Peter Naylor

Senior Citizen

Composer/Lyricist:	Composer
Genre:	Concert

Biography

Peter Naylor read English at Cambridge and studied on a composition scholarship with Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music, London. He joined the staff of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1965 and later, for five years, was with Scottish Opera as Music Associate, Opera for Youth.

He was Organist at the Ashwell Festival in Hertfordshire, 1964-69; Associate Organist of Glasgow Cathedral, 1972-85; and Repetiteur for Shepway Youth Opera, Kent, 1982-85.

"The Mountain People" (a workshop opera commissioned by Opera for Youth) has toured widely in schools in Scotland and Northern England. "Pied Piper", a one-act opera, has been performed in a number of Scottish and English venues including the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. "The Selfish Giant", produced by Graham Vick, was performed for short runs in Edinburgh and in Glasgow where it marked the opening of the Mitchell Theatre.

Anthems, carols, songs and organ music are available from Fagus Music.com, Beech Cottage, Drumoak, Bnchory, AB31 5AL and Modus Music, 21 Canonbury Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN31 3LW

Other scores listed above are available from the British Music Information Centre, 10 Stratford Place, London W1N 9AE
or from the Scottish Music Information Centre, 1 Bowmont Gardens, Glasgow G12 9LR
or from the composer, Greenacres, Brady Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8HA

Important Works		Performances
Odysseus Returning (1993, revised 1995) Opera in 3 acts - approx. 3? hours [soloists/chorus/2232.4431/timp /celesta/ guitar/ harp/ piano/ electric organ/ perc/ strings] Piped Piper (1976) Opera in 1 act - 40 minutes [baritone/3 unison choruses/flute/descant recorder/piano (or piano duet)/perc.] The Selfish Giant (1980) Musical Fable - 45 minutes [baritone/ treble/ off-stage soprano/ children's chorus/ 4 dancers/ flute/ piano/ electric piano/ perc/ tape] Mountain People (1974) Workshop Opera - 9 minutes [3 children's choruses (unison)/piano/perc.] Tides and islands (1972, revised 1982) 17 minutes [2222/4330/timp/ perc(2)/piano/strings] Beowulf (1978) Symphonic Poem for Wind Band - 18 minutes [picc/3(or more)fl/2 ob/4(or more)cl/b-cl/alto & ten sax/2 bsn/6 (or 4)hn 442/timp/perc (4)/string bass] Earth was Waiting (1979) Christmas Cantata - 20 minutes [tenor/boys' chorus (or S.A.)/string quintet/organ] A Hero Dies (1985) 18 minutes [mixed voices/clarsach (or harp)] Clarinet Quintet (1965) [0010/0000/2110]		None added