Peter Skoggard is a composer and poet living in Elora, Ontario. He has written chamber works, chamber operas, one musical, works for voice and piano, and choir, works performed in Elora, at the Guelph Spring Festival and River Run Centre, in Toronto at the Glenn Gould Studio, Cleveland, and New York. His song cycles have set words and poetry, of John Donne, William Blake, Guillaume Apollinaire Maragaret Atwood, Thomas King, kateri akiwense-damm, R.A.D. Ford, Billy Collins, Jerry Prager, and Asa Boxer. He has set the Latin Mass for soloists, choir, and organ. One opera is based on a 14th Century Japanese Noh Drama. The other is based on the life of Teresa Stratas. He has written Roma: a piano quintet in seven movements. Performers of his works include Bridget Hogan, Marion Samuel-Stevens, Kathy Domeny, Robert Missen, Tilly Kooyman, Cecile Denis, Christopher Burton, Irene Gregorio, Alexander Sevastian, Tony Quarington, Mino Ode Kwewak N’gamowak, David Earle, the Guelph Youth Singers, Via Salzburg, and the Penderecki String Quartet. _____________________________ Internet links: Bayt Lahm: A Dramaric Oratorio (2004) for eight soloists, children's choir, adult choir, oboe, clarinet, banjo, accordion, cello, and drums. Poetry from The Poetry of Arab Women, Nathalie Handal, editor, and poetry of R.A.D. Ford •Act One (1 hour) •Act Two (1 hour) The Tree of Inspiration: painting and music inspired by poetry of Asa Boxer •Documentary •Concert •Preview of La Voix Perdue chamber opera based on the life of Theresa Stratas •Roma: Piano Quintet second and third movements
Compositeur et poète domicilié à Elora, en Ontario, Peter Skoggard a écrit des partitions instrumentales et des opéras de chambre, une comédie musicale, des pièces pour voix et piano et des œuvres chorales, qui ont été interprétées à Elora, au festival de printemps et au River Run Centre de Guelph, au studio Glenn-Gould de Toronto, à Cleveland et à New York. Ses cycles de mélodies reposent sur des textes et des poèmes de John Donne, de William Blake, de Guillaume Apollinaire, de Margaret Atwood, de Thomas King, de Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, de R.A.D. Ford, de Billy Collins, de Jerry Prager et d’Asa Boxer. Il a aussi mis en musique l’ordinaire de la messe en latin pour solistes, chœur et orgue. Un de ses opéras reprend un drame nô japonais du 14e siècle, alors qu’un autre raconte la vie de Teresa Stratas. Peter Skoggard a également écrit Roma, un quintette avec piano en sept mouvements. Les interprètes de ses compositions comprennent notamment Bridget Hogan, Marion Samuel-Stevens, Kathy Domeny, Robert Missen, Tilly Kooyman, Cecile Denis, Christopher Burton, Irene Gregorio, Alexander Sevastian, Tony Quarington, Mino Ode Kwewak N’gamowak, David Earle, les Guelph Youth Singers, Via Salzburg et le Quatuor à cordes Penderecki.
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