Composed by Commonwealth Music Ambassador Simon Haw MBE.
The CYO’s Commonwealth Scholars’ Choir and the
Commonwealth Children’s Choir were hugely honoured
to be invited to perform with the State Ceremonial Musicians,
Orchestra of the Household Division,
in the world premiere of Cenotaph Requiem by Simon Haw MBE.
On Monday 10 December 2018, on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948, the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, launched the Commonwealth Music Competition 2018 and the Commonwealth Children’s Choir Competition 2018.
On Wednesday 26 September, by kind permission of The Master, Professor Jane Stapleton DCL and The Fellows of Christ’s College, Cambridge, the CYO held a special event as part of its programme Inspire to Aspire – Creating Opportunities for Engaged Diversity.
On the occasion of Alderman Charles Bowman, The Lord Mayor of London, becoming President of the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir, a new composition, “A Song For The Lord Mayor of London” was composed by Composer-in-Residence, Paul Carroll, which has been dedicated to The Lord Mayor of London and The Lady Mayoress.
The bound score of the composition was presented to Alderman Charles Bowman, The Lord Mayor of London by Major Simon Haw MBE at Mansion House in the City of London in July 2018.