Biography

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Peter has enjoyed a wide and varied career since taking up the clarinet at the age of eleven. His first professional recitals were at the age 14 in Plymouth with pianist/composer Clive Jenkins, this partnership still takes Peter around Devon and Cornwall performing in such recital series as the Plymouth International Concert Series. Clive was so impressed by Peter's playing he decided to compose a clarinet concerto for him, this concerto was premiered in 2000 with the Southwest Sinfonia in Plymouth's Guildhall alongside Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

More recent solo performances include the Mozart, Finzi, Crusell (No.2), Weber (No.2), Arnold (No.2), and Nielson Clarinet Concertos, as well as world premieres of Jenkins and Wilson Clarinet Concertos. Peter has also performed Weber Concertino, Stravinsky Ebony Concerto and Fasch Chalumeau Concerto in B flat.

Peter gave a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet with the Dante String Quartet as part of the inaugural concert for the Dante Summer Music Festival and performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in Chelmsford and Arundel Cathedrals. He has given recitals at the Windsor Festival, Wooburn Festival, Carlisle International Summer Festival, Pymouth Museum and Art Gallery International Music Series, and at St James' Piccadilly.

Peter went to study at the Birmingham Conservatoire in 1997, were his professors were Michael Harris and Colin Parr. Whilst at the Conservatoire Peter won the prestigious John Ireland Chamber music award with a performance of the composers Fantasy Sonata, he was also awarded a place on the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Training Scheme that lead to extra work with the orchestra.

At the Conservatoire Peter performed numerous concertos with the college's ensembles, he also developed an interest in early clarinets, which lead to a performance with the Conservatoire's Baroque Caplle Orchestra with the Chalumaeax Concerto by Fasch. Peter also premiered Guy Woolfenden's arrangement of Malcolm Arnold's Pre-Goodman Rag for wind ensemble. He later performed the complete Arnold Concerto with the Warwickshire Symphony under Guy Woolfenden as part of the composer's 80th birthday celebrations.

Peter graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2002 with a PGDip, were his professors were Janet Hilton, Richard Hosford, Robert Hill and Tim Lines. During the summer of 2002 Peter was awarded with the Prix de Fossat along side pianist Gina Kruger for their collaborations in chamber music, whilst in France the pair were invited to perform for Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark at a private reception.

Peter has been involved with several major projects, most notably with the BBC as a member of the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in the BBC docu-drama EROICA. Other projects have included the formation of the wind octet Octanphonie. Peter was also recently awarded a place on the prestigious Jerwood Foundation Scholarship for Young Players in association with the Orchestra in the Age of Enlightenment.

Peter is currently principle clarinet with the New Professionals Chamber Orchestra. Peter plays on a pair of Peter Eaton Elite clarinets made for him in November 2001.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Aurelian Ensemble, Milton Keynes City Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, The New Professionals Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra.

Peter's orchestral work also includes Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (2nd clarinet), Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique (2nd clarinet), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (principal E flat and 2nd clarinet), Birmingham Contemporary Group, the New Professional's Chamber Orchestra (currently principal clarinet), the Corelli Orchestra (principal clarinet), Marches Baroque (principal clarinet), CBSO Jazz Ensmble 'Little Big Time Band', English Pocket Opera Company (principal clarinet)

Education
Peter's graduate studies took place at Royal College of Music PGDip in Orchestral Performance (2001 - 02), Birmingham Conservatoire BMus (hons) Degree (1997 - 2001)

Prizes and Awards
Marlow International Concerto Competition, silver medal (2007), Prix Du Fossat for Chamber Music (2002), BMI Woodwind Competition, finalist (2001), Symphony Hall Recital Competition, finalist (2001), Ludlow Philharmonic Prize, runner up (2001), John Ireland Chamber Music Competition, winner (2000), Young Cygnets Trust Fund, EMI Sound Foundation, Plymouth Music Accord, Marylebone Foundation Educational Award, Jerwood Foundation

Teachers: Michael Harris, Colin Parr, Janet Hilton, Bob Hill, Richard Hosford, Barnaby Robson. Peter has also studied with Andrwe Marriner and Antony Pay. Peter has participated in masterclasses with Michael Collins.

Peter joined Morgensterns in May 2007

Peter's web profile was last updated 16th Nov 2008