Lucy Helen Walker (born 1998) is an English composer and academic teacher. She is known for vocal compositions for choirs and vocal ensembles.
Life and career Born in North East England in 1998, Walker studied at the Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she graduated in 2020, with the Sir Rudolph Peters Prize for Excellence in Music; she also earned the 2021 Graduate Prize for Music.
She became composer-in-residence with St Martin's Voices, the vocal consort at St-Martin-in-the-Fields. They made a recording of her compositions in 2025, conducted by Stephen Farr and Andrew Earis. From 2025 to 2028, she has shared the association with the ensemble with Bob Chilcott. She has received commissions from the BBC Singers, The Sixteen, Voces8, English cathedral choirs and the choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Her works have been recorded and broadcast.
Walker is composer-in-residence and fellow commoner at University of Cambridge. She has taught musical analysis, music theory and harmony to undergraduate students there.
Works Walker composed for St Martin's Voices: Three Carols: "The Christmas Life", "We shall walk", "The Angels' Song" I saw Eternity Here, home All things are changed I thirst (performed with the Piatti Quartet) St Martin's Service The Kingdom of Heaven Compline reimagined
Several of her works for four-part mixed choirs were published by Boosey & Hawkes: A Hymn for St Cecilia Ave virgo canctissima Away in a manger Bird Raptures, three works I saw Eternity Love Flows Make me an island My heart, O God O nata lux O sing to God The Angel's Song The Christmas Life There will come soft rains Today We shall walk
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