Jonathan Peters is an award-winning composer who has worked in the music business for 20 years as teacher, director, composer, and recording artist. He holds a B.A. in liberal arts from Thomas Aquinas College and continued his graduate work at California State University Northridge where he studied advanced composition, theory, orchestration, and film scoring.
Composer and Recording Artist
Mr. Peters has completed over 40 works including 2 full length operas, a symphony, orchestral works, chamber music, choral pieces, and works for solo piano. His pieces have won many awards and recognitions including 1st place in the 1996 Composers Today Contest. He has professionally recorded and produced 6 CDs. His music has been performed both in the United States and Europe, is heard on the radio, and sells in over 50 stores world-wide. He is also the author of the "Scholastic Music Series" a collection of educational CDs that use music as a tool to teach various academic subjects. The series has received starred reviews from School Library Journal and are carried in libraries throughout the country.
Teacher and Director
Over the past 20 years Mr. Peters has given lessons in piano, composition, orchestration and music theory. He has worked with various orchestras, has been a guest conductor with the Cypress Pops Orchestra and has also directed various choirs in southern California.
The complete list of works by composer Jonathan Peters
PIANOPro Catirina Gratia (1989)Prelude in G minor (1989)Choral (1989)Chaconne in A minor (1990)Waltz in G minor (1990)Nocturne in A Major (1992)Winter (1992)Infinite Sorrow (1999)The One Movement Sonata (1999)Thread of a Setting Star (1999)Vision of a Soul (2000)Ravel Shadow (2000)Numerus Numerorum Ludorum (2000)The Next Sound You Hear (2000)Flirtatious Escapade of the Heart (2001) CHAMBERString Quartet No. 1 (1990 – two violins, viola, cello)Trio in B flat major (1991 – violin, cello, piano)Lament (1999 – violin, piano)3 Fragments in 2 (2000 – flute, violin, piano)String Quartet No. 2 "Melancholy" (2001 – two violins, viola, cello)Sonata (2004 – flute, piano)Serenade for Strings "Life" (2004 – string orchestra)Piano Quintet "The Four Temperaments" (in progress - piano, 2 violins, viola, cello) ORCHESTRALSerenade (1992 - violin, orchestra)6 Sketches for Orchestra (2001)Don Quixote in America (2003)Symphony No.1 “Journey of the Ring” (2005)The Constellations - a guide to the orchestra (2008)Painting through Music – an introduction to the visual arts (2010) OPERAThe Sire de Maletroit’s Door (1994 - Opera in two acts)Tears of Blood (1998 – Opera in three acts) SACREDAve Maria (1993 – baritone, piano)Mass in G (1999 – SATB)Seeking Solace (2001 – SATB)Above All Praise (2002 – SATB)O Jesus Remember (2003 – SATB)Thou Shalt Surely Forget Thy Trouble (2008 – SATB)Shepherd's Song at Christmas (2009 – SATB) OTHER VOCALWhen I Look into Your Eyes (1993 – baritone, piano)Unrequited Love (1997 – alto, piano)Un Beni Cadeau (1999 – tenor, piano)You (1999 – tenor, piano)Death (2001 – soprano, piano) SOLO + DUETSong (2000 – flute)The Tale of Two Ages (2001 – two ocarinas)