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Tom Peters, double bass, specializes in performing music that pushes the boundaries of his instrument. His 2014 GRAMMY® nominated recording of John Cage’s The Ten Thousand Things on the MicroFest label with acclaimed pianists Aron Kallay and Vicki Ray, and legendary percussionist William Winant. The Ten Thousand Things featured a previously unknown recording of John Cage himself performing 45’ for a Speaker.
As a composer, Tom creates multimedia works featuring classic silent films. He performs a one-man-orchestra that uses cutting edge computer electronics and synchronized electronic soundscapes. To date, he has written 18 silent film scores. In 2016, Tom premiered new music he wrote for Dziga Vertov’s landmark 1929 documentary, The Man with the Movie Camera, at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. His score to John Ford’s classic western The Iron Horse (1924) premiered at The Autry National Center in Los Angeles in March 2015, and he premiered his score to The Passion of Joan of Arc at the Toronto Silent Film Festival in 2013.
Tom is also an author. He and his wife Linda Peters wrote the Amazon Best-Selling book Our Socially Awkward Marriage: True Stories from an Asperger's Relationship.
As a composer, Tom creates multimedia works featuring classic silent films. He performs a one-man-orchestra that uses cutting edge computer electronics and synchronized electronic soundscapes. To date, he has written 18 silent film scores. In 2016, Tom premiered new music he wrote for Dziga Vertov’s landmark 1929 documentary, The Man with the Movie Camera, at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. His score to John Ford’s classic western The Iron Horse (1924) premiered at The Autry National Center in Los Angeles in March 2015, and he premiered his score to The Passion of Joan of Arc at the Toronto Silent Film Festival in 2013.
Tom is also an author. He and his wife Linda Peters wrote the Amazon Best-Selling book Our Socially Awkward Marriage: True Stories from an Asperger's Relationship.
