President: Martyn Brabbins
Vaughan Williams by Yousef Karsh. Kind permission ©Karsh family
Welcome to an international community of more than 1,000 people celebrating the music and life of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
We are a charity dedicated to widening the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of one of England’s greatest composers. The Society was formed in 1994, when there were many gaps in the recorded repertoire, many of which have since been filled, not least by our own recording company – Albion Records. The early Presidents of the Society were Ursula Vaughan Williams, the composer’s widow, and then Michael Kennedy, the composer’s close friend and musical biographer.
Journal
Albion Records
Albion Records is the recording label of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society and is devoted to recordings of Vaughan Williams, including rarely heard works and many world premières.
Joining members are given two ‘sampler’ CD albums.
Interviews
Journalist, broadcaster, Classical Music columnist and Ralph Vaughan Williams Society Trustee, Andrew Green, presents a series of interviews with composers, conductors and musicians who have close associations with Vaughan Williams.
Pic: Andrew Green (left) with Ian Partridge
Song Prize
The Society supports young musicians by sponsoring a prize at the Wigmore Hall International Song Contest, and is now offering a composition prize to students at the Royal College of Music. Students are eligible for concessionary membership rates.
Pic: 2024 Prizewinner Joël Terrin with Chairman John Francis
Contact Information
To contact Officers of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society please click on the links.
Publicity & Events Officer
(To publicise events, recordings, publications)
Journal Editor (To send us articles)
Information Officer
(All matters relating to RVW)
Albion Records
(The RVW Society recording label)
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