The first two performances of 'An Evening With The Good Lady Ducayne' - a selection of arias/songs from the new opera in progress - took place last week in Glossop, then in Buxton, to very good reviews. Full houses on both evenings and lots of very positive comments from the audience afterwards; great for brand new music. Words by Michael Howard, music by Peter Byrom-Smith, Lesley Anne Davies - voice, Steve Davies - piano. Some fabulous photographs from Adrian Lambert who arc

I'm am really pleased that my work 'What Goes Around....Comes Around' will be performed at concerts in New Zealand over the next few days, as part of the Grant's Arts and Music Festival. Performed by two wonderful musicians Milan Milisavljevic (viola) and Sherry Grant (piano) with the first concert at Pah Homestead, Auckland on 23rd May, then at St Lukes Church, Auckland 24th May, then St Andrew's on the Terrace,Wellington 25th May. Thank you to everyone involved, musicians a

I am really pleased to be part of the 'Da Vinci 500' project which takes place next week - the whole event starts on Thursday 2nd May. My new work 'Lighting Our Darkness' will be premiered by David Heyes on the 2nd May and will also be featured in the other concerts of the series. The concerts and workshops are taking place across Somerset in the UK, bringing together an international group of composers and musicians to remember and celebrate Leonardo Da Vinci and his life, w

My Fab Radio International show 'Trust Me....I'm A Composer!' continues to climb the charts. Presently officially at No 21 in the Global Classical Chart. Have a listen yourselves to hear an eclectic programme of musicians and chat about all things musical. https://www.mixcloud.com/peter-byrom-smith/stream/ #FabRadioInternational #PeterByromSmith #music #composer #radio

Wonderful addition to my works on recordings has just arrived. The guitarist Andrew Clegg has just released his latest recording, a collection of music for solo guitar by composers Nobuya Monta and Peter Byrom-Smith! This, of course, continues the ongoing Japanese and English musical project, which Nobuya and I have been involved with for a number of years. A collaboration, which has seen our music successfully performed both in the UK, and Japan. The CD's title, Anyday Now .

I'm very excited that my new live radio show 'Trust me......I'm a Composer!' started broadcasting last Saturday afternoon on FAB Radio International, one of the most listened to radio stations in Europe! Music you know, music you don’t and music you should hear. I will be talking about my influences, and sharing my musical vision, alongside anecdotes and tall tales, to chill, thrill, make you laugh, or even shed a tear or two. Please join me - you'll be very welcome. https://

It has been really great to be part of the Fountain 17 project. Gillian and I were asked to write a new work for the exhibition, to join other artists and their works, to be launched and be part of Hull City of Culture. The work we wrote was titled 'Marcel's Last Word' a soundscape for spoken voices and music ensemble. After many weeks at the gallery in Hull, our work joined the exhibition in London, as part of Clerkenwell Design Week. Last week saw the official launch at the

Here it is, my latest recording 'The House of Memory'. Featuring some beautiful, personal and inspiring poetry by Oz Hardwick. Recorded by Gaz Vaughan Hadfield at Blueprint Studios, featuring the talents of Benjamin Lindley (baritone), Adam Parrish (piano) and with all the music written by me. Please purchase here, https://peterbyromsmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-house-of-memory and please share the link to your friends - truly, this is a great record and really needs to be he

Join Gillian and I when we take Heading for the Hills on tour. We will be performing our original poetry and music as part of Didsbury Arts Festival at Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor Road M20 6TR. The event starts at 7:30 Tuesday 27th June. Tickets available from Eventbrite http://www.didsburyartsfestival.org/…/361-peter-and-gillian… Our next performance will be at Buxton Fringe Festival on Sunday 9th July 7:00 pm Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Square, Buxton Tickets from http://w

The fantastic and inspirational album of 'Jocasta' is available right now! I'm so pleased to have been involved in its evolution working alongside such amazing creatives especially, the multi-talented Louis Barabbas, by writing the orchestration for the project. Well done to everyone involved. #PeterByromSmith #LouisBarabbas #music

Had a tremendous day in Hull yesterday, as part of City of Culture 2017! The official launch of Fountain 17 project saw a massive turn out, with brilliant new art works, performances and lectures, throughout the day and set in three separate art galleries set along Humber Street, with a backdrop of the Marina and North Sea - and all totally crowded out, wonderful!! Including a new work 'Marcel's Last Word' for instrumental ensemble and spoken voices, created by me and Gillian

Had a wonderful weekend in Lewes with conductor Ian McCrae, soloist Jonathan Bruce and the Lewes Concert Orchestra, In the beautiful and crowded Town Hall when they performed my cello concerto 'The Green Man.' Thank you everyone - it was a real pleasure to be there #PeterByromSmith #Music #celloconcerto #Lewes

After receiving many live performances, I'm really pleased to announce my piece 'Landscape with Trees' has now been released on a recording. Taking its title from my work, York Guitar Quartet's third album, 'Landscape with Trees' is now available for digital download. The CD release will follow in a few weeks. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/yorkguitarquartet3 #PeterByromSmith #guitar #YorkGuitarQuartet #LandscapewithTrees #cd

Very excited as tonight sees the premiere of my 'Within These Walls' in York! Commissioned for the launch of the very first York Culture Awards, it is being performed by the wonderful musicians Adam Parrish, Chris Bush, Mickey Moran and Nick Upton. A bit of a supergroup, with each of the members being talented composers/songwriters/performers in their own right, it's quite an honour to be able to get them all together to play my music. Original idea was for a classical piece,

I was really happy to have been asked and proud to have been involved with this publication and the whole project! I have written a few words about the inspiration behind, and a short description of 'Pomona - An Island Phantasy' for solo piano, a new work specially written for 'Living in Future Ecologies' research project and the 'Fruitful Futures' book launch. The premiere was performed in Manchester by the wonderful Isobel Paris on Tuesday 18th October. #PeterByromSmith #mu

My piece for piano and violin, 'Towards Sky', was performed in Japan. 'Wordsworth and Basho: Walking Poets' a whole month celebrating these genius wordsmiths! I'm very excited and honoured to have been asked to take part in such a wonderful internationally important event. Here's a few photos from the opening events. My music was premiered in Osaka Concert Hall. #PeterByromSmith #Music #composer #Japan #WalkingPoets #Wordsworth #Basho #poetry

A really big 'thank you' to everyone in the team involved with Sunday's fantastic 'Heading for the Hills' album launch concert/party. Blueprint Studios gave me such help and support to bring it all to fruition and make such a fantastic afternoon. Thanks too to the wonderful Strata String Quartet for playing a selection of tracks to a very appreciative audience. It was a truly brilliant and exciting day - I'm a very happy bloke. Now available to buy on Bandcamp, Amazon and It

My new album has arrived - I'm so excited! Official release Friday 15th July. 'Heading for the Hills,' is an album of string quartets by me and my good friend Nobuya Monta. It was recorded at Blueprint Studios, Manchester with the wonderful Gaz Vaughan Hadfield behind the desk and performed by the fantastic Strata String Quartet ( Olly Morris, Alex Dunn, Laurie Dempsey/Alice Billen and Rod Skipp ). The CDs and Digital Downloads are available from Debt Records and all the usua

Wonderful news - "Gentle Favour," the new album by singer/songwriter Phil Friend that I've been working on is here! I was invited to do the musical arrangements and we worked together at HMS Studios in York, with the wonderful Matt Dawson, who engineered, mastered and produced the album. It really sounds fantastic, with Phil's beautiful heartfelt songs - everything from love, to fracking. Watch this space as it's on sale very soon :-) #PeterByromSmith #Music #cd #PhilFriend

Very excited to have attended the world premiere of my new work, "The House of Memory." Performed by Adam Parrish (piano) and Benjamin Lindley (baritone), the song cycle was written to a set of wonderful poems by Oz Hardwick. Between the two of us, I think we have created something that it is pretty unique, thoughtful, personal and reflective of the human spirit. The rest of the evening featured song settings of mine, to poets Carole Bromley and Gillian-Byrom-Smith. So, a w