings - Availability of recordings of the finals of present and past competitions and the means to order the CDs offline.

How to Enter - Information and forms about how to enter the competitions

Patrons - List of patrons, sponsors and funding agencies, with links (coming soon).