Reynolds, Peter

Peter Reynolds

Peter Reynolds

Peter Reynolds is a composer, writer and lecturer in music living in Cardiff. He has been particularly active in South Wales for a number of years promoting the performance of music by contemporary composers and has been Artistic Director of PM Ensemble and Artistic Director of the Lower Machen Festival. In the autumn of 2010 he took up the post of Composer-in-Residence for Young Composer of Dyfed. He was also Administrator for the Vale of Glamorgan Festival (2000-04) and devised, set up and programmed a series of free foyer concerts given at Wales Millennium Centre, the only one of its kind in Britain with some 500 performances per year (2004-07). He has also been a part-time member of the academic staff and Composition Department at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama since 1994. In January this year the BBC published his book on the history of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Read more about Peter at Composers of Wales