1911 in British music

This is a summary of 1911 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

24 May – Edward Elgar conducts the première of his second symphony in front of a smaller-than-expected audience at the Queen's Hall, London.
June – Edward Elgar is appointed to the Order of Merit by King George V
22 June – At the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, Sir Frederick Bridge, as Director of Music, seeks to cover four hundred years of British music, Works by Thomas Tallis, John Merbecke and George Frederick Handel are included, alongside new works by Sir Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, Elgar, organist Walter Alcock, and Bridge himself.
July – Frank Bridge completes his orchestral suite The Sea, during a visit to the seaside town of Eastbourne.
October - The Society of Women Musicians, co-founded by Gertrude Eaton, Marion Scott, Katharine Eggar, and others, holds its first meeting.
23 November – Elgar's Symphony no 2, again conducted by the composer, is performed by the Hallé Orchestra, and receives mixed reviews.

4 May – Ronald Richardson Potter, organist and composer, 31
29 May – W. S. Gilbert, lyricist, 74
13 June – Patrick Heeney, Irish composer, 29
29 August – Hildegard Werner, Swedish-born musical conductor, 77
13 October – Harry Rickards, English-born baritone, comedian and theatre owner, 67