Malcolm Peyton
Malcolm C. Peyton (born January 12, 1932 ) is an American composer and music teacher.
Peyton studied music at Princeton University . He was a composition student with Roger Sessions and Edward Cone and a piano student with Edward Steuermann . With a Fulbright scholarship , he continued his training in Germany with Wolfgang Fortner . At Tanglewood Music Center he attended summer courses with Aaron Copland and Irving Fine .
He teaches contemporary music at the New England Conservatory of Music . His students include a. Gamma Skupinsky , Elliott Miles McKinley , Rodney Lister , Lee Hyla , Pang Chun-ting and Daniel Shore . He has performed as a conductor and musician at concerts in Boston and New York, a. a. at The Composers Series at the Jordan Hall of the New England Conservatory. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts , the Norlin Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Works
- Apostrophes for choir, soloists and orchestra
- Fantasies Concertantes for orchestra
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2
- Four Songs from Shakespeare
- Songs from Walt Whitman
- Sonnets from John Donne
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- New England Conservatory - Malcolm C. Peyton
- Mimesis Ensemble - Malcolm Peyton
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Malcolm Peyton
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Peyton, Malcolm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peyton, Malcolm C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1932 |