Peter Buckoke

Peter oversees the Alexander department at the RCM, where the technique is embedded in the BMus degree.

Peter is also professor of double bass at the RCM and plays both modern and baroque bass with various chamber groups in London.

He is a founding member of The Schubert Ensemble of London, winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s 'Best Chamber Group' award, and has often been invited to play with other small chamber groups when they need a bass player for larger repertoire, including the Alberni, Allegri, Arditi, Chillingirian, Coul, Dante, and Endellion string quartets.

In 2006, Peter was invited to an international double bass convention at The China Conservatory in Beijing, representing European bass playing, he gave a solo recital and workshops looking at the Alexander Technique in relation to double bass playing, both on National television.

With his wife, Judith Kleinman, he is co-author of The Alexander Technique for Musicians, published by Bloomsbury.

In his spare time, Peter looks after several colonies of bees.