Peter Willsher

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PETER WILLSHER…….

A LIFE OF MUSIC ​

Professional life​

B​orn and educated in the UK, Peter Willsher’s career as a teacher, composer and conductor has spanned two continents. After graduating from Trinity College of music, London, with a licentiate in clarinet and a graduate diploma in music education majoring in piano, his post-graduate studies took him back to London to study orchestral conducting with Maestro Bernard Keeffe, and to the Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy to study with Maestro Franco Ferrara, ​ Peter Willsher directed the music department at West Heath School in Sevenoaks, Kent, a prestigious, girls’ boarding school Throughout and following his 8 years at West Heath, Peter Willsher’s conducting experience in England included the directorships of several choirs, and orchestras and he has conducted many musicals, operettas and operas.

Having immigrated to Canada in 1988, Peter has been asked to conduct several choirs and orchestras in Ontario and Quebec. He has received commissions from several of them, which are available for purchase through his website www.willshermusic.com His part song 'Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing' is available from Boosey & Hawkes.

Who is Peter Willsher ?​

He is a full professional member of the Canadian League of Composers, and a member of the American Choral Directors Association. As a composer his philosophy is “to write music which not only touches the emotions but seriously tugs at the heart. If it doesn’t create a new world, at the very least, it should attempt to improve this one”. His classical piece David was inspired by the very moving story of a former and very talented piano student of Peter’s, who later became the mother of a child who had spent his first 3 years in a hospital. Your Song from one heart to another, an offering to the love of his life. A New Life , was written to celebrate the birth of his godchild.

His music stems from deep emotions and is sure to capture your heart!​ ​