Andrew March is an English composer (born 1973).^[1] He was the winner of the first-ever Masterprize Composition Competition^[2] with his piece Marine — à travers les arbres.^[3][4][5][6] Andrew studied composition at the Royal College of Music with Jeremy Dale Roberts, graduating in 1996.^[7][8]

His compositions have received critical acclaim and have been recorded and performed by some of the world's most famous orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra^[9] and the BBC Philharmonic.^[10]

March was the 1996 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition prize winner.^[11] In 1997, his symphonic poem Easdale was included on the Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM) shortlist.^[12]

Marine—à travers les arbres^[13] was featured at 1998's Proms,^[14] with the EUYO conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

His composition "A Stirring in the Heavenlies" was recorded by the Kyiv Philharmonic under composer/conductor Robert Ian Winstin for the 12–CD series "Masterworks of the New Era".^[15][16]

Sanguis Venenatus (2009) was an elegy written by March in memory of Haemophiliacs affected by the Tainted Blood Scandal. It was recorded by the Moravian Philharmonic with conductor Petr Vronský.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22]}

• 1990 Flame of Youth Fanfare Competition (British Gas West Midlands)^[23]
• 1993 English Song Prize ^[24]
• 1994 United Music Publishers' Prize^[24]
• 1995 Cobbett & Hurlstone Prize^[24]
• 1995 The Philip Morris Art Award (The Haemophilia Society)^[25]
• 1996 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize^[11]
• 1996 Constant and Kit Lambert Award – (Musicians' Livery)^[26]
• 1998 Masterprize International Composing Competition^[27]
• 1998 Worshipful Company of Musicians Quincentenary Commission (Musicians' Livery)^[26]
• 2004 International Composition Competition to Honour the Greek Poet, Pindar^[23][28]

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• Easdale (1996)^[31][32]
• Marine—à travers les arbres (1997)^[31]
• Irish Reel (2000)^[33]
• A Stirring in the Heavenlies (2000), commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians^[33]
• Five Songs of Pindar (2003) for soprano, choir and orchestra
• Sanguis Venenatus (2009) for string orchestra, written in memory of haemophiliacs and others who lost their lives as a result of the Tainted Blood Scandal^[33]
• Cellular Automata Orchestral Suite (2009–13)

Gosper′s Glider Gun

The Infinite Hotel

Cloverleaf Period–4 Oscillator

Babbling Brook

Pond on Pond

• Amoration (2016) for piano and strings^[34]
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (2013–19)
• The Skylark (2021) for full orchestra and SSAA voices. Text: John Clare

• Flame of Youth Fanfare (1990) for brass ensemble of 12 players
• Nymphéas (1995) for 8 players^[31]
• Ten Little Pieces (1995) for 8 players
• Music for Film Credits (1996) for 9 players
• Adagio Assonnato (2000) for oboe, harp, strings
• Nymphéas for Clarinet Choir (2016)
• Elegy on Sudden Loss (2021) for string orchestra

• La Maison Blanche dans les Collines (1986) for string quartet
• Cornelyn (1986) for piano and strings
• Images of the Lake (1987) for solo flute
• Transient Moods (1992) for guitar solo
• Nymphèas for Two Pianos (2001), revised (2019)^[35]
• Alto Flute and Harp Book (2001)^[36]

Water Lilies with Kingma System quarter–tone alto flute ossia

XXIX—in perpetuum for solo Kingma System quarter–tone alto flute

Adagio Assonnato

Aeolian Rustling with Kingma System quarter–tone alto flute ossia

Dragonfly

• In Memoriam (2002) for Kingma System quarter–tone alto flute, marimba, vibraphone, harp and strings
• Equipoise (2005) for bass clarinet and piano^[34]
• String Quartet Cycle "Birds of Prey'' (2009)
• Irish Reel—Piano Transcription (2009) for piano solo
• Phoenix Trail (2010) for violin and piano
• Three Pieces for Solo Cello (2011)^[37]
• Solo Piano Album "14 pieces" (2014)
• Ephemeral Nymphs (2015) for cello and piano^[38]
• Dragonfly (2016) for flute, viola and harp^[39]
• Spring Tide Arabesque (2016) for bass clarinet duo^[34]
• Nightwind (2016) for flute, violin and cello
• Dragonfly (2017) for clarinet, bass clarinet and piano
• Seven Pieces (2017) for bass clarinet and piano^[40]
• Two Pieces (2017) for bass clarinet duo^[34]
• Pieces for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2019–2020)

Moonrise at Perigee (2019)

Nightshade (2020)

Romance (2020)

• Solitude (2020) for alto saxophone

• Boy in Ice (1992) for mezzo–soprano and piano. Text: Laurie Lee
• Invasion Summer (1993) for mezzo–soprano and 6 players. Text: Laurie Lee
• Black Edge (1993) for mezzo–soprano and 8 players. Text: Laurie Lee
• Poem I from "Chamber Music" (1996) for soprano and harp. Text: James Joyce
• Un Grand Sommeil Noir (2008) for baritone and piano. Text: Paul Verlaine
• Two Lovers (2009) for baritone and piano. Text: George Eliot

• Be Still and Know (2000)^[33]
• O Sing Unto the Lord (2000)
• The Grace (2003)
• Magnificat (2004)
• Spiritus (2004)^[33]
• Thou Art Worthy (2004)^[41]
• Nunc Dimittis "The Song of Simeon" (2004)^[34][42]
• Phos Hilaron "Song of the Light" (2004)^[43]
• Marian Antiphon No.3 "Regina Caeli" (2005)^[44]
• Marian Antiphon No.2 "Ave Regina Coelorum" (2005)^[45]
• 25 Choral Collects (2006); Text: Common Worship, Additional Collects
• May We Who Share His Table (2006)
• Creator of the Heavens "Choral Collect for Epiphany" (2006) Text: Common Worship, Additional Collects^[46]
• Psalm 57 (2007)
• Somnia (2007) Text: Petronius Arbiter; Translation: Helen Waddell
• How Long, O Lord? (2008)^[33]
• My Voice is Unto God (2008), with organ accompaniment
• May We Who Share His Table (2009) for SSA choir with piano accompaniment
• And It Shall Be (2010)
• De Profundis (2011), for SAATBB choir^[34]
• Spera in Domino "Psalm 36" (2012)^[47]
• Dixit Iniustus "Psalm 35" (2012)
• Dies Quoque "Day of Narrow Anguish" (2012)
• Ante Faciem Dei (2015)^[48]
• Your Eyes Fall Upon Us "Anthem for Remembrance" (2015); Text (adaptation): Sue Threakall^[49]
• Laudate Dominum (2015)^[33]
• Psalm 22 (2015) for SSATB choir
• Your Mercy, O Lord (2016) for SSAA choir with piano accompaniment^[34]
• Our God at Hand (2019)
• Lament (2021) for SSAATTBB choir

• 1998 – Top of the World, Marine – à travers les arbres, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Daniel Harding (March 1998, BBC Music Magazine: BBC MM67)^[50]
• 1998 – Masterprize Finalists, Marine – à travers les arbres, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Daniel Harding (4 September 1998, EMI Debut Series: CDZ572826-2)^[51]
• 2005 – Masterworks of the New Era – Volume Seven, A Stirring in the Heavenlies, Kiev Philharmonic, cond. Robert Ian Winstin (28 November 2005, ERM Media: ERM-6709)^[52]
• 2007 – Masterworks of the New Era – Volume Eleven, Nymphéas, Kiev Philharmonic, cond. Robert Ian Winstin (1 September 2007, ERM Media: ERM-6811)^[53]
• 2007 – Regina Caeli, Nunc Dimittis; Magnificat; Be Still and Know; Spiritus etc., The Chapel Choir of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, cond. Daniel Soper; Rebecca Drake, (26 October 2007, Lammas Records: LAMM188D)^[54][55]
• 2012 – Dimensions, Sanguis Venenatus, Moravian Philharmonic Strings, cond. Petr Vronský (13 November 2012, Navona Records: NV5895)^[56]
• 2013 – Moto Perpetuo, Three Pieces for Solo Cello, Ovidiu Marinescu (26 March 2013, Navona Records: NV5901)^[57]
• 2014 – As if to sleep, Elveden; Nosce Te Ipsum; Moonvine; Pavane; Homage; Night Vigil; Solus etc., pf. Andrew March (29 January 2014, Assonnato Records: ATO573201)^[58]
• 2016 – Amoration, F.A.M.E.'S. Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra, cond. Oleg Kondratenko; pf. Marija Vrskova (18 March 2016, Assonnato Records: ATO573202)^[59][60]
• 2022 – Elegy on Sudden Loss (video), OpenSound Orchestra, cond. Stanislav Malyshev; (22 February 2022, Assonnato Records: ATO573203).^[61][62]

• Biography, Wise Music Classical
• Da Vinci Edition
• British Music Collection (BMIC)
• Soundcloud
• Musicalics, The Classical Composers Database
• YouTube, (Sanguis Venenatus)
• British Library (Sound & Moving Image Catalogue) Archived 13 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Alliance Publications, Inc.
• St. James Music Press (SJMP), North Carolina
• Andrew March - Navona Records
• RCM Library Catalogue Archived 13 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine