The London A Cappella Festival would like to thank all the applicants for their entries and were delighted to receive nearly 150 applications from across the world, including entries from Indonesia, USA, Mexico, Venezuela and throughout Europe.

The winners of the Composition Competition 2012 are as follows:

Category A
Winner:    
Alan Smith
Piece:          View Me Lord

The winning piece will be published by Oxford University Press.
The winning piece will be performed at the London A Cappella Festival in January 2012.

Category B
Winner:     
David Jenkins
Piece:          Full Fathom Five

The winning piece will be performed by the Swingle Singers at the London A Cappella Festival in January 2012. In addition to this, the winning piece will be performed by the Swingle Singers in concert in 2012.

Category C

No winner has been awarded this year.

Competition Judges:
Philip Croydon, Commissioning Editor, OUP Music Department
Kevin Fox, Swingle Singers
Clare Wheeler, Swingle Singers
Jo Goldsmith, Swingle Singers