The premiere took place on 1 April, 2023, at St Mary’s Church, Henley-on-Thames and is a collaboration with the poet, Kate Wakeling. This 18 minute cantata for mixed chorus, soprano soloist and chamber orchestra is all about the relationship between humanity, water...

On 18 October, 2022, The Ivors Academy announced that Cecilia McDowall’s carol, 'There is No Rose', has been nominated for The Ivors Academy Ivor Novello Award in the Choral category. ‘There is no rose’ was commissioned by Daniel Hyde and King's College Chapel,...

A Tribute to the Life and Reign of Elizabeth II: A Garland for the Queen features The Sixteen, one of the world’s most renowned choral ensembles, conducted by its founder Harry Christophers for a performance at the Chapel Royal of Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of...

On Friday, 3 June, Cecilia McDowall’s Jubilate Deo will be premiered at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Her Jubilate Deo was commissioned and first performed at St Michael and All Angels Church, Dallas, Texas, director,...

A New Carol for an Old Christmas Tradition by Alex Marshall LONDON — Every Christmas Eve, the British composer Cecilia McDowall follows the same routine. At 3 p.m., as family members arrive at her London home, she goes into the kitchen, turns on the radio and starts...

News from King’s website: ‘The new carol for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve 2021 is a setting by Cecilia McDowall of There is no rose.   King’s College’s Director of Music, Daniel Hyde, asked McDowall to write something that would bring ‘a...