Composer, Arranger and Violinist based in London
Libby Croad
Libby Croad is a composer, arranger and violinist based in London. She studied violin and composition at the Royal Academy of Music, where she developed her love of choral, string and piano writing.
Libby’s choral music is popular with choirs and audiences alike and her new versions of traditional Christmas carols have been particularly well received. Most recently her new setting of the carol The First Noel was performed by Sonoro Choir in December 2023. Her carol Christmas Eve set to wonderful text by Christina Rossetti, was performed by the BBC Singers on BBC Radio 3 in December 2022 in a concert of contemporary carols.
Her setting of Silent Night was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2020 performed by the BBC Singers and also on BBC Radio 4 in 2019, performed by Girton College Cambridge. Silent Night has been published by Multitude of Voyces in a new anthology of Sacred Music by women composers and can be purchased here.
Her string music is highly acclaimed, and has been performed by some of the UK’s best professional orchestras and ensembles across the world. Libby’s Suite for String Orchestra was recently performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Mozart Players and has been broadcast on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3.
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