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Rising star, violinist Emmanuel Bach will be performing The Elements at a Benslow Music Trust Concert on January 11th 2016.

Jonathan Willcocks and the Chichester singers have asked Peter to compose a new work for their concert in Chichester Cathedral for their Autumn Concert in 2016. It will be setting of the Te Deum with the usual text interspersed with poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Scored for chorus, orchestra and soprano and tenor soloists it

12 Pieces for Piano commissioned by Jan Newman was given its first performance on November 17th 2015 and will be repeated at the SPM lunchtime concert in Holy Trinity Guildford on Tuesday 1st December. 

Sophie Langdon -violin and Nichoilas Walker – piano are giving the first performance of The Elements, (commissioned by Sophie Langdon) in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford on Tuesday 7th April at 1.15pm.

Guildford’s International Music Festival is seeing two performances of works by Peter White. On Saturday 14th March The Holywell Ensemble is performing Elegy 2014 and on Wednesday 18th March Surrey University Orchestra will be performing Carnival 2 with Maureen Galea and Margaret Ozanne at the pianos.

Cranleigh Choral Week, the largest adult music course in the UK will be performing Four Folk Songs on August 14th aat Cranleigh School.

SURREY ADVERTISER JUNE 2014 – Guildford Festival – Carnival 2 Southern Pro Musica (***** five stars) Peter White- Conductor, Jan Newman and Maureen Galea – Pianists, Tom Martin – Double Bass Southern Pro Musica’s programme at Holy Trinity last Friday was nothing if not engaging; it began with Saint-Saens scintillating score Carnival of the Animals and

The highly regarded Holywell Ensemble, well known for their performances and recordings of English chamber music, gave the first performance of Elegy for String Trio at the launch concert of the Friends of St Martha’s.

The leading professional orchestra of the South East will be performing a concert entitled Carnival in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford on June 20th 2014. Featuring the well known Saint-Saens piece it will also showcase Peter White’s new take on the idea – Carnival 2. Warmly received at its premiere, the soloists will be Janet Newman

The fantastic, thousand year old hill top church of St. Martha’s is launching a new friends scheme on March 30th 2014. Margaret Roberts, pianist of the Holywell Ensemble, has been closely associated with the amazing initiative of bringing top class music to this wonderful building and the Holywell Ensemble will be performing at this event.