Richard Peat studied with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Dartington 2008), Nico Muhly (Dartington 2021), Rhian Samuel (City University) and Paul Max Edlin, completing his composition doctorate in 2007. His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and performed by leading artists including the London Sinfonietta, the Kreutzer Quartet, Onyx Brass, Icebreaker, Martyn Brabbins, Nicholas Cleobury, Michael Bawtree and Stephen Layton. The Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge and Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir, conducted by Sarah MacDonald, have recorded a full-length CD of Peat’s choral music for release in 2022. His music is published by Encore Publications.