2019 - PERFORMER

Blues and Roots Ensemble - Various Locations, UK

The ensemble performs across the UK - https://vimeo.com/344613403

2018 - COMPOSER

English Touring Opera - Polka Theatre and Philharmonie Concert Hall Luxembourg

“This Is My Bed” - An opera for young people performed by members of English Touring Opera - https://vimeo.com/330125253

2018 - COMPOSER

Wells Cathedral School - Wells Cathedral, UK

A commission to compose a carol for the Wells Cathedral Christmas concert.

2017 - EDUCATOR

CREATE and Pret a Manger - Pret a Manger Head Office, London, UK

“If music be the food of love” - Composing music with a homeless community in London.

2015 - Composer

Merton Music Foundation - Royal Albert Hall, UK

A commission for the Merton Youth Jazz Orchestra - https://vimeo.com/327949528

2015 - EDUCATOR

English National Opera - Brixton Community Centre, UK

A project inspired by ENO’s production of “The Indian Queen” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVmAO7liRhA

2014 - EDUCATOR

Songbound - Mumbai, India

Guest artist for a creative music project with children in Mumbai, India - https://vimeo.com/327903965

2013 - COMPOSER

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Pete Letanka composes and presents his composition “B.R.I.T.T.E.N” - https://vimeo.com/330526936

2013 - Presenter

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Pete Letanka conducts “Old Abram Brown” launching Aldeburgh Music’s “Friday Afternoons” project - https://vimeo.com/330304491

2013 - COMPOSER

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

“Cuckoo’s Migration” - A commission to compose a response piece to Britten’s “Cuckoo” - https://vimeo.com/327914710

2013 - EDUCATOR

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Creating “Cuckoo’s Migration” - Pete Letanka teaches his composition in two schools - https://vimeo.com/330307318

2012 - EDUCATOR

Creative Arts School Trust - Finetown, South Africa

Pete Letanka is invited to work with poet Lemn Sissay and actor David Morrissey in a township in South Africa - https://vimeo.com/324166255

2012 - Performer

B-Side 45 - Various London clubs, UK

Pete Letanka joins an 8tet playing late 70s funk - https://vimeo.com/328652354 (Chain Reaction) | https://vimeo.com/329837360 (Hard to face the music) | https://vimeo.com/329834919 (TBC) | https://vimeo.com/329829355 (Sweetie Pie)

2011 - EDUCATOR

Casa da Musica - Casa da Musica, Portugal

2011 - EDUCATOR

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Pete Letanka composes an opera with members of “Group A” - A performance group of young people aged 8-18 - https://vimeo.com/330528342

2011 - EDUCATOR

Royal Opera House - Two-Tree Island, the Thames Estuary, UK

“The Snow Goose” - A project inspired by Paul Gallico’s book - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAQw5DiYFQ

2011 - EDUCATOR

Creative Arts School Trust - Tyre, Lebanon

A cross-arts project with actor David Morrissey.

2006 - Composer

Roughwinds Production - Rosemary Branch Theatre, London, UK

A commission by poet Jehane Markham and actor Roger Lloyd-Pack to compose the musical “Hermes” - https://vimeo.com/327928761 (Listen to the sea) | https://vimeo.com/327932337

2005 - Performer

Zephyr Records - The Pete Letanka Trio, UK

Zephyr Records releases Pete Letanka’s debut album, “Afrostocracy” - https://vimeo.com/330130463 (After you’ve gone) | https://vimeo.com/330132024 (God only knows)

2005 - Performer

Zephyr Records - BBC Radio Ulster, Ireland

The director of Zephyr Records discusses “Afrostocracy” with BBC Radio Ulster presenter, Walter Love - https://vimeo.com/321259529

2003 - Performer

Zephyr Records - Mike McKoy swings to the Bossa Nova, UK

Pete Letanka is invited to perform on “Mike McKoy swings to the Bossa Nova” alongside Bobby Wellins and Anthony Kerr - https://vimeo.com/330133462

2003 - Performer

La Caixa - The Balearic Islands, Spain

Silent movie accompaniment tour of Barcelona, Mallorca and Menorca.

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2019 - WORKSHOP LEADER

St. Albans Cathedral Music Trust - St. Albans, UK

The Big Sing - A community singing event for 250 people with vocalist Natalie Williams.

2018 - Arranger

Pasadena Symphony POPS - L.A. County Arboretum, USA

“Bernstein’s New York” - A commission to arrange “Theme from New York, New York” for Julian Ovenden and the Pasadena POPS - https://vimeo.com/327913542

2018 - Performer

The Cape Crusaders

Pete Letanka leads a 6tet to celebrate the work of South African jazz pianist, Abdullah Ibrahim through performance, recording and education work - https://vimeo.com/302555831 | https://vimeo.com/302932259/9030025a2b

2018 - Workshop Leader

English National Opera - Main Stage, London Coliseum, UK

Creating a response piece to Porgy and Bess with teenagers from across London - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o01SH927Abo

2018 - Presenter

BBC Concert Orchestra - Queen Elizabeth Hall, UK

Presenting a concert to celebrate composer David Bedford broadcast on BBC Radio 3 - https://vimeo.com/329411800

2018 - Composer/Arranger

Wells Cathedral School - Wells Cathedral, UK

Carols in the Cathedral - A commission to compose a new carol for the Christmas concert.

2018 - Composer/Arranger

BBC Concert Orchestra - BBC Maida Vale Studios, UK

The Big Sing - A community singing event for 250 people with vocalist Natalie Williams.

2018 - Presenter

Wigmore Hall, UK

Presenting a concert with Trish Clowes to 300 school children at the Wigmore Hall.

2018 - Workshop leader

Southwark Music Service - Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, UK

“Diffability” - A creative music project exploring the world of musicians with disabilities with 250 primary schools children.

2017 - Composer/Arranger

English Touring Opera - Olka Theatre and Philharmonie Concert Hall, Luxembourg

Pete Letanka composes “This Is My Bed” - An opera for young people performed by members of English Touring Opera - https://youtu.be/vFA9ed7cf0w | https://vimeo.com/330125253

2017 - Workshop Leader

Ronnie Scott’s Charitable Foundation - Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, UK

Pete Letanka leads a project inspired by legendary drummer Billy Cobham - https://vimeo.com/330527742

2017 - Composer/Arranger

BBC Concert Orchestra - Royal Festival Hall, UK

Pete Letanka presents a family concert including a commission for the BBC Concert Orchestra performing in the London jazz Festival - https://vimeo.com/329234911

2017 - Workshop Leader

CREATE and Pret a Manger - Pret a Manger Head Office, London, UK

If music be the food of love. Creating music with a homeless community in London.

2017 - ComposeR

Royal Opera House - Clore Studio, Royal Opera House, UK

“The Nose” - Working with librettist, Denton Chikura to create a response piece to Shostakovich’s opera “The Nose”.

2016 - Composer/Arranger

Music For Youth - Royal Albert Hall, UK

“Hope and Glory” - A composition to close the MFY Proms. Performed by 1000 musicians - https://vimeo.com/327918828

2016 - Presenter

Music For Youth - Royal Albert Hall, UK

Presenting the Music For Youth Proms - https://vimeo.com/329310454

2016 - Workshop leader

Southwark Music Hub - Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, UK

Mohammad Ali - a creative music project exploring the legacy of Mohammad Ali with 250 primary schools from across London.

2015 - Presenter

Music For Youth - Royal Albert Hall, UK

Presenting the Music For Youth Proms - https://vimeo.com/329308981

2015 - Composer/Arranger

Merton Music Foundation - Royal Albert Hall, UK

A commission for the Merton Youth Jazz Orchestra - https://vimeo.com/327949528

2015 - Composer/Arranger

Royal Opera House - Schools across the UK

Presenting the Music For Youth Proms - https://vimeo.com/328661649

2015 - Workshop Leader

English National Opera - Brixton Community Centre, UK

Working with director Freya Wynn-Jones and a group of young people to create a piece inspired by the ENO’s production of “The Indian Queen”, directed by Peter Sellers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVmAO7liRhA

2015 - Workshop Leader

CREATE - HM Prison Service, UK

“Inside Stories” - Multi-artform project for offenders aged 18-25 in prisons across England.

2014 - Workshop Leader

Songbound - Mumbai, India

Guest artist for a creative music project with children in Mumbai, India - https://vimeo.com/327903965

2014 - Workshop Leader

Mayor’s Music Fund - City Hall, London, UK

Pete Letanka is given an hour to compose a new piece with 70 children. before performing to the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson - https://vimeo.com/330524765

2013 - Composer/Presenter

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Pete Letanka composes and presents his composition “B.R.I.T.T.E.N” - https://vimeo.com/330526936

2013 - Presenter

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Pete Letanka presents the launch of Aldeburgh Music’s “Friday Afternoons” project - https://vimeo.com/330304491

2013 - Workshop Leader

National Youth Jazz Orchestra - Apex Theatre, Bury St. Edmunds, UK

Composing and performing with two primary schools - https://vimeo.com/329251757

2013 - Presenter

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Pete Letanka invites audience members to improvise with him on his arrangement of a Britten composition - https://vimeo.com/330307756

2013 - Composer/Arranger

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Cuckoo’s Migration: Pete Letanka is commissioned to compose a response piece to Britten’s “Cuckoo” - https://vimeo.com/327914710

2013 - Workshop Leader

Aldeburgh Music - Primary Schools, UK

Creating “Cuckoo’s Migration”: Pete Letanka teaches his composition in two schools - https://vimeo.com/330307318

2013 - Workshop Leader

English Touring Opera - Dulwich Picture Gallery, UK

Musical Masterpiece: creating a response piece to paintings in the gallery.

2012 - Workshop Leader

Creative Arts School Trust - Finetown, South Africa

Creative Arts School Trust (CAST) invited Pete Letanka to work with poet Lemn Sissay and actor David Morrissey in a township in South Africa - https://vimeo.com/324166255

2012 - Performer

B-Side 45 - Various London clubs, UK

Pete Letanka joins an 8tet playing late 70s funk - https://vimeo.com/328652354 (Chain Reaction) | https://vimeo.com/329832634 (Road Island Red) | https://vimeo.com/329837360 (Hard to face the music) | https://vimeo.com/329834919 (TBC) | https://vimeo.com/329829355 (Sweetie Pie)

2012 - Workshop Leader

“Sculpting Music” – A musical response to art - Saatchi Gallery, UK

Creating a response piece to various sculptures with a secondary school.

2011 - Workshop Leader

Casa da Musica - Casa da Musica, Portugal

Pete Letanka brings together various musical ensembles from across the city of Porto - https://vimeo.com/330013460 (Groove for the common man) | https://vimeo.com/330013705 (Dance of the Appalachians) | https://vimeo.com/328653557 (Cosmic States) | https://vimeo.com/329242394 (The Wild West)

2011 - Workshop Leader

Aldeburgh Music - Snape Maltings Concert Hall, UK

Group A - Pete Letanka composes an opera with members of Group A - a performance group of young people aged 8-18 - https://vimeo.com/330528342

2011 - Workshop Leader

Royal Opera House - Two-Tree Island at Leigh-on-Seigh in the Thames Estuary, UK

Pete Letanka to works with librettist Tamsin Collison and director Thomas Guthrie on a creative music project inspired by “The Snow Goose” by Paul Gallico - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAQw5DiYFQ

2011 - Workshop Leader

Creative Arts School Trust - Tyre, Lebanon

A cross-arts project with actor David Morrissey.

2005-2010 - Workshop Leader

Glyndebourne Opera House - Glyndebourne Opera, UK

Pete Letanka enjoyed five years as the music director of Glyndebourne Youth Opera Company 2.

2008 - Workshop Leader

English Touring Opera - National Portrait Gallery, UK

Creating a response piece to a portrait

2007 - Performer

BBC Radio 2 - BBC Radio 2, UK

Pete Letanka’s album is featured on Humphrey Lyttleton’s show on BBC Radio 2 - https://vimeo.com/324147291

2006 - Composer/Arranger

Roughwinds Production - Rosemary Branch Theatre, London, UK

Pete Letanka was commissioned by poet Jehane Markham and actor Roger Lloyd-Pack to compose a musical based on the Greek god Hermes - https://vimeo.com/327928761 (Listen to the sea) | https://vimeo.com/327932337 (Zeus and Hera) | https://vimeo.com/329241261 (Power and Glory)

2005 - Performer

Zephyr Records - The Pete Letanka Trio, UK

Zephyr Records releases Pete Letanka’s debut album, “Afrostocracy” - https://vimeo.com/328644144 (Round 1: Comes out swinging) | https://vimeo.com/330130463 (After you’ve gone) | https://vimeo.com/330132024 (God only knows)

2005 - Performer

Zephyr Records - BBC Radio Ulster, Ireland

Pete Letanka’s debut album “Afrostocracy” was the featured album of the week on BBC Radio Ulster. Here the founder of Zephyr Records discusses the album with BBC Radio Ulster presenter, Walter Love - https://vimeo.com/321259529

2004 - Composer/Arranger

Glyndebourne Opera House - Mains stage, Glyndebourne Opera House, UK

“The Fifth Element” - Pete Letanka is commissioned to compose a vocal piece with Glyndebourne Youth Opera company and arrange for orchestra.

2003 - Performer

Zephyr Records - Mike McKoy swings to the Bossa Nova, UK

Mike Mckoy invites Pete Letanka to perform on his debut album, “Mike McKoy swings to the Bossa Nova” alongside Bobby Wellins and Anthony Kerr - https://vimeo.com/330133462

2003 - Performer

La Caixa - The Balearic Islands, Spain

Silent movie accompaniment tour of Barcelona, Mallorca and Menorca.

2001 - Workshop Leader

Warner Bros - The Stanley Kubrick Film Collection

Stanley Kubrick - A life in pictures. Pete Letanka and Ben Harlan compose music for the documentary film - https://vimeo.com/328461160