Biography
Peter Lapham
Peter started piano at six and had ambitions to compose by the age of eleven.. His first unsolicited manuscript went to the BBC and received a polite rejection! His playing of the organ during his teens gave him an abiding love for well-sung choral music and an understanding of the layout of large-scale music.
His musical career was mainly based in teaching piano, performing concerts and also providing music in hotels and on ships. Theatre work as MD gave him the great enjoyment of working with a group and began with one of the first amateur productions of Oliver! in 1966. More recently he worked on shows at Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells and also provided scores for As You Like It and The Glass Menagerie. Family commitments made a career break imperative from 1997 and after moving to Bexhill in 2005 he opened his home, Arden House, as a B&B. Since then he has been able to re-work many of his earlier scores and has now created a concert version of his As You Like It music which will feature in the inaugural concert of the Sinfonietta.
He is presently heavily involved in the foundation of the Bexhill Sinfonietta and also working on a concert version of his Glass Menagerie score. He is also writing a new piece, the Bexhill Overture, in honour of his adopted home.