Laura Bowler
Mezzo-soprano
Laura Bowler is a composer and vocalist working across music theatre, multidisciplinary performance, concert music and opera. Her work brings together composition and performance, often placing her own voice at the centre of theatrical musical forms. She has been commissioned internationally by ensembles and orchestras including BBC Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Goteborg Symfoniker, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Decoder Ensemble, Ensemble Phace, Basel Sinfonietta, Royal Opera House and lovemusic collective. Her work, Wicked Problems, won the Royal Philharmonic Chamber Composition Prize, and several of her works have been shortlisted for Ivors. Recent projects include several large scale multimedia music theatre works presented at festivals across Europe as well as a 35 minute orchestral song cycle, The White Book, for Barbara Hannigan setting text by novel prize winning author, Han Kang. Laura is Joint Artist in Residence at Crash Ensemble with her long term collaborator Sam Redway, with whom she is creating a new 2 act music theatre work to be premiered at Kilkenny Arts Festival in Summer 2027. She is the Deputy Head of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music.
For Mahogany Opera: Ecstasy of the Virtues
