Lawrence Rose (b.1943) is a British composer whose music is featured on the Convivium Records label.

He studied violin from an early age and very soon developed an enthusiasm for composition, leading to the creation of some juvenilia. Other factors intervened, however, and Rose pursued a career in law. This did not completely prevent music studies and composing, and some seeds for later completed works were sown. Rose left the law in 2001 and took up composition apace. He has since completed thirty-one pieces, most of them after emigrating to Chicago.

Some are large-scale works, including five symphonies, three violin concertos, a concerto for orchestra and a piece for double string orchestra. There is a body of chamber music including five string quartets, a piano quartet, a clarinet trio, a brass quintet, a string trio, a cello sonata and a violin sonata. As an antidote to Covid isolation he also completed a short work for two solo cellos in 2020. Performances of some of his chamber music have taken place in England. Rose has also completed The Glory and the Dream for soprano and orchestra, Whimsical Profundities, a song cycle for bass-baritone and chamber ensemble and Missa Pro Pace for double choir, organ and piano.
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