At a ceremony and concert at Glaziers Hall on Wednesday evening the winners were revealed. The event was hosted by BBC Radio 3's Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor and the awards were presented by Errollyn Wallen MBE. The ceremony and concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Thursday evening from 7.30pm. 

Below is the complete list of winners from the night:

Chamber 
Brian Ferneyhough: String Quartet No. 5
First UK performance: 11 June 2006
Arditti Quartet
Aldeburgh Parish Church, Aldeburgh Festival 

Shortlisted:
Simon Holt: 4 Quarters
Patrick Nunn: Escape Velocity

Community or Educational Project 
Stephen Deazley: Thrie Heids
First UK performance: 8 November 2006
Five young disabled adults from Braidburn Special School (Edinburgh), and the ‘Music at the Brewhouse’ ensemble
Glasgow City Hall (Old Fruit Market) 

Shortlisted
Jonathan Dove and Matthew King: Hear our Voice
Edward McGuire: Ring of Strings

Vocal 
Oliver Knussen: Requiem – Songs for Sue
For soprano and 15 players
First UK performance: 21 October 2006
Claire Booth (soprano), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen (conductor) - CBSO Centre, Birmingham 

Shortlisted
David Horne: Life’s Splinters
David Matthews: Terrible Beauty

New Media 
Jem Finer: Score for a Hole in the Ground
Sound installation
Built and completed September 2006
King’s Wood, Challock, Kent (hosted by Stour Valley Arts) 

Shortlisted
Janek Schaefer: Vacant Space

Instrumental Solo and Duo 
Harrison Birtwistle: Crowd
For solo harp
First performance: 6 July 2006
Helen Radice (harp) – St Swithun’s Church, Quenington,
Cheltenham Music Festival 

Shortlisted
George Benjamin: Piano Figures
Jonathan Harvey: Run Before Lightning

Wind Band or Brass Band 
Edwin Roxburgh: An Elegy for Ur
Oboe concerto
First UK performance: 27 June 2006
RNCM Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish (conductor)
Royal Northern College of Music 

Shortlisted
David Horne: Waves and Refrains
Gwilym Simcock: Lichfield Suite

Liturgical* 
Tarik O’Regan: Threshold of Night
First UK performance: 25 November 2006
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge 

Shortlisted
Richard Causton: Jesu, sweete sone dear
Gabriel Jackson: Orbis patrator optime

Stage Works
Stephen McNeff: Tarka the Otter
Opera for mixed cast of professionals and non-professionals
First UK performance: 20 October 2006
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor) - Two Moors Festival, Torrington 

Shortlisted
Jonathan Dove: The Enchanted Pig
Lynne Plowman: House of the Gods

Choral** 
Julian Anderson: Heaven is Shy of Earth
For mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra
First UK performance: 6 August 2006
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) 
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall 

Shortlisted
Francis Grier: The Passion of Jesus of Nazareth
Mark-Anthony Turnage: A Relic of Memory

Making Music Award 
Howard Jones: The Illusion of Progress
First UK performance: 17 June 2006
COMA (Contemporary Music Making For Amateurs)
Christ Church, Spitalfields 

Shortlisted
Joanna Lee: whippoorwill
Martin Suckling: Mosaic

Orchestral 
Thomas Adès: Tevot
First UK performance: 7 March 2007
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)  Barbican Hall 

Shortlisted
James Dillon: Piano Concerto Andromeda
Jonathan Harvey: Body Mandala

BBC Radio 3 Listeners Award
Guto Puw: Oboe Concerto
First UK performance: 27 April 2006
David Cowley (oboe), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Garry Walker (conductor)
Theatr Brycheinog, Brecon 

Shortlisted
Michael Nyman: A Handshake in the Dark
Param Vir: Between Earth and Sky

International Award
Wolfgang Rihm: Verwandlung
First UK performance: 27 July 2006
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor)
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall 

Shortlisted
Derek Bermel: Soul Garden
Brett Dean: Wolf-Lieder

*   The winner of the Liturgical Award will receive £1,000 from the Worshipful Company of Musicians towards a new  commission.

**  The winner of the Choral Award will receive £5,000 from the PRS Foundation for New Music towards a new  commission, or towards a project which contributes to the furtherance of the composer’s career.

The Academy would like to offer thanks to the following organisations whose support makes the British Composer Awards possible:

Performing Right Society
BBC Radio 3

The Academy would also like to offer thanks to the following supporters of individual awards

PRS Foundation for New Music
Worshipful Company of Musicians
Making Music