Peter Edwards is a British pianist, composer and band leader, who is musical director of Tomorrow's Warriors' ensemble the Nu Civilisation Orchestra.
[3][4] Edwards earned a master's degree in Jazz from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2009.
[2] He participated in the Tomorrow's Warriors young artist development programme[5] and in 2008 an orchestra was established initially to provide a platform for Edwards to recreate Duke Ellington's rarely performed The Queen's Suite.
[9] The NCO has performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and the Royal Northern College of Music.
[5] Edwards made his BBC Proms conducting debut in 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall performing the sacred music of Duke Ellington.