Peter Kramer

Peter Kramer was born in Portland, Oregon where he studied composition, piano and violin with Dr. Marshall Tuttle at Mount Hood Community College. He graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory with a double major in Composition and Harpsichord Performance, and recently graduated from the at the CUNY Graduate Center with a PhD in Music Composition. His principal teachers include Lewis Nielson, Jason Eckardt, Suzanne Farrin and Webb William Wiggins. Additionally, Peter has been mentored by composers Eric Wubbels, Josh Levine, and Daniel Tacke.

Peter was recently awarded the Kanter Prize (2020) by the Mivos Quartet for his work Three Fragments, and is also the recipient of the Walter E. Aschaffenburg Prize in Composition, the Earl L. Russel Award in Historical Performance, and the Shansi Prize for his choral composition AMA from Oberlin Conservatory. He has taught music courses at Baruch College, Born Star Training Program NYC, The Hoffman Center for The Arts, and at Circle Circle Arts. Peter is the featured composer and performer, alongside violinist Pala Garcia, on a forthcoming portrait album of violin and piano works projected for release on New Focus Recordings in Spring 2022. Their project is the recipient of a 2021 recording grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.