Edward Nesbit is a London-based composer with a particular interest in vocal music. His works have been performed by many of the UK’s leading orchestras and ensembles.

Latest works

Etudes Book 2

2025 | 25′ | Piano

Songs of Discovery and Loss

2025 | 6′ | SATB

Lifesize Miniature Etudes

2025 | 14′ | Flute

Litany in Troubled Times

2025 | 13′ | AATTBB

Amplified Miniature Etudes

2025 | 6′ | Flute, Alto Saxophone, Piano

Upcoming events

Amplified Miniature Etudes

Vista Trio

| 7th July 2025, MATCH, Houston, USA

Quem dicunt homines?

The Choir of Earley St Peter’s, Ben de Souza

| 13th July 2025, Earley St Peter’s, Reading

Quem dicunt homines?

The Choir of Earley St Peter’s, Ben de Souza

| 2nd August 2025, Chichester Cathedral

Cintra Park in the Dark

Ben Goldscheider, Brother Tree Sound

| 10th May 2026, St John’s Waterloo

Latest recordings

So stick up ivy and the bays (Nativity, movement 1)

The Choir of King’s College London, Martin Owen (horn), Anneke Hodnett (harp), Joseph Fort (conductor)
All Hallows Gospel Oak
15th June 2023

Biography

Edward Nesbit’s works have been performed by many of the UK’s leading orchestras and ensembles, including recent performances by the London Sinfonietta, East London Music Group and Melos Sinfonia. Previous collaborations include those with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cellophony, Britten Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Two portrait CD’s of Nesbit’s choral music have been released on Delphian Records, sung by The Choir of King’s College London conducted by Joseph Fort.