Born in London in 1960 and commenced piano studies at the age of four.
He was educated at Haberdashers'
Aske's School where he learnt both the trumpet and clarinet, playing
principal trumpet in the Senior Orchestra for five years.
He first started to compose during his A-level course and two early works,
a duet for flutes and Sketch for Brass Ensemble were performed whilst
he was still at school.
A place at the Royal Academy of Music
was offered to him in 1978 and his composition teachers included Gordon
Crosse and Paul Patterson. During this period he received over 50 performances
of different compositions both in England and Europe and was awarded three
prizes for composition by the RAM.
Since his graduation from the Royal Academy, he has continued to compose
as well as teach, and has had works accepted by the SPNM and BBC Radio
3. Further to this he has also had a dozen South Bank performances, a
number of these given by the pianist Louis Alvanis to whom many of FeBland's
works are dedicated.
He feels that he is continuing an essentially English tradition by dividing
his works into two distinct genres, serious and light/educational music.
His lighter compositions present attractively melodic material for performers
who are just beginning to work on more advanced pieces whilst serious
music provides a challenge for both performers and audiences alike.
His most recent compositions include a Third English Suite for Orchestra
as well as a group of pieces for various wind instruments entitled Entertainments.
