Pete M. Wyer is an award winning composer from England. He has created scores for the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Juilliard, Welsh National Opera, BBC Television and the Royal Opera House . He has written eight operas and music theatre works as well as many concert works and scores for modern dance and ballet.
His spatial audio Immersive Forest installations have received over 500,000 visitors at New York Botanical Gardens, Brookfield Place, The Wild Center and others. His 2020 installation ‘The Sky Beneath Our Feet’ for 9 choirs of 8 voices over 72 independent audio speakers was mapped to a large area of California live oaks in Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles in Spring and Summer 2020. As with his other large scale choral installations it was created so that, walking through the woods, you encounter your own species as a part of the natural world. It used his unique spatial-scoring system that was inspired by the sound of birdsong at dawn and has its origins in the polychoral tradition of 16th century Venice. You can see this process here
His ‘synchronised headphone choirs’ have brought choral music to the streets of New York (2014, 2018, 2024 and 2025). Street Motet Pete’s setting of the ‘metta sutra’, a 2,500 year old meditation premiered in Greenwich Village in December 2024 and was performed again in 2025, culminating at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Singers begin scattered across the city, synchronised via and app, the start singing at the same moment, wherever they are. Their routes then slowly converge over 45 minutes until they come together as a single, unified choir.
In 2026 Pete received a 6 week Fellowship from the Emily Harvey Foundation for a residency in Venice during which he wrote ‘A Map of the Invisible’ a sound installation, album and book which combined Pete’s spatial choral compositions with found sounds from the city along with improvisations such as this one, on the rooftop of his apartment. It received its World Premiere at The Fitzrovia Chapel London as a 16 speaker installation in July 2026.
Pete’s song ‘Natural World’ celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough was released on May 8th 2026. It was supported by Pete Townshend and Brian Eno and included 40 participating choirs from around the world. The project is featured on ABC Australia, BBC Newsroom and NPR. Click here to see the final video: Natural World
Throughout his career, Pete has received numerous commissions, awards and fellowships, including, in 2026, becoming a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a historic charity dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. His work is strongly driven by a desire to foster human connection, both to each other and to the natural world. His work is primarily project based and rarely released on Spotify or other streaming services, while many of his recordings are not currently available, 15 of his albums can be found on Bandcamp