do it, unless you have to. And if you do, enjoy every minute of it." Honours and awards Musgrave has received the Koussevitzky Award (1974) as well as two Guggenheim Fellowships (1974/5 and 1982/3). She holds honorary degrees from Old Dominion University (Virginia), Glasgow University, Smith College, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2002 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's New Year Honours List. She was awarded the Queen's Medal for Music, 2017. Works Major works Chamber Concerto No 2 (1966; chamber ensemble) Night Music (1968; for chamber orchestra – J.W. Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.) Concerto for Orchestra (1967; orchestra) Clarinet Concerto (1969; clarinet, orchestra) Concerto for Horn (1971; horn, orchestra) Viola Concerto (1973; viola, orchestra) Rorate Coeli (1973; choir) Orfeo (1975; solo flute & tape or strings) Pierrot (1985; clarinet, violin and piano) Song of the Enchanter (1990; orchestra) (commissioned to honour the 125th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius) Helios (1994; oboe, orchestra) Journey through a Japanese landscape (1994; marimba, winds, harp, piano, percussion) Songs for a Winter’s Evening (1995; soprano, orchestra) Phoenix Rising (1997, orchestra) Aurora (1999; string orchestra) Ring Out Wild Bells (2000; clarinet, violin, cello, piano) The Mocking-Bird (2000; baritone, orchestra) Turbulent Landscapes (2003; orchestra) Wood, Metal and Skin (2004; percussion, orchestra) Two's Company (2005; oboe, percussion, orchestra) Voices of Power and Protest (2006; choir) Night Windows (2007; oboe, piano - 2016; oboe, strings) Points of View (2007; orchestra) Cantilena (2008; oboe quartet) Green (2008; string chamber orchestra - 2014; string orchestra) Poets in Love (2009; tenor, baritone, piano four hands) Ithaca (2010; choir) Towards the Blue (2010; clarinet, orchestra) Five Songs for Spring (2011; baritone & piano or baritone & orchestra) Loch Ness - A postcard from Scotland (2012; orchestra) The Voices of Our Ancestors (2014; choir, brass, organ) La vida es Sueño (2016; baritone , piano) From Darkness into the Light (2017; cello, orchestra) Missa Brevis (2017; choir, organ) Operas The Abbot of Drimock (1955) Marko the Miser (1962) The Decision (1965) The Voice of Ariadne (1973) Mary, Queen of Scots (1977) - also chamber version (2016) A Christmas Carol (1979) An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1981) Harriet, the Woman Called Moses (1985) - also version for small orchestra re-titled The Story of Harriet Tubman (1990) Simón Bolívar (1995) - also