Recent News
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Back home to Austin in August
I'm looking forward to playing all my favorite gigs again -- the Trio, Elias, Tameca, and Gabriel.
More than the gigs, however, I'll be nose-to-the-grindstone working on my pilot study to finish out my comprehensive exams at UT.
I'll post more about it once it's an honest-to-goodness draft. The topic is expertise in teaching jazz, and the results may just turn out to be important for how we "jazz educators" approach teaching.
More than the gigs, however, I'll be nose-to-the-grindstone working on my pilot study to finish out my comprehensive exams at UT.
I'll post more about it once it's an honest-to-goodness draft. The topic is expertise in teaching jazz, and the results may just turn out to be important for how we "jazz educators" approach teaching.
Teaching at the Stanford Jazz Workshop
It was a great week -- went by in a flash. I hope to return next summer. Maybe for two weeks? We'll see. I love the students, the faculty, the administration, the mission... SJW is a great program and I'm honored to be able to be involved again and again.
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Back to Boston in July
I had a blast with the incomparable rhythm section of Rakalam Bob Moses on drums and John Lockwood on bass.
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I also played at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival with my dad and Mika Yoshida on July 18th. What an amazing new concert hall!
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I also played at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival with my dad and Mika Yoshida on July 18th. What an amazing new concert hall!
1st prize at the 2010 Kathleen T. and Philip B. Phillips, M.D. Jazz Piano Competition
All 5 pianists were fantastic: Emmet Cohen (Miami), Chris Pattishal (William Patterson), Roberto Verastagui (UNT),
and Jeremy Siskind (Columbia)
I am honored and grateful to win the competition this year. I receive it humbly, knowing any one of us could have been the winner.
I am grateful to the audience for forgiving my imperfections and receiving/perceiving my intentions.
Thank you for the Audience Favorite award!!
And a huge thank you to Jeff Hellmer, my professor at UT, and all my former teachers, namely Joanne Brackeen and Charlie Banacos.
I dedicate everything to you, Charlie. Rest in Peace and Love.
and Jeremy Siskind (Columbia)
I am honored and grateful to win the competition this year. I receive it humbly, knowing any one of us could have been the winner.
I am grateful to the audience for forgiving my imperfections and receiving/perceiving my intentions.
Thank you for the Audience Favorite award!!
And a huge thank you to Jeff Hellmer, my professor at UT, and all my former teachers, namely Joanne Brackeen and Charlie Banacos.
I dedicate everything to you, Charlie. Rest in Peace and Love.
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BIOGRAPHY
"a monster jazz piano player" (the late Jack Elliot, music director of the Mancini Institute)
"a marvelous pianist" (Timothy Gilligan, New York Concert Review)
"exhilarating and bouyant...his style encompasses all manner of creative takes" (the Royal Gazette, Bermuda)
Recent highlights include touring Japan and recording with drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Eddie Gomez and marimba virtuoso Mika Yoshida. Peter has two releases on Blue Canoe Records - with the jazz quintet, The New Five (2009), and the Ron Westray/Thomas Heflin project (2010). Peter has independently released a 3-CD package of all original music (a finalist for the 2005 Independent Music Awards), a solo piano CD and a CD of piano and clarinet repertoire with his father, Richard Stoltzman. His new trio record, “Walk the Path,” was released in October, 2009, to rave reviews in Austin.
Peter has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and concert halls around the globe, with luminaries such as Alex Acuna, Kazumi Watanabe, and Yosvanny Terry. Peter and his father have been featured on WNYC, Sirius Satellite Radio, NPR, and CBS Sunday Morning. Peter’s piano playing and arrangements also are featured on his father’s BMG Japan releases, “Bach Fantasies and Variations” and “Lamento,” and published in the Richard Stoltzman Songbook (Carl Fischer, 2002).
A student of Joanne Brackeen, Charlie Banacos and Bob Brookmeyer (and many others), Peter graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Performance from Berklee College of Music in 1999. After Berklee, Peter lived in New York City, where he recorded and performed with an eclectic variety of artists including drummer Deantoni Parks and Kudu, rapper Jah Dan and Noble Society, guitarist John Shannon and Waking Vision, and the American Music Award-winning funk band The Bomb Squad.
As a teacher, Peter has been a regular on the faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop since 1997. He has developed after-school programs to teach music fundamentals and improvisation to children, and led Young Audiences programs with his world music group, Samadhi. In 2009, Peter led the music component of Austin's Leadership Enrichment through the Arts Program. Peter has given jazz masterclasses around the country and on tour in Italy and Japan, and continues to teach private lessons in jazz and contemporary styles of performance and composition.
In 2004, Peter earned his Master’s Degree in Jazz Composition with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance, along with a Concentration in Music in Education from New England Conservatory. Now residing in Austin with his wife Gray and son Nathaniel, Peter is pursuing a doctoral degree in Music and Human Learning from the University of Texas. In 2010, Peter won first prize in the Philips Jazz Piano Competition. Peter can be heard playing in Austin, TX at the Elephant Room jazz club with established stars, young lions, and his own Trio.
Peter on MYSPACE
The Trio on MYSPACE
Peter on iLike
Peter on FACEBOOK
"a monster jazz piano player" (the late Jack Elliot, music director of the Mancini Institute)
"a marvelous pianist" (Timothy Gilligan, New York Concert Review)
"exhilarating and bouyant...his style encompasses all manner of creative takes" (the Royal Gazette, Bermuda)
Recent highlights include touring Japan and recording with drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Eddie Gomez and marimba virtuoso Mika Yoshida. Peter has two releases on Blue Canoe Records - with the jazz quintet, The New Five (2009), and the Ron Westray/Thomas Heflin project (2010). Peter has independently released a 3-CD package of all original music (a finalist for the 2005 Independent Music Awards), a solo piano CD and a CD of piano and clarinet repertoire with his father, Richard Stoltzman. His new trio record, “Walk the Path,” was released in October, 2009, to rave reviews in Austin.
Peter has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and concert halls around the globe, with luminaries such as Alex Acuna, Kazumi Watanabe, and Yosvanny Terry. Peter and his father have been featured on WNYC, Sirius Satellite Radio, NPR, and CBS Sunday Morning. Peter’s piano playing and arrangements also are featured on his father’s BMG Japan releases, “Bach Fantasies and Variations” and “Lamento,” and published in the Richard Stoltzman Songbook (Carl Fischer, 2002).
A student of Joanne Brackeen, Charlie Banacos and Bob Brookmeyer (and many others), Peter graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Performance from Berklee College of Music in 1999. After Berklee, Peter lived in New York City, where he recorded and performed with an eclectic variety of artists including drummer Deantoni Parks and Kudu, rapper Jah Dan and Noble Society, guitarist John Shannon and Waking Vision, and the American Music Award-winning funk band The Bomb Squad.
As a teacher, Peter has been a regular on the faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop since 1997. He has developed after-school programs to teach music fundamentals and improvisation to children, and led Young Audiences programs with his world music group, Samadhi. In 2009, Peter led the music component of Austin's Leadership Enrichment through the Arts Program. Peter has given jazz masterclasses around the country and on tour in Italy and Japan, and continues to teach private lessons in jazz and contemporary styles of performance and composition.
In 2004, Peter earned his Master’s Degree in Jazz Composition with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance, along with a Concentration in Music in Education from New England Conservatory. Now residing in Austin with his wife Gray and son Nathaniel, Peter is pursuing a doctoral degree in Music and Human Learning from the University of Texas. In 2010, Peter won first prize in the Philips Jazz Piano Competition. Peter can be heard playing in Austin, TX at the Elephant Room jazz club with established stars, young lions, and his own Trio.
Peter on MYSPACE
The Trio on MYSPACE
Peter on iLike
Peter on FACEBOOK
CONTACT
UPCOMING EVENTS
August in Austin
PJS Trio
@ the Elephant Room
Sunday, Aug. 1st
9:30pm
Elias Haslanger
@ the Elephant Room
Friday, Aug. 13th
9:30pm
Gabriel Santiago
@ the Elephant Room
Saturday, Aug. 21st
9:30pm
Tameca Jones
@ the Elephant Room
Saturday, Aug. 28th
9:30pm
PJS Trio
@ the Elephant Room
Sunday, Aug. 1st
9:30pm
Elias Haslanger
@ the Elephant Room
Friday, Aug. 13th
9:30pm
Gabriel Santiago
@ the Elephant Room
Saturday, Aug. 21st
9:30pm
Tameca Jones
@ the Elephant Room
Saturday, Aug. 28th
9:30pm