Peter will take up his new position as Organist and Official Student (Tutorial Fellow) at Christ Church, Oxford in the autumn. Peter graduated from the Academy in 2014 and will be welcomed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM) at this year's graduation ceremony.
Peter has held the role of Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey since 2017, where he has played the organ for the Abbey’s daily services and accompanied the Abbey Choir in recordings and concerts. He also serves as deputy director of the Choir and assists in training the choristers. Peter was Principal Organist at the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II and last year's Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen.
On his appointment and time studying at the Academy, Peter said: 'I am hugely excited to take up the post of Organist and Official Student at Christ Church, Oxford. In doing so, I inherit an exceptional legacy of musical distinction; the opportunity to continue the work of such esteemed predecessors is inspiring.
'I'm thankful for the experience I was afforded during such formative years at the Royal Academy of Music, the rigour of training, the guidance of distinguished mentors embedded in the profession, and the musicianship and history its walls are steeped in. At Westminster Abbey I leave behind friends and colleagues whose collective talents and collegiality have made the day-to-day extraordinary and special. I will treasure countless memories from the past seven years as Sub-Organist and much look forward to those that lie ahead at Oxford.'