Carmel is a Manchester based composer. She is the recipient of the 2019 Christopher Brooks prize with the Liverpool Philharmonic, resulting in a commission for ensemble 10/10. Currently, she is the performer/ composer with SWIM, a new theatre production, she’s also part of Making Music and Sound and Music’s ‘Adopt a Composer’ scheme, a year long collaboration between leisure time ensembles and composers. Previous commissions include Manchester Renaissance Ensemble, Manchester Peace Song Cycle and Brighter Sound. Her music has also been performed on Radio 3. As a performer Carmel currently plays the original score for SWIM the theatre production as well as with multiple bands. She has been previously been part of a collaboration between visual artist Liam Gillick and the band New Order. Carmel graduated from the RNCM having studied composition with Gary Carpenter.
