Conor Mitchell
Conor Mitchell is a Northern Irish composer, librettist and theatre-maker. His play, "The Dummy Tree", was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for their 2009 New Connections series. Conor has been a great supporter of Youth Music Theatre UK and has received several commissions from them including "Missing Mel", "Goblin Market", "Eight", "The Dark Tower" and "Barrack Room Ballads". He split first place in the Stephen Sondheim Society's Student Performer of the Year Competition for a song he wrote entitled "What Kind of Life Is This, Masha?". He split the new song competition prize with Gwenyth  Herbert's "Lovely London Town". In 2012, he was commissioned by the London Gay Men's Chorus for a piece to mark the choir's 21st anniversary. With book written by Mark Ravenhill, the piece, entitled "Shadow Time", explores the evolution of mentalities in respect of homosexuality in the lifetime of the Chorus. The piece will be premiered at the Royal Festival Hall, on 6 May 2012 during the Chorus' summer concert: "A Band of Brothers".