Peter Bowman

Peter Bowman has written extensively on recorder teaching and performance, including the translation and adaptation of a major new recorder method for Schott, Fun and Games with the Recorder.

Peter has adjudicated at a number of national and international recorder competitions in Germany, Holland, Australia and for the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, and is a consultant for recorder to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He has been teacher of recorder at Canterbury Christ Church University since 1992, when he also founded the UK branch of the European Recorder Teachers’ Association (ERTA). More recently he was instrumental in founding the umbrella organisation for recorder teachers, ERTA (International), to which he was elected General Secretary in 2003. Peter is happy to present workshops and masterclasses on all aspects of recorder teaching, recorder playing and the recorder’s repertoire, including teaching the recorder to beginners and selecting suitable repertoire for the early stages of learning.

Target audience	Peripatetic recorder teachers AND/OR classroom music teachers
Facilities required	Participants’ own instruments
Duration	Half or full day
No. of participants	Between 10 and 50 (depending on size of venue)
Publications used	Fun and Games with the Recorder; Fun and Games with the Alto Recorder

‘I found it fascinating from start to finish.
Teachers will be missing out if they don’t take a
look’.
Recorder Magazine

‘This is a significant way forward for
those who are interested in promoting the
recorder as a meaningful and relevant
instrument’.
Music Teacher

‘This will certainly rapidly become the
tutor book of choice ... Now it’s here, I
can’t wait to use it on my own pupils.
Highly recommended!’
Adam Dopadlik in Recorder Magazine, Spring 2006