Nicholas Peters (b. 1984) studied composition with Christopher Fox at Huddersfield (05-06) and Brunel University (06-09), where he was awarded a PhD in Composition.  Between 2007 and 2010 he was a Sound and Music (SAM) shortlisted composer. He has had works performed in concerts and workshops across the UK and abroad by numerous artists including The Arditti Quartet, The JACK Quartet, Ensemble Interface, Ives Ensemble, EXAUDI, Fidelio Trio, Tre Voci, Anton Lukoszevieze, Juliet Fraser, Claire Edwardes, Alex Wilson, Zubin Kanga, Rhodri Davies, Charlotte Pugh, Philip Thomas, Abstrukt, Block4 and The John Armitage Memorial Concert Series. Peters has attended the Darmstadt Summer Courses (2010 and 2012), Impuls Academy (2011), as well as having his music performed at Soundwaves Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, hcmf// and broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now programme. He co-founded and co-curated 840, an experimental music concert series between 2014 and 2017. He was the composer in residence at the Pound, Corsham for the 2015/16 season. In 2023/24 a new work for string quartet called Maintaining Effort was toured in the North of England by The Clothworkers Quartet as part of the R3connect project.