About Mark
“…bucolic…the piece churned…”
The New York Times “Petering’s work is built of interesting textures and gradually developed ideas…a compelling rhythmic energy runs throughout, binding unique sections into a fascinating, unified whole.” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “…contemporary Americana…a friendly, warm and earnest temperment.” Shepherd Express “Petering is clever and vivid…a skilled orchestrator…These pieces reveal Petering’s fluent sense of melody…programmatic, even pictorial.” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel |
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As composer and teacher, Mark Petering is a passionate advocate for new music. Many of his compositions celebrate the natural world as well as the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures as reflected in his multicultural family. His free downloads, Solos and Duos Vol. 1 & 2, have received over 25,000 hits on imslp.org and his pedagogical materials are also popular online, including his YouTube guides highlighting the history of orchestration and modern period chamber music literature featuring full score and audio streaming.
Mark has received numerous awards from organizations such as ASCAP, SCI, and the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. He is the winner of the Swan Composer Prize for wind ensemble and winner of the Music Festival of the Hamptons Composition Competition for orchestra. The premiere of his Hamptons’ work Train & Tower after Sibelius for Orchestra, Tape and Live Train made music history as Lukas Foss, the composer, and the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra coordinated the performance with a moving Long Island Rail Road locomotive controlled by the composer. The event was covered by the BBC, NPR, and The New York Times. The work was named a Top 10 All-Time musical composition in Gramophone Magazine for orchestral works evoking railways with Petering at #8 and Berlioz at #9 in the October 2008 edition.
Additionally, his Concerto for Clarinet and Strings ("Three Psalms") was awarded an honorable mention in the American Prize Competition and his Lament for Tuba and Orchestra for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Tubist Aubrey Foard was premiered by the Charlotte Symphony led by Christopher Warren-Green, conductor for British Royal Family events. The Lament serves as the first movement of his Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra which was premiered in its entirety by the US Army Orchestra February 7, 2020 at Brucker Hall across from Arlington National Cemetery at Fort Myer, VA, featuring Mr. Foard.
Mark’s work has been performed by the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra; the Buffalo Philharmonic; the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra; and the Seattle Philharmonic; and recorded by the Czech National Symphony for Albany Records; and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra New Music Ensemble and the Fifth House Ensemble for Zebrina Records. His work is also recorded by Frank Almond, Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony and owner of the famous stolen/recovered Stradivarius violin; Jason DePue, First Violin Section of the Philadelphia Orchestra; and internationally-acclaimed Russian accordionist Stas Venglevski.
His electronic music has been performed in the United States, Europe and Russia and is available on the Capstone and Zebrina Records labels. An early advocate and participant in the 60 x 60 series, he was recently accepted into the 2020 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival for his Max/MSP work Shortcut to the Moon.
Mark is also the recipient of numerous commissions from organizations and performers including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Washington Island Music Festival, Bowing Rogue featuring Ilana Setapen and Margot Schwartz, Jason DePue and Baltimore Symphony Tubist Aubrey Foard (Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra). Additionally Seth Boustead has featured Petering's work on WFMT. An alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival and School, he has studied with George Tsontakis.
Currently, Mark is Professor of Music at Carthage College, one hour north of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in composition at the University of Minnesota where he studied with Judith Lang Zaimont. He has also studied with Wallace DePue, Marilyn Shrude, Burton Beerman, Maurice Monhardt, John Downey and Marion Verhaalen. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, painting (watercolor or acrylic) and lithography, as well as swimming and tai chi.
Please search "Mark Petering" on imslp.org as well as iTunes, Google Play, Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal.
Mark has received numerous awards from organizations such as ASCAP, SCI, and the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. He is the winner of the Swan Composer Prize for wind ensemble and winner of the Music Festival of the Hamptons Composition Competition for orchestra. The premiere of his Hamptons’ work Train & Tower after Sibelius for Orchestra, Tape and Live Train made music history as Lukas Foss, the composer, and the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra coordinated the performance with a moving Long Island Rail Road locomotive controlled by the composer. The event was covered by the BBC, NPR, and The New York Times. The work was named a Top 10 All-Time musical composition in Gramophone Magazine for orchestral works evoking railways with Petering at #8 and Berlioz at #9 in the October 2008 edition.
Additionally, his Concerto for Clarinet and Strings ("Three Psalms") was awarded an honorable mention in the American Prize Competition and his Lament for Tuba and Orchestra for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Tubist Aubrey Foard was premiered by the Charlotte Symphony led by Christopher Warren-Green, conductor for British Royal Family events. The Lament serves as the first movement of his Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra which was premiered in its entirety by the US Army Orchestra February 7, 2020 at Brucker Hall across from Arlington National Cemetery at Fort Myer, VA, featuring Mr. Foard.
Mark’s work has been performed by the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra; the Buffalo Philharmonic; the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra; and the Seattle Philharmonic; and recorded by the Czech National Symphony for Albany Records; and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra New Music Ensemble and the Fifth House Ensemble for Zebrina Records. His work is also recorded by Frank Almond, Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony and owner of the famous stolen/recovered Stradivarius violin; Jason DePue, First Violin Section of the Philadelphia Orchestra; and internationally-acclaimed Russian accordionist Stas Venglevski.
His electronic music has been performed in the United States, Europe and Russia and is available on the Capstone and Zebrina Records labels. An early advocate and participant in the 60 x 60 series, he was recently accepted into the 2020 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival for his Max/MSP work Shortcut to the Moon.
Mark is also the recipient of numerous commissions from organizations and performers including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Washington Island Music Festival, Bowing Rogue featuring Ilana Setapen and Margot Schwartz, Jason DePue and Baltimore Symphony Tubist Aubrey Foard (Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra). Additionally Seth Boustead has featured Petering's work on WFMT. An alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival and School, he has studied with George Tsontakis.
Currently, Mark is Professor of Music at Carthage College, one hour north of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in composition at the University of Minnesota where he studied with Judith Lang Zaimont. He has also studied with Wallace DePue, Marilyn Shrude, Burton Beerman, Maurice Monhardt, John Downey and Marion Verhaalen. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, painting (watercolor or acrylic) and lithography, as well as swimming and tai chi.
Please search "Mark Petering" on imslp.org as well as iTunes, Google Play, Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal.