Artist Profile: Edward Tait
Edward Tait is an emerging British composer, currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music, under the tutelage of Gareth Moorcraft and Louise Drewett. His music has received performances at the Royal Festival Hall, St John’s Smith Square, and Westminster Abbey, as well as by award-winning ensembles like the London Sinfonietta, Carducci Quartet, Orion Orchestra, and Lloyd’s Choir.
Edward previously studied with Jacques Cohen at the Purcell School of Music, and upon graduation, received the school’s Tim Stevenson Prize for Outstanding Composition. He also recently won 1st Prize in the Composition category of the Tiziano Rossetti Competition, and he is currently working on a symphonic suite, which was commissioned by the Chorleywood Orchestra.
Selected Works
- The Planets (2023)
arrangement for solo piano - Ash Grove (2024)
for chamber orchestra - In the Bleak Midwinter (2024)
for SATB choir - Sonata (2025)
for solo clarinet - Pulsating (2025)
for flute and guitar - Engineer's Paradise (2025)
for four-hand piano
The Planets
Ash Grove
In the Bleak Midwinter
Sonata
Instrumentation: solo clarinet
Duration: circ. 8 minutes
Premiere: *TO BE ANNOUNCED*
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