Carmel is a Manchester based composer and performer
whose work spans classical and electronic genres.
She has written for RLPO, BBC Proms, Manchester
Camerata, Laura Bowler, Birmingham Contemporary
Music Group, Das Neue Ensemble, Galvanize Ensemble,
Equilibrium Quartet and more. She releases
electronic music with PRAH recordings under her
own name.
She was a 2021 recipient of the Jerwood Live Art
Award, a 2020 nominee for the Ivor Novello Rising
Star Award and a 2019 recipient of the Rushworth
Composing Prize with the Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra.
As well as writing for herself and classical
ensembles, Carmel often works as a composer and
sound designer in theatre context. Previously she's
worked at Shakespeares Globe, The Royal Exchange,
Plains Plough Roundabout, Shoreditch Town Hall,
Junges Ensemble Stuttgart and more.
She performs with her own band under her own name
as well as with other artists. Carmel is currently
performing on keys, vox and guitar with She Drew the
Gun and Marco Woolf. She is also part of a duo with
composer adn saxophonist Andy Scott. She has
previously performed as part of Bunny Hoova and
Nwando Ebizie's bands as well as having previously
toured as a supporting musician with New Order.
Carmel was mentored by Anna Meredith after being nominated for an Ivor Novello in 2020. Prior to that she studied composition with Gary Carpenter at the RNCM in Manchester, and is now an associate member of the college. Outside of electronic music she has written concert hall commissions for ensembles including Liverpool Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Laura Bowler, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Das Neue Ensemble, Galvanize Ensemble, Equilibrium Quartet and more.
Carmel is also one half of Bothy, a group looking to create sustainable working and rehearsal spaces for musicians in Manchester. (Please do get in touch if you would like to know more. Musicians / space owners / developers / anyone who’s interested.)
Projects:
A Brick Throw With Love (Full Orchestra)
(Sept 2026, composer)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Proms
Conductor - Andrew Manze
As Far As We Know (Theatre)
(Aug 2026, composer)
YESYESNONO, Edinburgh Fringe
Director - Sam Ward
Of Love We'll Exchange (Music)
(Nov 2025, composer)
Unclassified, Radio 3 comission
Presenter - Elizabeth Alker
RenzNiro x Bothy (live show)
(Nov 2025, arranger / MD)
Emerald Planet Comission at Stoller Hall
WOW?! (Theatre)
(Oct 2025, composer)
Junges Ensemble Stuttgart
Director - Josie Dale Jones
Inevitable (Opera)
(Jul 2025, composer)
Buxton International Festival
Director - Marcus Desando
Librettist - Josh Overton
She Drew the Gun: Album Tour UK
(Feb 2025, Keys+BVs)
Three Sisters (theatre)
(Feb - April 2025, rehearsal MD)
Sam Wanamaker theatre
Director - Caroline Steinbeis
Writer - Anton Chekhov
She Drew the Gun
Instore tour Nov 2024
Eurydice (theatre)
(Sept - Oct 2024, composer/sound designer)
Jermyn Street Theatre
Director - Stella Powell-Jones
Writer - Sarah Ruhl
Nation (theatre)
(Aug 2024, composer)
Roundabout at Summerhall
Director - Sam Ward
Writer - Sam ward
Actions Speak Louder
(May 2024)
Orchestra + electronics commission from Manchester Camerata as part of their Disruptors concert. Received a 5* review in Guardian Observer.
SHED: Exploded View (theatre)
(Feb-March 2024, composer)
Royal Exchange Theatre
Director - Atri Banerjee
Writer - Phoebe Eclair-Powell
Enter Vivian
Part of the Phillip Glass Referactions EP released by Orange Mountain Music and commissioned by PRS, this track takes inspiration from the Phillip Glass piece of the same name. (Composer)
Supremati Surf
(Dec 2023, producer)
Remix for the Band Inigo Montoya.
MIF Dream Space Podcast theme music commission
(Jun 2023, composer)
The Knotted Project: Forge Festival
(Jan-Feb 2023)
Composer for 4 short youth led theatre pieces performed as part of a weekend festival at Windermere Jetty Museum.
We Were Promised Honey
Sam Ward’s thought provoking solo show that takes a realistic approach to the future is touring in Spring 2023 having had a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe in and Soho Theatre in 2022. (Composer)
SWIM
Liz Richardson’s heartfelt show about loss and wild swimming will be touring again in Spring 2023 with live score. (Composer / Performer)
Birthday Card For A Stranger
Joint commission from Manchester Camerata and RNCM to mark the 50th anniversary of both institutions. (Composer)
Nwando Ebizie - The Swan
Keys and BVs for the HCMF performance of Nwando Ebizie’s The Swan. (Instrumentalist)
motherEarth International: Better Late Than Never
An international collaboration led by ThisEgg creating a dance film that highlights specific effects of the climate emergency which was screened at COP27. (Composition Lead)
Bunny Hoova tour (France - Oct 2022)
(Instrumentalist)
Marco Woolf tour (UK - Sept 2022)
(Instrumentalist)
