Toby Young

Composer

Toby Young is a composer from London. He studied composition with Robin Holloway at Cambridge whilst also being a choral scholar in the prestigious King’s College Chapel Choir. Since winning numerous competitions, most notably the International ABRSM Composition Competition (2009) and the Guardian/BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year (2006 and 2008), Toby has been much in demand, both in the UK and abroad, with works being performed at numerous prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Sadlers Wells, and the Cadogan Hall, by renowned ensembles and orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, Fretwork, Britten Sinfonia, CHROMA and Endymion Ensemble, and many choirs including the choirs of King’s College, Cambridge, New College Oxford, Westminster Abbey and the BBC Singers.

Works by Toby Young

• Missa Brevis
• Nunc Dimittis
• Save us, O Lord, waking
• St Pancras Canticles
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Toccata on Regina caeli

Festival performances of works by Toby Young

Festival commissionWorld premiere

LFCCM 2023

• Sung Holy Communion on Sunday 14 May 2023 at Hampstead Parish Church
• Choral Eucharist on Sunday 21 May 2023 at St Pancras Parish Church

LFCCM 2017

• The Exon Singers on Sunday 14 May 2017 at St George’s Bloomsbury

LFCCM 2016

• Compline on Monday 9 May 2016 at St Pancras Parish Church

LFCCM 2015

• Choral Evensong on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at St Pancras Parish Church

LFCCM 2014

• Organ Recital on Tuesday 13 May 2014 at Lincoln’s Inn Chapel
• Choral Evensong on Sunday 18 May 2014 at St Pancras Parish Church

LFCCM 2013

• Compline on Monday 13 May 2013 at St Pancras Parish Church