Born in Twickenham, 1951

Ed studied under John Lambert at the Royal College of Music. Also read music at Oxford. Spent two years in Germany where he came into contact with the new music of the 1970's. Attended Darmstadt cmposers' course & Epitaph performed there. Also, Gulbenkian composers' course for choreographers.

Ephialtes (Scottish Ballet Workshop)

Maxims, Hymn, Riddle (Spiral Dance Compnay)

Invention for Jonathan Burrows' Royal Ballet Workshop

study

performances

1983 Piano Quartet wins Humphrey Searle Memorial Competition at Pucell Room

1984 Mass for 4 Voices performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; broadcast on Radio 3's '

Chamber Concerto performed by Lontano at Bath Festival

1989 Caedmon commissioned & performed by Garden Venture of the Royal Opera House

1990 The Button Moulder commissioned by the Royal Opera's Education Department
 

1984 onwards - education work in Northamptonshire; joins outreach team of Royal Opera's education department

1987 & 1988 education projects in Bromley

1989 schools project for National Trust at Claydon House in Buckinghamshire

1991 -1992 school opera project for British Museum in Suffolk - The Treasure and a Tale performed at Snape Maltings

1994 opera project on Egypt in Wandsworth & Greenford; performed at Bloomsbury Theatre: featured in Channel 4's education series Eureka!

1996 - 98 school projects in Basingstoke; project for Andover Museum on the Victorian workhouse performed in Cricklade Theatre: The Paupers' Revenge

1999 Christmas project for Smannell School: The News From The World

2000 Arts for Everyone project in Andover: The Triumph of Lugh

2001 Millennium Festuval Awards for All project in Andover: The Dream That Hath No Bottom given three performances in Vernham Dean and Cricklade Theatre
 

projects