Claim: Nicholas Casswell, a graduate from a specialist educational institution, Dartington College of Arts, won the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society’s Millennium Composing Award in 2000, as well as the 2nd Jurgenson International Young Composers Competition in 2003.
Evidence: Born on 25 July 1974 in Cheltenham, Casswell studied at the Dartington College of Arts in Devon (1993–96) and at the University of York (1998–99). In 2000, his string quartet composition "Papillon" won the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society's Millennium Composing Award and was also performed at the 2001 Gaudeamus Music Week. In 2003, "Temporal Trajectories" for percussion quartet was awarded second prize at the 2nd Jurgenson International Young Composers Competition in Moscow.