1. Paul Mealor came to wider notice when his motet Ubi Caritas et Amor was performed at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011.
12 Facts About Paul Mealor
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Paul Mealor later composed the song "Wherever You Are", which became the 2011 Christmas number one in the UK Singles Chart.
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Paul Mealor has composed two operas, four symphonies, concerti and chamber music.
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Paul Mealor studied composition at York with Nicola LeFanu, and in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Hans Abrahamsen.
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Paul Mealor took early retirement in October 2024 and the university honoured him with a lifetime Emeritus Professorship.
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Paul Mealor has held visiting professorships in composition in institutions in Scandinavia and the United States.
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Paul Mealor is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and since 2011 has been published by Novello.
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Later that year, Paul Mealor was commissioned to write the music for Wherever You Are, a song setting a text compiled from letters written to British Army military personnel deployed on active service in the Afghanistan War by their wives or partners, as part of the BBC Two television series The Choir: Military Wives.
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In 2013, Paul Mealor composed the song "With a friend like you" for the final of the second season of the BBC 2 series "The Choir: Sing while you work".
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Paul Mealor is only the second composer, after Sir James MacMillan to be given the award.
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Paul Mealor's compositions featured in three of the four national services of thanksgiving for the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.
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In 2023, Paul Mealor was commissioned to create a brand new piece for the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.