DSO outreach

Philip McKenna Young Composer Award

The Dulwich Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composer Award is for GCSE and A Level students to give them the opportunity of a live performance and a prize. The award is dedicated to the memory of Philip McKenna, who played with the orchestra for 24 years until his death in 2009.

COMPETITION RESULTS 2015

DSO is pleased to announce that the Phillip McKenna Young Composer Award has been won this year by Zachary Fox, for his composition The River’s Journey.

There was one runner-up, William Horseman.

Congratulations to both of these promising young composers!

Past winners

2012 Zoe Ibbeston.

2011 Peter Lam. Toys Alive MP3 download

2010 Maria Neil-Smith Jigsaw of Life Download the score

2009 Leo Geyer. The night watchman Download the score and MP3.

DSO outreach in London Harmony

DSO at The Elmgreen School

Elmgreen Students ate pizza, then attended a DSO open rehearsal on 19 May 2015.

Read about it in The Elmgreen School News.