Description: Peter Owens - composer of music for choirs. Liturgical, secular arrangements and original compositions. Downloadable PDFs of the music, with MP3 samples.
Over many years’ experience as a conductor of children’s and amateur choral groups, Peter has regularly produced compositions and arrangements for voices – both with instrumental accompaniment and a cappella – in response to opportunities and requests for concerts and church services (at Christmas , and throughout the year). So as to make these pieces available to performers more widely, a collection of Peter’s choral music is offered here (together with occasional instrumental miniatures ), which may
The music has proved popular with singers, audiences and congregations in England and abroad and evokes Peter’s own eclectic tastes: as well as Renaissance, light and folk music from around the world, he especially enjoys conducting sacred Russian repertoire; he has published articles on the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and led the group Intimate Voices in performances of Stockhausen’s Stimmung .
Though a graduate in music from London University, Peter is self-taught as a composer; his work has received encouragement from Alan Bullard, Andrew Carter and John Rutter at annual gatherings of the Association of British Choral Directors.