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Conducting background

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Study with Juan Matteucci and John Hopkins.

Conducting experience:

•              Auckland Chamber Orchestra (Musical Director)
•              Prague Symphony Orchestra
•              New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
•              Lockwood Aria (Rotorua)
•              ENZSO
•              London Symphony Orchestra
•              London Philharmonic Orchestra
•              Auckland Sinfonietta (Musical Director)
•              Royal New Zealand Ballet
•              Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
•              Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
•              Wellington Sinfonia
•              Dunedin Sinfonia
•              Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
•              St Matthews Chamber Orchestra
•              New Zealand Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra
•              Ensemble Philharmonia
•              Auckland University Orchestra
•              Nelson Symphony Orchestra

 

Conducting Reviews

Auckland Chamber Orchestra

"Scholes drew a solid, disciplined performance from his group"
                        William Dart
                         NZ Herald June 24, 2008

“Now in its third year the orchestra is one of Auckland’s sparkling treasures. It plays with passion and confidence and director/conductor Peter Scholes has developed a confident and assured control.
                         John Daly-Peoples
                         The National Business Review

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

"The Lilburn Aotearoa Overture was of recording standard...
This concert was among the best and most exciting the CSO has presented"
"...an exuberant driving account of Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice"
                         Tim Jones
                         The Press (Christchurch)

Dunedin Sinfonia

"It (Beethoven Symphony no. 1) had energy , drive and purpose"
                         Donald Evans
                         Otago Daily Times

Wellington Sinfonia

"Scholes and the (Wellington) Sinfonia proved a potent combination for this style of concert, catering to the wide variety of age groups present"
                         Ivan Patterson
                         The Dominion

"The Wellington Sinfonia played finely under Peter Scholes, who brought out all the lyricism of Rimsky-Korsakov's sensuous music"
                         Ann Hunt
                         The Dominion

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

"Peter Scholes obtained a smooth balanced ensemble from the orchestra"
                         Beverly Read
                         Bay of Plenty Times

London Philharmonic Orchestra

                         "Never has this music sounded so evocative, and mythically powerful"
                         CD Review Magazine