PAUL SAGGERS
Composer / Arranger
Winner of the 2021 O/Modernt Composition Award
2nd Place in the 2019 European Brass Band Association Composer Competition
2nd Place in the 2019 A4 Brass Composition Compeition
Finalist in the 2017 RWCMD Cory Band Composer Competition
"Over 200 entries this year made for a lot of listening and the top compositions were very close in terms of merit. There was however, one composition that stood out, Vulpes Vulpes" - Jill Jarman, chair of the O/Modernt composition award jury
"The winning work revealed a strong individual voice, a dramatic narrative and a sensitivity to shapes and colours that the jury all enjoyeded tremendously" - Hugo Ticciati, Founder and artistic director of O/Modernt
"Superbly descriptive" - BVT Music
"The full force of the high seas is released in all its power in Paul Saggers' 'Monster Thrash' as a furious torrent of music" - 4barsrest.com