Peter Marsh

I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful Sarah Leonard and Robin Michael for their interpretation of "The Glass Cabinet"[HEAR THEM IN CONCERT AT: Warehouse, London October 4th 2007 7.30pm, A BMIC CUTTING EDGE RECITAL], I'm truly indebted to you for your artistry, not to mention sense of humour! Also many thanks to the Fidelio Piano Trio for this reading of my Piano Trio, and to Rob Howard for the premiere of the bassoon solo Ruins and Crags at the Precot Festival 2007. Check these guys out, you can't get much better in contemporary music! For free print-outs of the sheet music for the full 4 movements of String Quartet no.1, The Glass Cabinet (soprano & solo cello), the Piano Trio "As the nursery rhyme winds along.....", Folding Light (chamber concerto), a three-movement Piano Quintet, solo guitar works and much more music, follow the link to my website on sibeliusmusic.com. The instruments I play are classical guitar as taught by my Dad over 25 years ago, violin and more recently viola. The day job is microbiologist (the piccy is of Staphylococcus aureus, which is often more famous in its guise as MRSA), so I fit in composition and playing/performing around the job. I’ve played violin in several ensembles over the years, including the Birmingham (UK) COMA group. I'm now part of the Southampton CoMA ensemble and also occasionally played with The Hola featuring John Habron and Ignacio Agrimbau. My Piano Trio was workshopped with Michael Finnissy and the Fidelio Trio who rehearsed and recorded it at the 2006 CoMA summer school. Both gave me invaluable advice, constructive criticism and some very encouraging remarks, so thank you Michael and the Fidelio's (Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea & Robin Michael). The 2007 CoMA Summer School was another fantastic experience. I worked with Philip Cashian in a graphic scores workshop, returned bursting with ideas. Robin Michael (cello) and Sarah Leonard (soprano) workshopped & recorded my new work for this duet "The Glass Cabinet", which was extremely well received, they did a fantastic job of interpretting my work (sheet music available for free on my sibeliusmusic.com site). I urge you all to go to the 2008 Summer School, it is the only such event dedicated to contemporary music making for amateurs, and the quality of teachers is really amazing. Other interests include oil painting, especially moody/stormy landscapes or seascapes, and also paintings of greyhounds. Naturally I feel very strongly that new music must be supported and promoted as much as is feasible, and to this end I’m proud to have been introduced (by a good friend already a Sound Investor) to the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s Sound Investment scheme, in which I can sponsor new works by some of the best composers writing now (including aforementioned Phil Cashian as well as others in my influences box). I strongly advise anyone who cares about new music to visit the BCMG website.