In 2013, Woods re-established the position of ESO Composer-in-Association, with John McCabe in the post. Following McCabe's death in 2015, Philip Sawyers took up the position. Sawyers compositions for the ESO have included "Songs of Loss and Regret", "Fanfare", Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Trumpet Concerto, "Elegiac Rhapsody for Trumpet and Strings in Memory of John McCabe" and his Third Symphony. Sawyers was succeeded in 2018 by David Matthews, whose tenure saw recordings of his Ninth Symphony, "Variations for Strings" and Double Concerto for Violin and Viola. In 2020, Adrian Williams took up the position.