Dyfed Young Composers
This is a project we run on an annual basis between September – March/April.
The Young Composer concert 2025 featured works by 15 of the young composers that had submitted pieces. The pieces were performed by a Percussion Trio from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
For 2025-26 our Resident Composer will be Lynne Plowman and our Ensemble in Residence will be a Quartet comprising piano, vibrophone, cello and trumpet drawn from the musicians of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnow). We are delighted to have this partnership with the BBC.
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Presentations to Schools
Presentations to schools will take place with Lynne Plowman sharing compositional possibilities, and the BBC instrumentalists demonstrating their instruments and how to write for them.
Sept 22 Haverfordwest High School 10.15-11.45
Sept 23 Aberaeron Secondary School10.15-11.45
Sept 24 Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth 10.15-11.45
After the presentation, Lynne Plowman will visit all participating schools/colleges twice during the Autumn Term to work with students and their teachers – she will visit once before half term and once after. Then in the Spring Term there will be one-to-one tutorials with Lynne – see below for details. All the works submitted will be workshopped and recorded by the BBC in Cardiff with the composers taking part online, and all those recordings will be made available for the composers to use for private purposes and exam submissions.
Individual Tutorials
Anyone interested in submitting a composition can apply for an individual tutorial with Lynne to discuss and refine their piece in detail. These will take place during January – February 2026.
If you would like to apply for a tutorial please download the application form below and submit it by post or email to ymmdyfed@gmail.com
The deadline for applications for a tutorial is Friday 5 December 2025.
Eligibility
You are eligible to submit a composition if:
- You are under the age of 23yrs on 1 September 2025
- You are in full time education or have a permanent residential address in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion or Pembrokeshire
Submissions
Compositions can be submitted in a number of ways and there is advice on the Resources page of this website.
Completed compositions are submitted through uploading to Dropbox.
Our preferred format is:
- Sibelius file with full score and parts
- PDF of the file with full score and separate parts
Deadline for Submissions
The deadline for submissions is Friday 6 February 2026.