2012 Paralympic Games composer appointed as Master of the King’s Music

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The King has appointed a composer of the London 2012 Paralympic Games as Master of the King’s Music. Errollyn Wallen CBE was also commissioned to compose pieces marking the Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Charles’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II. “I look forward to championing music and music-making for all.” Ms Wallen was born in Belize and moved to London aged two, before studying music and composition at Goldsmiths, King’s College London and King’s College, Cambridge. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in July, Ms Wallen said she received hundreds of “very abusive” messages after creating a new version of Jerusalem for the Proms.