Peter Boyer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Boyer
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Feb 10, 1970(1970-02-10)
Age	54
Birthplace	Providence
Country	United States
Birth City	Rhode Island
Horoscope	Aquarius

Peter Boyer Biography

Peter Boyer is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on February 10, 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Peter Boyer (born February 10 1970, in Providence, Rhode Island) is a famous American conductor, composer orchestrator, professor, and composer of music. The most popular of his works are his orchestral compositions, which have been performed more than 500 times and over 200 orchestras.

The year 2003 saw Boyer directed London’s Philharmonia Orchestra on an album of his composition Ellis Island: The Dream of America Later, he collaborated with a distinguished group of actors from New York City to complete this recording project. It was released through Naxos Records. Naxos record label. The recording was awarded the Grammy Award nomination for Best Classical Contemporary Composition at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006). Ellis Island has become Boyer’s most well-known composition, featuring more than 200 performances performed by over 100 orchestras. It has also received a lot of praise: “Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island: The Dream of America is a work of rare authenticity and directness.”

Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya appointed Boyer as the Composer-in-Residence for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for the 2010–11 season. Conductor Gerard Schwarz commissioned Boyer to compose Festivities in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Eastern Music Festival in 2011. Boyer was appointed as the 2012-13 Composer-in-Residence for the Pasadena Symphony, which commissioned his Symphony No. 1; he conducted the premiere of that work on April 27, 2013. In June 2013, Boyer conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios for his third recording, including his Symphony No. 1 and four other works. Naxos released this recording in 2014 to positive reviews: “Boyer writes in a fluent, powerful style that fuses conservative American currents with Hollywood-ish size and populist sentiment.”

In June 2015, Boyer’s Silver Fanfare was chosen to open the Hollywood Bowl season, in a performance by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins, on a gala concert that featured the rock band Journey. In January 2016, the Pacific Symphony announced that Boyer’s Ellis Island would be the centerpiece of its annual American Composers Festival in 2017. In March 2017, Pacific Symphony announced that their performances of Boyer’s Ellis Island would be filmed for PBS’ highly prestigious Great Performances series, to be broadcast in the 2017-18 season. These Ellis Island performances received critical acclaim in the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register, which stated, “Boyer writes in an accessible style… which at its best is warm, attractive, emotionally persuasive and expertly crafted.” The PBS Great Performances national television debut of Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony took place on June 29, 2018.

Boyer has been awarded a variety of important orders in recognition of his works. The many orchestras who have performed his compositions include his orchestras: the Boston Pops Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Des Moines Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Pasadena Symphony as well as Bamberg Symphony. in 2001, Boyer directed his orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in his debut commercial album. When the album was released, Boyer became one of the youngest composers to release an entire album of orchestral compositions recorded by an orchestra of world class and released by an international label (Koch). The recording was widely broadcast and was praised: “Peter Boyer makes a most impressive debut on disc as composer and conductor of his own music. At its finest, his music is attractive, finely crafted with a genuine humanity, refreshing for being non-didactic in these times of preachy self-importance.”

Peter Boyer Net Worth

Peter Boyer is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Boyer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Boyer earned an undergraduate degree in the field of arts and sciences at Rhode Island College. When he was a student, USA TODAY newspaper named Boyer to its inaugural All-USA College Academic Team (1990) comprised out of “the 20 best and brightest” college students from the United States, and he was awarded the Young American Award. He graduated with a Masters of Music as well as Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Hartt School of the University of Hartford, where he was a composition student alongside Larry Alan Smith and Robert Carl and conducted in the direction of Harold Farberman. Boyer was then able to study privately in the studio of the composer John Corigliano in New York prior to moving in Los Angeles to attend the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at the USC Thornton School of Music. In the Thornton School of Music, Boyer was able to study with composers like Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin, Buddy Baker and Christopher Young. After completing the course in 1996 Boyer received a position on the faculty at Claremont Graduate University, and in 1999, he was named as the very first recipient of the Helen M. Smith Chair in Music. The year 2003 was the time that Boyer founded the company that publishes music, Propulsive Music.

Boyer’s distinctions consist of the two BMI Student Composer Awards (1994 and 1996) and The First Music Carnegie Hall commission of the New York Youth Symphony (1997) and The Ithaca College Heckscher Prize in composition (2002) and The Alumnus of the Year Award from The Hartt School (2002) and the honorary Doctor of Music degree from Rhode Island College (2004) and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra Composer’s Award (2010). In February of 2019 The Ellis Island Honors Society named Boyer as a winner of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for 2019. Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

In February 2010, the Boston Pops Orchestra and Conductor Keith Lockhart announced that they had commissioned Boyer to compose a work entitled The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, celebrating the legacy of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy as the centerpiece of the orchestra’s 125th anniversary season. In April 2010, the Boston Pops announced the participation of Hollywood actors Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris as the narrators for Boyer’s work. The Dream Lives On was premiered at Boston’s Symphony Hall on May 18, 2010. The event received extensive media attention, was attended by many members of the Kennedy family, and was recorded and telecast on Boston’s WCVB-TV. The Boston Globe wrote: “Boyer’s work accomplishes the goals… of amplifying the texts by these three American icons. His writing draws from the traditions of Williams-esque Hollywood film scores, Broadway musicals, and American neo-Romanticism.”

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Top Facts about Peter Boyer

1. Peter Boyer is an American classical composer.
2. He was born in 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island.
3. Boyer has composed for major orchestras and ensembles worldwide.
4. His works have been performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall.
5. Boyer’s music often incorporates elements of Americana and film scores.
6. He has received numerous awards and honors for his compositions.
7. Boyer is a professor of music composition at Claremont Graduate University.
8. His notable works include “Ellis Island: The Dream of America” and “The New Colossus.”
9. Boyer’s music has been featured on several television shows and films.
10. He frequently collaborates with renowned conductors and musicians in the industry.