Peter Sparks

Clarinet

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

Current position:-

English National Opera – Co-Principal Clarinet

Freelance work:-

Philharmonia - Principal
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Principal
Royal Opera House - Principal
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Principal
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Principal
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Principal (Including Eb/Bass Clar)
BBC Concert Orchestra - Principal
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Principal
Ulster Orchestra – Principal
Manchester Camerata – Principal
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Principal
Northern Sinfonia – Principal
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Principal
City of London Sinfonia - Principal
English National Ballet - Principal
London Mozart Players - Principal
London Symphony Orchestra – Extra
John Wilson Orchestra - Extra (Including E flat Clarinet)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Principal (Including Eb/Bass Clar)
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – Principal (Including Eb/Bass Clar)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia – Principal
English Symphony Orchestra – Principal
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Extra (Including Bass Clar)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Extra (Including Eb/Bass Clar)
Aurora Orchestra – Principal
London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists
Music Theatre Wales - Principal
London Concert Orchestra – Principal
Glyndebourne Touring Opera - Principal & Sub-Principal
Garsington Opera – Principal
Bath Philharmonia - Principal
Orchestra of the Swan – Guest Principal and Extra (Including Bass)
Orchestra of St Johns - Extra
Brighton Philharmonic – Extra (Eb Clarinet)
Milton Keynes City Orchestra Chamber Ensemble – Principal
Kokoro (Contemporary Music Ensemble of BSO) – Extra
Guildford Philharmonic – Extra (Including Principal & Eb)
Lancashire Sinfonietta – Principal
London Soloists Chamber Orchestra – Extra (Including Principal)
English Classical Players – Extra
Telford New Symphony Orchestra – Principal (2005 – Current)
Chamber Orchestra Anglia – Principal
New York City Ballet (at The Coliseum, London)
New Professionals Orchestra – Extra (Including Principal & Eb Clar)
Opera East Productions – Principal (2000 – Current)
Southbank Sinfonia – (Member and Soloist 2002 – 2003)
Iford Opera – Principal (2005 – Current)
European Opera Orchestra
Dartington Festival Orchestra
St Endellion Festival Orchestra – Principal
Russian Chamber Orchestra of London – Principal
Opera South – Principal
Cameo Opera (Bob Porter) – Principal
Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid – Finalist and Reserve for Principal (2003)

Training

UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra – Member including Principal (2002-2004)
London Sinfonietta/RAM – QEH (2002)
LSO/RAM Wind Scheme – (Including Daphnis et Chloë Boulez 2000 - 2001)
Britten-Pears Orchestra
National Youth Orchestra of GB – Member including Principal (1995-1998)

SOLO AND ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

Park Lane 2008 Solo Recital – Purcell Room, Premieres by P. Wiegold and N. LeFanu
Solo Performance on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’
London Winds, dir. Michael Collins (BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, QEH & Far East tour)
Schubert Ensemble
Scottish Ensemble (Wigmore Hall)
English Symphony Orchestra Winds
Endymion Ensemble
Nash Ensemble/RAM (QEH)

Concertos

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Weber Concerto No. 1
English Symphony Orchestra – Mozart Concerto
Lancashire Sinfonietta - Mozart Concerto & Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Orchestra West - Finzi & Schubert - Shepherd on the Rock with Elizabeth Watts
Orchestra of the City - Finzi
St. James’ Piccadilly – Copland Clarinet Concerto
Chamber Orchestra Anglia – Maconchy Concertino No. 2
Southbank Sinfonia – Mozart Concerto & Adams Gnarly Buttons
Peter Wiegold - New York, Bass Clarinet Concerto (World Première)
Cambridge University Musical Society - Adams Gnarly Buttons & DebussyPremière Rhapsodie
Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra – Stanford Concerto
RNCM – Strauss Duett-Concertino

Winner – Geoffrey Hawkes Clarinet Competition & Harold Craxton Chamber Music Competition (2002)
Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition Finalist (2001 & 2003)
Gallimaufry Wind Ensemble – Park Lane Series – Purcell Room – RAM Fellowship (Member 2000 - Current) www.gallimaufry-ensemble.com
Farrington Ensemble – Piano Trio with Clarinet (Member 2000 - Current) www.farringtonensemble.com
London Conchord Ensemble
Ensemble 360
Linos Wind Quintet
Ossian Ensemble
Kreisler Ensemble – Guest Principal, including Purcell Room
Opera North/Mira Calix (incl. Festivals at the Barbican, Leeds and York)
Contemporary Consort
The Chamber Players

RECORDINGS

BBC Radio 3 & TV; Naxos; Black Box Records; Walton Façade (with Kit and the Widow); RAM

SESSIONS

COOL Music Ltd.
Bookers Creative Ltd.

EDUCATION

Royal Academy of Music – PGDip (With Distinction) (2000-2002)
Cambridge University – MA (Hons) Downing College (1997-2000)
Professors: Dame Thea King • Angela Malsbury • Nick Rodwell • Richard Addison (Bass & Eb)

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Instruments
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Basset Clarinet, Basset Horn, C Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Remote Recording