Peter Hill

Peter has written new songs in English and Gaelic, and lyrics that have been set to music by Sheena Phillips and Frances Cockburn. He sang tenor (and played occasional flute) with Rudsambee from its inception in 1993 until he moved to China in 2008. He lists his favourite composer as ‘Trad Anon’, and has arranged many traditional songs for choir. In China he eventually settled in Shanghai for 5 years where he played flutes, whistles and mandolin professionally with the trio Ceòl na Mara and was a regular member in the house bands of the Blarney Stone, The Tipsy Fiddler and several other Shanghai venues showcasing live acoustic Western music. He is now based in York, England and has recently given several public performances of traditional Chinese music alongside Chinese musicians on the wooden flute - dizi.