A selection of Orchestral, Choral, Mixed Ensemble & Electronic works. All master recordings are Red Book compliant.

   After nearly a year 'out of action',  I have tentatively begun work on a 'Cello Octet. The Octet remains a work in progress.  
    
   
 
    

     Visit The Faber Music Store where you will find many of my arrangements for classical/finger-style guitar(fabermusic.com>composers>shop>type Nigel Paterson in the search field).

    Retired, professional musician. My career began in the early 60s with the legendary folk group, 'The Halliard'. In '71, I graduated from Brentwood College of Education (Anglia Ruskin University) where  I studied Composition, Harmony, Counterpoint & Orchestration with Harold Dexter & contemporary composers & their methods with Annea Lockwood. In parallel I studied  Classical Guitar at Trinity College, London. I taught for a few years, but decided to freelance: Playing guitar (Session work, Shows, Cabaret); arranging & composing for Chappell & Co., Boston Music, Hammerstein Music, I.M.P. & Warner Chappell. Two choral works received their first performances at The Royal Albert Hall & The Purcell Room at London's South Bank Centre. In 1984 I returned to education as Head of Music at a High School in East London, retiring in 2004. I belong to The British Music Writers Council (Musician's Union),  PRS for Music & I am associated with the Composers' Collective at London's Southbank Centre. Additional information:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Paterson_(musician)

Twin/harmony guitars, harmony vocals over bass & drums - rock music!
Founded by Duncan McFarlane in 1976 as a vehicle for his original compositions... 
Luigi #1 Duncan & Mart Llewellyn on guitars, Dave Roberts on bass, Rob Steeles on drums
Luigi #2 Duncan & Geoff Taylor on guitars, Dave Roberts on bass, Rob Steeles on drums
In 1978 Luigi #2 recorded and released an LP on vinyl ‘Feeling the Ceiling’ which John Peel played on his BBC Radio One show, dubbing us ‘a bunch of itinerant waiters from Leeds’.
Luigi #3 Duncan & Geoff Taylor on guitars, Dave Turner on bass, Rob Steeles on drums
Luigi #4 Duncan & Phil Cockerham on guitars, Dave Turner on bass, Rob Steeles on drums
Luigi #5 Duncan & Geoff Taylor on guitars, Dave Turner on bass, Rob Steeles on drums
In 1979 Duncan left his own band! 'Luigi' oddly, carried on briefly... adding keyboards and no longer following Duncan’s original concept of the music being 'all about two harmony guitars'. That incarnation mostly played Duncan's compositions (adding a few of their own eventually) but gradually called it a day.
In 2013 Duncan & Geoff reformed Luigi for a reunion gig at TJ’s in Leeds to a capacity audience of 275 invited guests. Also, that year, Duncan & Geoff  re-recorded the original LP material plus as much more of Dunx Luigi compositions (that had never been recorded before) - released as a double CD set in 2014
Luigi #6 have now emerged (and still gigs occasionally!) and are working on a follow up CD of new material! Watch this space! 
Luigi #6 are Duncan & Sam Hirst on guitars, Martin Ward on bass, Berni Gilmore on drums and Steve Foster as a multi-instrumentalist! All five of the band contribute on vocals!
Happy days ahead....

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