Edgar Divver is an award-winning composer and educator from London who has had works performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, BBC Singers, Psappha and The Ossian Ensemble, among others. He studied at both the University of Birmingham and then at the Royal Northern College of Music, staying in the Northwest following his time in education, where he currently lives in Cheshire. He balances his freelance composing and instrumental teaching career with working for the Hallé in Manchester as part of their Youth Ensembles team, based at Hallé St Peter’s in Ancoats.