On this page, Amelia introduces herself in her own words, and shares links to her music, her website, and her social media platforms. We warmly invite programmers and commissioners to take a closer look at Amelia's work, and please be in touch with us if you would like to connect with her.

About Amelia

'I’m a Northern Irish composer from County Down. My music is deeply shaped by movement, moving fluidly between the concert hall and the stage. I’m drawn to the point where fragility and strength coexist, and I’m endlessly grateful for the language composing has given me and the places my work has taken me.

Working with the Ulster Orchestra has become a defining recent chapter. Following the premiere of The Rain Keeps Coming in 2025, we have since recorded my debut orchestral album together for release on Delphian Records in 2027.

Other recent highlights include composing for National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Dutch National Ballet, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, Crash Ensemble, Talland Quartet and The Marian Consort. Upcoming projects include my second work for National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, Porcelain, and an opera based on Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis.

I’m deeply energised by the role of music in new dance. I’m currently completing my PhD at the Royal Northern College of Music, exploring how composing for dance has fundamentally re-orientated my orchestral writing. In 2023, I co-founded Belfast’s Six Dance Collective, where we have since created the city’s first new ballet and brought dance back to local stages through collaborative, process-led work.'

Highlights

• Amelia made history as the youngest female composer commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra with The Rain Keeps Coming in 2025, and has been awarded the PRS Foundation Composers’ Fund for her debut orchestral album with the Ulster Orchestra recording five of her orchestral works, releasing on Delphian Records in 2027.
• Ephemeral, commissioned by the Dutch National Ballet, toured across the Netherlands in 2024 and was praised for its 'inherent elusiveness… beautifully captured' (Het Parool).
• Amelia was awarded the 2022 Mendelssohn Scholarship, supporting her PhD studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, supervised by Laura Bowler and Gary Carpenter.
• Amelia was selected as a Music Patron Composer through Sound and Music’s pioneering initiative to reimagine patronage for the 21st century.

Find out more

If you are interested in finding out more about Amelia, hearing and and keeping up to date with her work, take a look at her website and social media below:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Soundcloud
• Music Patron

Amelia's RPS commission and her place on the RPS Composers programme is kindly supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund. The RPS Composers programme could not happen without the support of RPS Members, PRS Foundation Talent Development Network supported by PPL, Delius Trust, Fidelio Charitable Trust, Garrick Charitable Trust, Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, Idlewild Trust, John Ellerman Foundation, Marchus Trust, Presteigne Festival, Radcliffe Trust, RPS Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund, RPS Thea Musgrave Fund, Vaughan Williams Foundation, and several anonymous donors.