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V&A Video

V&A Video

Link to a video on the Victoria and Albert Museum website. 'Peter Sheppard Skærved: Music for the Cast Courts'. See the blog entry Cast Courts at the V&A for more details.

A month at the Orpheus Institute

A month at the Orpheus Institute
I recently returned from a month at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent where I was working as a Visiting Researcher. During the first week I attended their research festival 'From the Known to the…

Cast Courts at the V&A

Cast Courts at the V&A
On Friday 14 September my 'Hlówung for Sutton Hoo' and 'Rosetta Caprice' were performed in a spectacular concert at the Cast Court in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Carly Lake and Peter Sheppard…

Nashville 2012

Nashville 2012
In February I returned to Nashville for the most recent leg of the exchange project involving staff and students at the Royal Academy of Music and the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.…

Orfordness

Orfordness
At the end of 2011 I completed a 'virtuosic' solo piece for the pianist Zubin Kanga, which he premiered at King's Place in February 2012. The piece, Orfordness, is named after a shingle spit on the…

Piano Quintet: Fosdyke Wash

Piano Quintet: Fosdyke Wash
In March 2010 I took part in an inspirational exchange project involving staff and students from the Royal Academy of Music and the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, led by…

Caprice VII "Only Connect' at the National Portrait Gallery

Caprice VII "Only Connect' at the National Portrait Gallery
A performance of my Caprice VII "Only Connect" given by Peter Sheppard Skærved has been filmed on site at the 'Only Connect' exhibition that he curated at the National Portrait Gallery. Click above…

Project with Stefan Östersjö

Project with Stefan Östersjö
I met the Swedish guitar player Stefan Östersjö at a conference in Maastricht about research in music conservatoires. We decided to collaborate together on a project about composer-performer…

Photos from Wolfson College

Photos from Wolfson College
In an event at Wolfson college, Oxford, on 31 May, Mark Rowan-Hull painted live while Christopher Redgate performed the solo version of my Erinnerungsspiel for oboe, and also to improvisations by…