Inspiring and supporting young composers...

Cambridge Youth Music supported young composers between 2006 and 2020 through a very successful annual composing competition. While nominally a competition, the aim was always to help all participants to gain skills and inspiration for composing music.

From 2023 CYM was delighted to enter into a collaboration with Cambridge Summer Music (CSM) to run a workshop for young composers as part of CSM's annual Summer Music Festival in July.

Young Composers Workshops

For these annual workshops young composers aged 21 and under are invited to compose a piece for a particular combination of musicians. All the pieces submitted are performed by professional musicians, with individual feedback and advice provided by the musicians and composer Ewan Campbell. Applications to take part in the 2025 workshop are now open via the link below.

2025 Young Composers Workshop

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Cambridge Young Musician of the Year

The Cambridge Young Musician of the Year competition was held in 2006, 2008 and 2010. CYM regrets that it has not had the manpower to run the competition since then. Details of the first three competitions can be found via the links top left.