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Photo: Matt Samolis PETER H. BLOOM is a distinguished soloist and ensemble flutist whose career encompasses a wide range of chamber music from period-instrument performances to premieres of new music. He is also a noted jazz artist. Mr. Bloom was a winner of the Noah Greenberg Award of the American Musicological Society for his work in 19th century American music. He tours internationally and appears on 30 CDs with distribution throughout North America, Europe and Asia. "a
revelation for unforced sweetness and strength" ~ The Boston
Globe PERFORMANCES: Among his many recitals and ensemble concerts, Mr. Bloom has performed for The New York Flute Club, the U.S. Embassy in Thailand, American Musical Instrument Society, National Flute Association, Mahidol University College of Music (Salaya, Thailand), Metropolitan Museum, Flute Society of Philadelphia, National Gallery (Washington DC), Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival, Lake George Jazz Weekend, Autumn Uprising Festival of New & Improvised Music, Royal Shakespeare Company's residency at Davidson College, Princeton University, Yale University, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, the Regent's School in Bangkok, and American University Alumni (Chiang Mai, Thailand). He has performed with noted ensembles including Aston Magna Festival Orchestra, Ensemble Chaconne, Olmsted Ensemble, the duo "2" with pianist/harpist Mary Jane Rupert, C&B Jazz Duo, FiLmprov (improvisation to animated films) and the internationally acclaimed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (37th season), and has appeared at celebrated venues including Spivey Hall, Jordan Hall, Edison Theatre in St. Louis, Mechanics Hall, Berklee Performance Center, All Saints Church (Beverly Hills), St Peters Lutheran Church (NYC), and the Goethe Institute in Bangkok. (top) NEW MUSIC PREMIERES: Mr. Bloom has given premiere performances of works by Elizabeth Vercoe, Richard Cornell, Mark Harvey, Peter Aldins, Paul Brust, Walter Thompson, Vinny Golia, Andy Vores, Karl Henning, Narong Prangcharoen and others. (top) RECORDINGS: An extensive discography includes 30 recordings for SONY Classical, Dorian, Newport Classic, North Star, Leo Records, and other labels. Mr. Bloom served as executive producer and soloist in D.C. Hall's New Concert and Quadrille Band's recording Grand Concert! (music heard in mid-19th century America), which was praised by Gramophone Magazine: "Clean playing and careful ensemble are the keynote...Hall's Band meets the challenge with precision and spirit." Other recordings include the Hall's Band recording Union and Liberty (music of the American Civil War, Dorian Records), Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays (Ensemble Chaconne performing on Renaissance instruments with mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, Americas Musicworks), Take Me Out to the Ballgame (music of baseball from 1858 to 1913, chamber ensemble with mezzo-soprano D'Anna Fortunato on SONY Classical), and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts CD, And the Angels Sing, which The Boston Globe called "gorgeous…There is not a miss in this instant classic." Bloom also appears on 10 CDs by the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, including the band's latest disc, American Agonistes on Leo Records ("a stunning hour of music that is in turn beautiful, poignant and raucous" -- Billboard.com). With members of The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, he recorded improvised music for the DVD series Treasures from the American Film Archives, which The New York Times called "one of the best sets of the year." (top) LECTURES, TEACHING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS: A sought-after consultant and performer on historical instruments, Mr. Bloom has served as music director for exhibitions and multi-media projects of The American Museum in Britain, The New-York Historical Society, and The American Antiquarian Society, among others. He is historical instrument consultant to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he has given numerous lecture-demonstrations and has recorded for the museum's audio tour of historical woodwinds. He has lectured at the Henry Ford Museum, National Flute Association, American Musical Instrument Society, University of Colorado, University of Maine-Orono and elsewhere. He served on the faculties of New England Conservatory of Music, Regis College, International Early Dance Institute at Goucher College, Dana Hall School of Music, and the Brooks School. He is a board member of The James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition. (top) PUBLICATIONS: Author of entry on Alfred G. Badger for the 2009 edition of Lexikon der Flöte. Author/publisher of A Practical Tutor for Baroque Flute, (1995). Editor/publisher, facsimile edition of Nicholson's School for the Flute (1989, 2002). Articles/essays in The Flutist Quarterly, Flute Talk, Traverso, AMIS Journal, The American Recorder, other publications. Program notes published by Dorian, Newport Classic, Merkin Concert Hall. Grolier Poetry Prize. EDUCATION: Mr. Bloom holds a Master of Music with distinction in flute performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and a BA in philosophy from Boston University. He pursued performance studies at Hochschule Mozarteum, Salzburg; Longy School of Music; and Aston Magna Institute. He studied with Robert Willoughby, Stephen Preston, Sandra Miller, James Pappoutsakis, and David Hart and performed in the master classes of Karl-Heinz Zöller, Walfrid Kujala, Frans Brüggen, Bartold Kuyjken, Robert Stallman, Betty Bang Mather, Wilbert Hazelzet, and others. (top) |
