Michael Ball Recordings

Michael Ball studied composition at the Royal College of Music, London, principally with Herbert Howells, also with Humphrey Searle and John Lambert. After winning the College’s major composition prizes including the Cobbett Prize during his final year, he was awarded the Octavia Travelling Scholarship which he used to study with Franco Donatoni in Italy during the summers of 1972 and 1973. There he also participated in masterclasses with Luciano Berio and György Ligeti.

Michael has subsequently written within all main areas of composition and fulfilled many major commissions, including six for the BBC. His music is published principally by Novello and embraces most genres from short instrumental pieces for relative beginners to large-scale orchestral and choral works. In recent years he has contributed substantially to the repertoire for both wind and brass.