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Short Bio: Peter J. Evans is a teacher/musician.  He teaches class and lessons in theory, composition, history, sight-singing, rhythmic reading, ensemble skills, etc., at Longy / Concord, and can teach you too! He teaches guitar, clarinet, saxophone, cassettes and synthesis—why not try it out!  He has written many articles and done lots of research, and can help you with literary pursuits. He also works with audio, visual and web designs.  He believes music is best when participatory, so be in touch if you want a piece composed, a movie soundtracked, a band formed, or even if just to jam.

NEW ALBUM OUT, show your support:contact/paypal: pje723@gmail.com
ways to support:
Dr Pejorative      Framed Ophelia     Philly Roll Morton
Duo-Poly    Evans-Anti-Art-Ensemble

Longer Bio: Peter J. Evans is a theorist/composer and a performer/lecturer, with experience on many instruments within many media, including dry-erase on whiteboard. He received his BA from Skidmore College; and his MM and DMA in Theoretical Studies from New England Conservatory. He has studied with Robert Cogan, Gerald Zaritzky, Joel Brown, Anthony Holland, Deborah Rohr, Raymond J. Lamothe and Raymond P. Damien, among others. He has published papers on Edgard Varèse, Frank Zappa, Anthony Philip Heinrich, Hildegard von Bingen, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Miles Davis, the Universal Nature of Palindromes, and his ‘textual’ studies with Robert Cogan as an hommage.  His creative musical thoughts are cast along lines inspired by Burgundian, Burgundian-American and American “traditions” which he shapes and re-shapes freely when no one is looking. He currently teaches at the Longy School of Music of Bard College and at the Concord Conservatory of Music.  In what little is left of his musically-allotted spare time he is the sole founder of LongyLaboratory (a series of tilting attempts at initiating musical anarchies of all kinds), and participates with Evans-Anti-Art-Ensemble, Fred Kreplin, Duo-Poly, Philly Roll Morton and whoever wants to jam.  He worked as managing editor for the journal SONUS for nine years under the direction of Pozzi Escot and is currently, proudly, the Treasurer for the Longy Faculty Union.  Most importantly, he enjoys teaching students of all ages and abilities, and is extremely proud to have so many of them pursuing their own musical interests at all corners of the Earth.

click here for Curriculum Vitae
other PJE links:
YouTube
SoundCloud
e-mail: pje723@gmail.com

societies:
International Machaut Society
International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies
New England Conference of Music Theorists

quick blank files:
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HildyBlank4X1 with designations for ‘text underlay’  HildyBlank4X2
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List of Music Theorists

“Why then do we not call a master carpenter a theorist, or a music theorist a master musician?  Because there is a small distinction: the carpenter could never understand his craft in a merely theoretical way, whereas the usual music theorist has no practical skill at all — he is no master.” A. Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony 

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