Victoria Peet
- Amateur
- London, GB
Flute, violin & piano
Art Administration
Accompaniment
I've been playing the piano since I was about six or seven, then just picked up other instruments on the way. I've got Grade 8 piano and flute but my favourite instrument to play has always been the violin because I love being part of a string section in an orchestra.
I studied music at Sheffield University and recently finished a Masters in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths. I've never been interested in being a solo performer and concentrated my time at University on studying the theraputic benefits of music - I wrote my dissertation on how singing in amateur choirs can improve people's quality of life - but my real passion was/still is music in Paris around the 1900's, as well as spreading the word about Dilettante.
I joined an amateur orchestra in Harrow (London) last year which I'm really enjoying. Also I've recently aquired a cello which I keep meaning to start having lessons on, and quite fancy getting a viola...
latest blog posts
After mentioning Maestro - a reality tv show where celebrities try their hand at conducting - a month ago on the Dilettante blog, judgement day is now here.
I saw this and thought that people might be interested in the 'experiment in free, online concert-giving'
On Sunday evening I went to see the Nash Ensemble perform Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.
Its Saturday evening and we wander through central London - past the people tumbling in and out of some rather dubious looking bars - our destination is one of my favourite places in London, the Br
