His music has been extensively broadcast and recorded, and perhaps of special note is the ongoing series of his symphonic music and concertos on the Chandos label performed by the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Concert orchestras, and London Brass, the latest volume being released in 2020. Included in this series are all his major concertos: horn (1971), tuba (1976), trumpet (1983), trombone (1979), clarinet (1994), piano (1997), violin (2000), saxophone (2006), cello (2007), and flute (2013). He has also recently embarked on a three-volume series of his instrumental and chamber music for the Naxos label, the first of which was released in August 2020. In addition, and of similar importance, is the six-volume survey of his complete music for brass band on the Doyen label.
His most recent compositions include Three Études for piano, recorded on the Naxos label by Murray McLachlan, an oboe concerto (A Vision in a Dream) for Jennifer Galloway and the BBC Philharmonic, a euphonium concerto for David Childs, The World Rejoicing (Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale), a commission from five European countries due for various premieres in 2021, and The Salamander and the Moonraker, a work for children’s choir, narrators and orchestra, a 2018 commission by the Hallé Concerts Society with story and libretto by his wife Susan Gregson. In 2016, as composer in association with the Black Dyke Band, he composed a cornet concerto and four études, and in 2017, as Composer in Residence at the Presteigne Festival, his String Quartet no. 2 was premiered by the Nightingale Quartet from Denmark.
Edward Gregson has had an impressive career as an academic, from his time as Head of Composition and resident conductor in the music department of Goldsmiths College, University of London (1976-96), and where he was appointed Professor of Music, to his tenure as Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester (1996-2008). He retired from academe in 2008 in order to concentrate on composition.
He holds honorary degrees and fellowships from a dozen English universities and conservatories including the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, Manchester University, and Lancaster University. He is also a Companion and Emeritus Professor of the RNCM, and has won many awards and prizes.
His most recent compositions include Three Études for piano, recorded on the Naxos label by Murray McLachlan, an oboe concerto (A Vision in a Dream) for Jennifer Galloway and the BBC Philharmonic, a euphonium concerto for David Childs, The World Rejoicing (Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale), a commission from five European countries due for various premieres in 2021, and The Salamander and the Moonraker, a work for children’s choir, narrators and orchestra, a 2018 commission by the Hallé Concerts Society with story and libretto by his wife Susan Gregson. In 2016, as composer in association with the Black Dyke Band, he composed a cornet concerto and four études, and in 2017, as Composer in Residence at the Presteigne Festival, his String Quartet no. 2 was premiered by the Nightingale Quartet from Denmark.
Edward Gregson has had an impressive career as an academic, from his time as Head of Composition and resident conductor in the music department of Goldsmiths College, University of London (1976-96), and where he was appointed Professor of Music, to his tenure as Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester (1996-2008). He retired from academe in 2008 in order to concentrate on composition.
He holds honorary degrees and fellowships from a dozen English universities and conservatories including the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, Manchester University, and Lancaster University. He is also a Companion and Emeritus Professor of the RNCM, and has won many awards and prizes.