Randolph Peters Explained

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

Peters was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated from the University of Winnipeg and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

Career

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, of which the most successful was The Golden Ass, which was created with novelist Robertson Davies shortly before Davies' death.^[5] 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.

Selected works

• 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

• "Randolph Peters". The Canadian Encyclopedia.

External links

• • https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37612 on Canadian Music Centre
• http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/petersr.htm on The Living Composers Project

Notes and References

1. Musicworks. Vol. Issues 61–66. Music Gallery.; 1995. p. 52.
2. Classical Music Magazine. Vol. 21. Music Magazine; 1998. p. 5–6.
3. Musicworks. Vol. Issues 82–84. Music Gallery; 2002. p. 53.
4. The Sonneck Society Bulletin. Vol. 25-26. The Society; 1999. p. 34.
5. George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood. Opera. Vol. 50, Issues 7–12. Rolls House Publishing Company; 1999. p. 768.
6. The American Record Guide. Vol. 44. American Record Guide; 1999. p. 40.
7. 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. . p. 2408.
8. Jonathan Ball. John Paizs's Crime Wave. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 5 February 2014. . p. 144.