I am a full time composer, electronic musician and pianist based in Los Angeles. I write and produce music for film and TV, as well as for chamber groups, theater and more.
I create remixes for bands, giving them new audiences and different sound. I produce and co-write songs with emerging artists, making their voices come through stronger with creative and forward thinking production and well informed musicianship, with a doctorate in piano performance and composition. I write acoustic music for theater, mixed ensembles, dance and films, and create music for film makers and TV producers.
My turnaround time on pieces is fast and my rates for custom compositions, remixes and advertising content is reasonable. If you have a project and need music for it in a specific style don't hesitate to contact me.
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“ (Peter John’s solo cello piece “from the zodiac”) is full of assertive and expressive music that elicited real enthusiasm from the audience.”
Biography
I’m a classically trained pianist and composer with a Masters from Cleveland Institute of Music and a DMA in Piano and Composition from the University of Minnesota who is passionate about the future of music.
My music has been used by major brands such as Nike, Vogue, Ralph Lauren, Samsung, Safeway, The Onion; in trailers for Chucky and The Prom; in TV shows such as Project Runway, Dr. Death, Northern Exposure, Claws, Dead Silent, The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, MLB, and NASCAR among others.
As a songwriter and producer I’ve worked with artists such as multi Grammy winning producer of “The Fugees” Jerry Wonda, Son Lux, Dan Richards from One Direction, Lissie, Transviolet, L’FREAQ, Danny Burke and many others.
As a composer, my Solo Cello Piece was premiered by Cicely Parnas in The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and received a great review in The Washington Post. He said that “the outer movements were full of assertive and expressive music and elicited real enthusiasm from the audience.” This piece, “from the zodiac” was again performed in Lincoln Center at Merkin Hall as well as in the Gardner Museum in Boston among other concerts across the US.
Collaborating with composer Jocelyn Hagen, our work Hummingbird for choir and electronics was premiered by the North Dakota Concert Choir, performed across the country and published by Graphite Publishing. In 2018, I collaborated with James Sewell Ballet creating a piece for Ballet Dancers and a system using an infrared controller that allowed the dancers to control the music live entitled “The Spaces Between Us”. I’ve written for multiple mixed and large ensembles and love making new music for new audiences.
As a pianist, I’ve won numerous competitions and awards and been finalist in international piano competitions, played internationally in Germany, Spain, Japan and performed Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Belarus among others. Recent performances have been in the Target Atrium in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, MN and the ICDA summer symposium. I’m an avid proponent of playing the “new canon” of classical music that is being written today, as well as shaping what that might be. I’ve given concerts solely of free improvisations and collaborated with oil painters as well as mixed chamber ensembles, from string quartets to jazz trios.