Tom Peters

TOM PETERS, double bass soloist, is known for his interpretations of contemporary music. He takes a special interest in music for double bass and electronics. His concerts have been broadcast over Nordwest Radio in Germany. He has premiered solo works for the bass by composers such as Mary Lou Newmark, Alex Shapiro, Richard Derby, and Robin Cox. Tom is a member of GRAMMY-winning Southwest Chamber Music, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and Ensemble Green. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and studied with James VanDemark, Warren Benfield, and Jeff Bradetich. He has championed the mind-boggling difficulty of John Cage’s 26’ 1.1499” for String Player and is featured in a series of solo recitals in Pasadena’s Branson Theater at Boston Court.My Rep List:Current program:Mario La Vista--Dusk--(8') Klaus Huber--Ein Hauch von Unzeit VII--(10') Hans Werner Henze--S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207 Michel Zbar--Night Music for Lovecraft (with piano)--(6') Sofia Gubaidulina--Sonata (with piano)--(12') Joan Huang--Four Madrigals for Li Bai (with piano)--(12') Vinko Globokar--Dialog uber Feuer--(15')Computer music programKaija Saariaho--Folia--(15') Mary Lou Newmark--Identity Matrix--(10') Mary Lou Newmark--Forgotten and the Free (with electric violin)--(12') Eckart Beinke--Bruchstucke--(15') Cort Lippe--Music for Contrabass & Computer--(20') Anne LeBaron--Inner Voice--(12')Cage/Wolff/Feldman program:John Cage--26'1.1499" for a String Player John Cage--Ryoanji (variable duration) Christian Wolff--Look She Said--(20') Christian Wolff--Prose Pieces--(20') Christian Wolff--String Bass Exercise out of "Bandierra Rossa"--(20') Morton Feldman--Projection IMisc. pieces:Jacob Druckman--Valentine (12') Chinary Ung--Gliding Wind (13') Chinary Ung--Grand Alap (with percussion)--(15') Steven L. Mosko--Darling (20') Sir Peter Maxwell Davies--Lux in Tenebris--(5') Frank Proto--Sonata 1963 (with piano)--(20') Jon Deak--B.B. Wolf--(10') Hanne Darboven--Wunschkonzert Op. 17a/b & Op. 18 a/b (4 pieces--70' each) Karlheinz Stockhausen--Spiral (35' - 240') Richard Derby--Memorial for the Victims of 9/11--(12') Otto Luening--Sonata--(10') Ben Johnston--Alap--(5') Ben Johnston--Progression--(8')Pieces under construction: Toshi Ichiyanagi--Stanzas--(20'--available after January) Toshi Ichiyanagi--Generation of Spaces--(15'--available after January) Yannis Xenakis--Theraps--(15') Franko Donatoni--Lem--(15')