{{Short description|Canadian composer}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} '''Randolph Peters''' (born 28 December 1959) is a Canadian composer<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=dkI9AQAAIAAJ Musicworks]''. Vol. Issues 61–66. Music Gallery.; 1995. p. 52.</ref> 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;<ref name=cmm>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=pUM9AQAAIAAJ Classical Music Magazine]''. Vol. 21. Music Magazine; 1998. p. 5–6.</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jMk4AQAAIAAJ Musicworks]''. Vol. Issues 82–84. Music Gallery; 2002. p. 53.</ref> he also served as the director of that symphony's annual New Music Festival.<ref name=sonneck>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RiUKAQAAMAAJ The Sonneck Society Bulletin]''. Vol. 25-26. The Society; 1999. p. 34.</ref>
Peters composed several operas for the Canadian Opera Company,<ref name=cmm /> of which the most successful was ''The Golden Ass'', which was created with novelist Robertson Davies shortly before Davies' death.<ref name="Harewood1999">George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-yYKAQAAMAAJ Opera]''. Vol. 50, Issues 7–12. Rolls House Publishing Company; 1999. p. 768.</ref><ref name=sonneck /> After Davies' death, COC director Richard Bradshaw worked with Peters to finalize the opera.<ref name=ARG>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=fFjpveEODGIC The American Record Guide]''. Vol. 44. American Record Guide; 1999. p. 40.</ref><ref name="SchabasMansouri2013">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QwBVAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT2408 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. {{ISBN|978-1-4597-2401-3}}. p. 2408.</ref> The opera premiered in Toronto at the Hummingbird Centre in April, 1999.<ref name=ARG />
==Selected works== * ''Meditation and celebration'' (1985) * ''Dreaming-tracks'' '': 1991'' (1991) * ''Crime wave'' (1985)<ref name="Ball2014">Jonathan Ball. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=gUeWAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 John Paizs's Crime Wave]''. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 5 February 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-4426-7000-6}}. p. 144.</ref> * ''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== {{Reflist}} *[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/randolph-peters-emc "Randolph Peters"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''.
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0676638}} *https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37612 on Canadian Music Centre *https://www.composers21.com/compdocs/petersr.htm on The Living Composers Project
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