Biography
After a 30-year career in finance, Edward decided to follow his life long passion and study music. Graduating with a first class honours degree from Bath Spa University in 2018, he is currently finishing a part-time Master's degree in Composition. Still at Bath Spa, he studied under the tuition of Prof. James Saunders and Dr. Matthew Sergeant. Whilst at university, Edward has had the opportunity to compose and work with visiting musicians Plus Minus as well as the oboist Melinda Maxwell.
As part of the final year of his music degree, he wrote an adaption based on part of John Buchan’s novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. The orchestral score is accompanied by a narration, which he performed with the Bath Spa University Orchestra at St. Swithin’s Church in Bath (2019). Edward is keen to return to this musical adaptation of Buchan's story upon completion of his current studies.
During his time as a student, he developed an interest in music research. To date this has included 'The writing of Frederick Delius's opera The Magic Fountain' and 'Defining a notion of arabesque in the context of the music of Claude Debussy'.
Edward has had a long association with music, which has included singing with The English Arts Chorale in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem at The Barbican (2002), playing bass guitar and keyboard in the band five-a-day, as well as its subsequent incarnation: Fresh Perspective (2010-15). During his studies, he co-founded The Octet, with fellow student and musical director Daniel Cushing (2016-19).
He is also a member of Viva Meridia, a small a cappella choir which for obvious reasons has not been able to meet at the current time, but which occasionally meet and perform a wide range of choral music. He has also been known to don a pair of tap shoes, performing in local musical theatre. Last year, he was delighted to have the opportunity to perform in a staged version of Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds at the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon as part of The Invitation Threate Company (2019).
