LYELL CRESSWELL  

Lyell Cresswell was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He studied in Wellington, Toronto, Aberdeen and Utrecht. From 1978–80 he was Music Organiser at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; from 1980–82 Forman Fellow in Composition at Edinburgh University, and from 1982–85 Cramb Fellow in Composition at Glasgow University. Since then he has been a full-time composer based in Edinburgh. Lyell Cresswell’s music has been featured at many festivals around the world. The many awards he has received include a Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award (2001); an honorary D.Mus from Victoria University of Wellington (2002), and the inaugural Elgar Bursary (2002).