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In 2018, Isabel was selected from hundreds of entrants as one of the winners in the Senior category of the annual 91������ Young Composer Competition. As part of her prize she received a 91������ commission to write a new piece to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon landing. Ambience received its world premiere by Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Duncan Ward, as part of the 91������ Proms Inspire Concert at the 91������’s Maida Vale Studios on 13 August 2019. “Ambience considers the paradox between the chaotic, saturated planet we live on and the peace and emptiness of space. Beginning with a slow, blurred melody that expands throughout the piece, Ambience aims to create a sense of alienation yet familiarity, by allowing the melody to warp and develop throughout. While writing the piece, I considered how little we as normal human beings understand the environment in space. I wanted to reflect this in the music by making what appears to be a very diatonic, almost folk-like melody feel distant and alien.”