(Photo credit: Hogan Media) The Ivors Academy revealed the 11 winners of the Ivor Novello Awards at The 2024 Ivors Classical Awards. Only winners in the opera and choral music categories are listed in this article. Roxanna Panufnik received her first Ivor Novello Award in recognition of her diverse and ever-growing body of work.
Panufnik’s choral compositions and operas include “Tallinn Mass” and “Silver Birch” and “The Music Programme.” Gavin Bryars was presented a Gift of the Academy award for Innovation. Bryars was celebrated for his visionary approach to composition and the impact his music has had on fellow composers.
Errollyn Wallen was named the 28th Fellowship of The Ivors Academy – the highest honor the Academy bestows. Wallen’s music has been central to major events, including the London 2012 Paralympic Games, BBC Proms, and the Jubilees of Elizabeth II. In 2013, she became the first female composer to receive an Ivor Novello Award for classical music, and this year, she was named Master of the King’s Music.
Cassandra Miller received her first Ivor Novello Award in the Best Choral Composition category for her work “The City, Full of People.” Brian Irvine’s “A Children’s Guide to Anarchy” took home the award for Best Community and Participation Composition. Rebecca Saunders ’ piece for soprano and tape “The Mouth” won the Best Small Chamber Composition award.
The Best Staged Work Composition award went to Bushra El-Turk for her o.