Randolph Peters
Randolph Peters (born 28 December 1959) is a Canadian composer[1] who is known for his output of roughly 100 film scores made mostly for Canadian films.
Early life and education[edit]
Peters was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated from the University of Winnipeg and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.
Career[edit]
Peters wrote a large amount of music for Canadian television, radio, dance and theatre. From 1996 to 2001 he was the composer-in-residence and curator for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra;[2][3] he also served as the director of that symphony's annual New Music Festival.[4]
Peters composed several operas for the Canadian Opera Company,[2] of which the most successful was The Golden Ass, which was created with novelist Robertson Davies shortly before Davies' death.[5][4] After Davies' death, COC director Richard Bradshaw worked with Peters to finalize the opera.[6][7] The opera premiered in Toronto at the Hummingbird Centre in April, 1999.[6]
Selected works[edit]
- Meditation and celebration (1985)
- Dreaming-tracks : 1991 (1991)
- Crime wave (1985)[8]
- Dancing on wings of fire : for diatonic button accordion (A/D) and orchestra (1994)
- Guiltless blood (1990)
- Sonata for violin and piano (1990)
- The golden ass (1999)
- Survivors : a mass for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (1994)
Sources[edit]
- ^ Musicworks. Vol. Issues 61-66. Music Gallery.; 1995. p. 52.
- ^ a b Classical Music Magazine. Vol. 21. Music Magazine; 1998. p. 5-6.
- ^ Musicworks. Vol. Issues 82-84. Music Gallery; 2002. p. 53.
- ^ a b The Sonneck Society Bulletin. Vol. 25-26. The Society; 1999. p. 34.
- ^ George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood. Opera. Vol. 50, Issues 7-12. Rolls House Publishing Company; 1999. p. 768.
- ^ a b The American Record Guide. Vol. 44. American Record Guide; 1999. p. 40.
- ^ Dundurn Performing Arts Library Bundle — Musicians: Opening Windows / True Tales from the Mad, Mad, Mad World of Opera / Lois Marshall / John Arpin / Elmer Iseler / Jan Rubes / Music Makers / There's Music in These Walls / In Their Own Words / Emma Albani / Opera Viva / MacMillan on Music. Dundurn; 17 December 2013. ISBN 978-1-4597-2401-3. p. 2408.
- ^ Jonathan Ball. John Paizs's Crime Wave. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 5 February 2014. ISBN 978-1-4426-7000-6. p. 144.
- "Randolph Peters". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
External links[edit]
- Randolph Peters at IMDb
- https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37612 on Canadian Music Centre
- http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/petersr.htm on The Living Composers Project
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Canadian classical composers
- Canadian film score composers
- Canadian Mennonites
- Canadian male film score composers
- Canadian television composers
- Male television composers
- Canadian opera composers
- Canadian male opera composers
- University of Winnipeg alumni
- Jacobs School of Music alumni
- Musicians from Winnipeg
- Mennonite musicians
- 20th-century Canadian composers
- 21st-century Canadian composers