Winner of the NCEM Composer Award (2012) and Leeds 24 Hour Film Festival Documentary Soundtrack Award (2013), Ben Rowarth is a London based composer who has written for choirs and orchestras, Film, Theatre and Documentary Soundtracks, and cross genre collaborations. His music has seen broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio amongst others and received exceptional reviews from Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Arts Desk and Classical Source. He also performs regularly as a Bass-Baritone and is a Stipendiary Lecturer at the University of Oxford.

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Choral/VOCAL Works

Listen to There is no rose on Spotify. Ben Rowarth · Song · 2018.

Listen to Ave Maris Stella on Spotify. Ben Rowart. 2023

Listen to Regina Caeli on Spotify. Ben Rowarth · Song · 2019.

Recent & Upcoming highlights

UPCOMING:

Helen Charlston (Mezzo) and Toby Carr (lute)

- New Song Cycle, for premiere July 2024

This new song cycle commissioned by award winning duo Helen Charlston and Toby Carr is inspired by the music of Dowland and will receive it’s premiere at the York Early Music Festival, July 2024

Siglo De Oro

- ‘The Fall’ (Choir, Cello, Electronics) 2024/25

I am once again collaborating with Writer and Film Director Sophia Carr Gomm on a new large-scale choral work commissioned by innovative vocal ensemble, Siglo De Oro. The piece will use voices, cello and electronics to bring to life Sophia’s fascinating libretto based on the myth of the Trojan horse that delves deep into the self destructive nature of humanity.

This piece will be premiered at The Wigmore Hall in July 2025.

https://www.siglodeoro.co.uk/

RECENT

Musical Commissions and Premieres:

Ben’s most recent world premieres include -

  • ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ - a new Christmas Carol commissioned by Huddersfield Choral Society.

  • The Shepherd Girl - another new Christmas work commissioned by The Tower of London (video above)

Here is a review of I Fagiolini’s first performance with Tamsin Greig in Gramophone magazine. Having been toured around European concert venues, it is now travelling to the USA in 2023.

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/re-wilding-the-waste-land

Film Premiere:

World Premiere of A Short Walk a film created by director Sophia Carr Gomm as a collaboration with my 2018 vocal work The Short Walk of a Madman which acts as the film’s soundtrack.

This film will be being shown alongside live soundtrack performances in UK venues from Autumn 2024.

Watch the trailer at the top of this web page.

If you are interested in commissioning Ben or performing his music, please contact:

Agent: Charlie-Rose Blockley

Publisher: Milly Paine