Peter R Birkby is the founder and owner of PRBP.co.uk. His work, experience, and memberships are shown below.
| QUALIFICATIONS |  | GCLCM Leeds College of Music 1979 LRAM Royal Academy of Music 1978 |
| PERFORMER | | Tours:- Shirley Bassey, Elvis "The Concert", Andrea Bocelli, Michael Ball, Michael Crawford, Vic D'Amone, Joe Longthorne. Orchestral:- BBC Philharmonic, Opera North, British Philharmonic. Various Television, Film, Radio and Recording credits including:- MTV, Stars In Their Eyes, Parkinson, James The Cat, Matthew Herbbert projects. |
| BAND LEADER | | Salsa Salsa, Latin 15 piece Legends, 9 piece jazz Pete's Big Band, 20 piece jazz orchestra |
| COMPOSER | | 4 commissions of Suites for Orchestra with Rhythm section by Wakefield College Music Department. Percussion Suites commissioned by the Garnock Academy. Wind Band Suite, commissioned by Rotherham Music Service. Choral work for the University Centre Barnsley. |
| ARRANGER | | Choir and accompaniments. String Orchestrations with choirs commissioned by Rotherham Music Service. Big Band music commissioned by Barnsley College. Sorcerers Apprentice and many others for Percussion commissioned by B. Stone. Salsa and Latin music for Salsa Salsa. Percussion Arrangements, various |
| PUBLISHER | | Works for Percussion Solo and Ensemble, Orchestra, Wind Band, Brass Band, Saxophone Ensemble, Flute Choir, Jazz Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, String Quartet, Trio and Choir |
| SPECIAL PROJECTS | | Museum Open Access Days, with Soundlink at Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley, Composer/ performer for Cape, Leeds. Fundraiser for South Kirkby Colliery Cricket Club, recognised by the ECB in 2006 with an OSCA. |
| EDUCATOR | | Senior Lecturer, Course Leader- BA(Hons) Popular Music University of Huddersfield in Barnsley. Lectures and Workshops for Aim Higher, Gifted & Talented and Widening Participation projects. Percussion tuition. Previous posts at:- Barnsley College, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Bretton Hall College, Leeds College of Music |
| MEMBERSHIPS | | PRS, MCPS, NAPT, NATFE |
Established in 1999, PRBP.co.uk provides notated & recorded music for all age ranges & abilities.
Please contact us if you'd like to know more; we'd love to hear from you.
Call us (9am to 5pm):
O1977 648645
Write to us:
P.O. Box 7
South Kirkby
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF9 3XJ
