Congratulations to winners and runners up of my Love Song Composing Competition! (Full results are on the Competition page). And many thanks to the hundreds of composers from all around the world who took part in the competition. It has taken a long time to sift through all of the 526 entries, but it has been fascinating to see the different ways in which composers have responded to the challenge of writing what the terms of the competition described as a ‘memorable, individu

Welcome to my new website, dedicated to my Love Songs Project. It is being launched at an exciting moment, when the results of my Love Song Composing Competition are about to be announced. The names of the winning piece and two runners up in both the Over-25 and Under-25 categories will be posted on my Facebook page, on my own website, and on this one on Tueday. With over 500 entries, the judging process has taken several months. My fellow judges, Judith Weir, Piers Hellawell