Peter Fender

Baby composition!
February 06, 2024

Peter's symphony, performed in London at the beginning of December, is now about 2 months old. Having had its first outing, Peter is seeking others ... a baby should see the outside world as much as possible ...

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Symphony finished!
November 14, 2023

Peter has finished the writing of his new composition, a symphony, and is preparing the score and parts to be used in its first performance on 9 December. The symphony, his first, is about 40 minutes long and consists of ...

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Music & pscychology
September 22, 2023

As part of the process of documenting writing his first symphony, Peter recently had a really interesting conversation with music psychologist John Sloboda. The interview has been published in three parts on Peter's ...

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Follow Peter's composing on Instagram!
August 17, 2023

Peter has just released the first video in a series docuemting the writing of his 1st symphony. He is looking to de-mystify the composing process, and show something of what goes on as he tries to put together the right notes in the ...

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Symphony
June 27, 2023

Peter has been working in music for, ehum, quite a number of years now, and he has been composing for about 15. He therefore feels it's high time that ...

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The power of independent hands
January 04, 2023

Peter will be leading a new online sessions for conductors entitled 'The power of independant hands'. This free session will take place, online, on Tuesday 24 January 2023, 19.00-20.00 (GMT), and is for anyone who conducts an orchestra, choir or band ...

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What is Christmas without Messiah?
December 13, 2022

For me, Christmas would be really lacking something without Handel's Messiah! And I know I'm not the only one who thinks that! But because the text of Messiah takes in Easter too it could just as easily be Easter that is the traditional time to perform the piece ...

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Singing weekend in Kent
October 13, 2022

Peter has been asked to lead a singing weekend in the lovely town of Lydd in Kent, 24-26 February next year (starting 4.30pm on the 24th, finishing c.4.30 on the 26th). The repertoire to be sung will be music by women composers ...

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