Creating Modern Masterworks - An Interview with Composer Peter Boyer

In this episode, I am honored to welcome composer Peter Boyer to the Anachronism podcast. 

Peter and I recorded this interview shortly before the highly successful premiere of his newest work, Balance of Power, upon which we touched in our discussion:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/lang-lang-kennedy-center-nso-concert/2021/09/19/5e146496-1945-11ec-8380-5fbadbc43ef8_story.html

 

Peter and I crossed paths in conservatory at the Hartt School in Connecticut when we were students. He has gone from there to become one of the most frequently performed American orchestral composers of his generation. His works have received over 500 public performances by nearly 200 orchestras, and thousands of broadcasts by classical radio stations around the United States and abroad. He has conducted recordings of his music with three of the world’s finest orchestras: the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He has received commissions from several of the most esteemed American institutions and ensembles, including the Kennedy Center for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, and “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Other orchestras which have performed his music include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Nashville Symphony, and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

We talk about how he got started writing 'classical' music and he shares some of the human side of his journey with orchestral music.  I know you'll be enriched by our discussion.

You can learn more about him and his work at https://propulsivemusic.com 

- Photo of Peter Boyer courtesy of Danika Singfield.