Peter Nuttall

A bit of a biography...

Peter Nuttall is an experienced teacher and a well-known composer of guitar music for students. He gained an open scholarship to Oxford University in 1968, and after graduating with honours he trained as a secondary school teacher. He moved to Northampton to work as a peripatetic guitarist for the education authority, and then as a private guitar teacher.

At that time there was a scarcity of attractive and accessible music for students. This led Peter to begin composing music that his students found enjoyable and playable even with a limited technique. Peter wrote and published the first versions of what eventually became “The Guitarist’s Way” series. At that time they were just called “The Peter Nuttall guitar books” (five volumes). Later John Whitworth worked with him to transform them into the very popular“Guitarist’s Way” series in four volumes.

It is Peter’s ability to take simple material and create attractive and accessible “guitaristic” gems that has made his music so popular with students around the world.

His music has been recorded and is often used in festivals and competitions.

He has also written several pieces for larger ”guitar orchestra “ ensembles.

He has worked on several competition juries as well as the jury of the Bad Nauheim GOFI contest (Guitar Orchestra Festival International) 2008,  and in 2009 wrote several large guitar ensemble pieces for the WYGF (World Youth Guitar Festival).