ABRSM welcomed the fourth cohort of its composer mentoring programme, ‘Writing for Music Education’, in September. Read more about the six composers via ABRSM’s website, including Scotland-based Ailie Robertson, Mingdu Li and Vishak Ramaprasad. The composers will be diving into the world of composing for a variety of education settings, from graded music exams to school and community ensembles and more. This is part of ABRSM’s work to support and champion early career composers from a diverse range of backgrounds, to promote composition as a viable career opportunity and to broaden the range of composers and music included in syllabuses and publications.

ABRSM has also teamed up with StAMP (St Andrews Music Participation) on another programme to support composers. The Creating Creative Composition initiative launched in September, and will see six Scotland-based composers delivering a series of composition workshops in schools across Fife. For more information about the programme, visit https://stamp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/stamp-abrsm-creating-creative-composition/