Olivia Sparkhall

 Olivia Sparkhall is a composer, choral conductor, and Head of Academic Music at Godolphin School, Salisbury. She studied               composition at school with Derek Bourgeois and at Durham University with Paul Archbold, and has since received critical acclaim   for her vocal music. She was short-listed in the Cappella Nova competition in 2018 for Dona Nobis Pacem and has recently   received several commissions for choral compositions including for International Women’s Day services in 2018 (Lux Aeterna) and   2019 (Faith and Hope).  Her choral  music  has been sung  in the UK  and abroad including on BBC One’s Songs of Praise   programmes. She has just completed an MA in Voice Pedagogy and now enjoys contributing to journals on the subjects of vocal   warm-ups for children, voice health for teenagers, and composing for the community. Olivia has a particular interest in making   choral music by women composers from the past more accessible, particularly to Upper Voices choirs for whom there is a dearth of   historical repertoire available. This ongoing project has led to the rediscovery of a whole host of composers who are gradually   becoming better known. As part of this mission, Olivia has contributed to the Multitude of Voyces Sacred Music by Women       Composers series as composer, researcher and editor. (Photo courtesy of Ash Mills)