Judith Weir her appointment as the Master of the Queen's Music, succeeding Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (whose term of office expired in March 2014), would be announced; this was officially confirmed on 21 July. In May 2015, Weir won The Ivors Classical Music Award at the Ivor Novello Awards. Weir is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. In 2018 she was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Weir's musical language is fairly conservative, with a "knack of making simple musical ideas appear freshly mysterious." Her first stage work, "The Black Spider", was a one-act opera which
Caroline Weir won the 2014 FA Women's Cup. On 9 July 2015, it was announced that Weir left Arsenal for FA WSL side Bristol Academy. On 18 January 2016, it was announced that Weir had left relegated Bristol to sign for Liverpool. While at the Reds Weir won the 2016 Liverpool Ladies Player of the Year Award. On 1 June 2018, Manchester City announced the signing of Weir. Having represented Scotland at all youth levels, Weir received her first call-up for the Scotland women's senior squad for their match against Iceland in June 2013. She retained her place in the squad for