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Peter Stopschinski

Peter Stopschinski is seated in this picture and has been a performer, composer, teacher, and producer in Austin, TX for the past 13 years. Peter has a B.A. in Composition from the University of Texas where he studied Music Theory, Piano, and Music Composition.

After completing his undergraduate studies, Peter went on tour with the experimental punk rock band Brown Whornet playing gigs in most of the United States and releasing 6 albums. Currently Brown Whornet is releasing “BROWNLOADS” a series of new recordings available through their website every month for free — www.brownwhornet.com. In 1999 Peter joined forces with Golden Arm Trio bandleader Graham Reynolds to form the Golden Hornet Project, an organization dedicated to the composition and performance of newly composed music for any instrumentation from solos to rock band to symphony orchestra. Through Golden Hornet Project, Peter has composed and had performed 5 symphonies, a Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, 5 multi-movement String Quartets (some of which include drum machine and/or electronics), and many other works for percussion ensemble, chorus, brass quintet, piano, etc. Golden Hornet Project won the Austin Critic’s Table Award in 2004 for the premier of Peter’s 3rd symphony as well as earning a listing in Rolling Stone’s “Top 10 Under The Radar (bands you probably don’t know about but should) 2003.” He is the resident composer (since 2003) at the Austin Waldorf School where he has composed many works for Boys Chorus, Girls Chorus, Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra and a large scale cantata based on text by Ralph Waldo Emerson entitled “The Darkest Things Sing” for large orchestra, chorus, soloists, and children’s chorus for the dedication of their performing arts center (2004). He is currently working on a commission for a 2-hour musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities for The Austin Waldorf School due for production in 2009. Peter has composed scores for Spank Dance Co., Ariel Dance Theater, Rude Mechanicals Theatre Collective, Salvage Vanguard Theater Company, Texas Viola Society, Viola By Choice, and the Austin Chamber Music Center. He received an Austin Critics Table nomination for “Best Composition” in 2005 for his 5th Symphony. Currently Peter is at work on the score for an untitled play about Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace for Salvage Vanguard Theater due for production in 2008. Peter has also composed film scores for the silent classics Nosferatu (1922), The Lost World (1925), Metropolis (1927), The Gold Rush (1925), The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Haxan (Witchcraft Through The Ages) (1922), Faust (1926), as well as many short films including Chickenfut (Winner Best Short Saleno Fear Fest 2007, Official Selection San Francisco Short Film Festival, Official Selection New York Horror Film Festival). Peter teaches Music Theory and Composition at the Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin Waldorf School, and privately.

Filed by Peter at July 7th, 2008 under Uncategorized