ORA Singers Young Composers' Showcase
Showcasing the next generation of composers with Renaissance masterpieces
| 10x Young Composer Premieres | [new works] |
|---|---|
| Robert Parsons | Ave Maria |
| Phillipe De Monte | Super flumina Babyloni |
| ORA Singers | |
|---|---|
| Suzi Digby OBE | Artistic Director & Founder |
| Emma Walshe | Soprano |
| Julie Cooper | Soprano |
| Kim Porter | Alto |
| Hannah Cooke | Alto |
| Jack Granby | Tenor |
| Nick Todd | Tenor |
| Ben Davies | Bass |
| Jonathan Howard | Bass |
The award-winning ORA Singers & Suzi Digby OBE present the 2026 Young Composers’ Showcase, the culmination of ORA’s groundbreaking charitable scheme. Hear the sound of the next generation as ORA perform brand new works from ten young composers across the UK, and join the action by voting for the recipient of the Audience Prize.
Set up in 2019 to tackle the decline in music provision in state schools, the Young Composers’ Programme is now in its seventh iteration and has become one of the leading educational programmes in the country. Each year, the scheme welcomes 50 students from non-fee-paying schools across the country, who receive free, first-class mentoring in composition with professional composers.
Ten are selected as Young Composers, receiving one-to-one mentoring with a professional composer who develops their skills and areas of need whilst guiding them through the process of writing a new choral piece. Halfway through the scheme, Young Composers join ORA Singers for a workshop, where they have their ideas and sketches tested out by our professional singers alongside a guest composer.
The Showcase features our 10 Young Composers’ completed pieces, performed and recorded live by ORA Singers in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts. The concert includes a 30-minute adjudication break and a prize-giving for the winning composers.
Audience members can participate by voting for their favourite piece for the Audience Prize.
This event will last for approximately 2 hours, with an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets are available for certain shows to attendees aged under 30. To access Under 30s tickets, your account needs to be updated with your Date of Birth. Please visit the account centre to add your Date of Birth and go to ‘Other Preferences’ to opt in to the Under 30s Scheme.
If £10 tickets are available, the ticket discount will apply automatically at checkout. If the discount does not apply, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out for the performance.
Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
About ORA Singers
The award-winning ORA Singers is recognised for its modern take on the centuries-long choral tradition and was born out of a belief that we are in a second golden age of choral music, matching that of the Renaissance. It is one of the world’s foremost commissioners of contemporary choral music, which it often performs alongside Renaissance masterpieces in its celebrated concerts and recordings. Since its description as “a musical comet”, ORA Singers has continued to blaze a trail as one of the UK’s leading vocal ensembles. Directed by Suzi Digby OBE, the group was named Ensemble of the Year at the 2018 Opus Klassik awards and has received critical acclaim both for its “unfailingly elegant” performances and its “superb and exciting” recordings, most recently winning the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for its 2023 recording, Sanctissima.
Reviews
‘The most mellifluous vocal group this side of heaven.’ The Times
‘I don’t know when I’ve been more moved.’ The Spectator
‘A musical comet… you’ll go a long way to hear singing this good. Truly, this is British choral music’s new golden age.’ Independent on Sunday