Peter Pearson
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Born in London 1947, qualified as a Doctor 1970, and subsequently became a General Practitioner until retirement in 1997. He dabbled in guitar (with brother, with whom he still collaborates), piano, and songwriting (with sister) in an earlier life, and played keyboards in a blues band (Blue Shift) in the nineties. After retirement from medicine, Peter was then able to concentrate on his other great passion- music composition.\r
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He completed "Music for the Media" course, obtaining a Diploma in Media Composition, and was awarded a Diploma in Music (composition) by the WMF. He was a winner in the 2007 UK Songwriting Contest, Music Aid Awards 2007, Unisong 2009, and a runner up in the 2010 UK Songwriting Contest, instrumental categories. He collaborated with and received much guidance from Nic Rowley. Several of his pieces have been published by Music Libraries, and some released on record (Bloodsugar Records, SubHz).\r
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