Patron: Ronald Corp OBE

Ronald Corp OBE is founder and Musical Director of the New London Orchestra (1988), and the New London Children’s Choir (1991-2023). He is also Musical  Director of the London Chorus and the Highgate Choral Society.

He has worked with the BBC Singers, the BBC Concerto Orchestra and various orchestras here and abroad. Among an extensive discography are his award-winning Hyperion discs of British Light Music Classics.

His own compositions include four symphonies, two piano concertos, concertos for flute recorder and cello, three string quartets and a clarinet quintet.

His choral works include large sacred cantatas (including ‘And all the trumpets sounded’) and shorter works for unaccompanied choir including Dover Beach, commissioned for the BBC Singers.

He has written over one hundred songs and significant cycles include ‘Fields of the Fallen’ and ‘Letters from Lony’ as well as the scena ‘The Yellow  Wallpaper’. Operas include ‘The Ice Mountain’ (for children) and ‘The Pelican’.