Performances + Events
Malcolm C. Peyton
Education and Training
B.A., M.F.A., magna cum laude, Princeton University. Composition with Roger Sessions and Edward Cone. Piano with Edward Steuermann. Fulbright Award studying in Germany with Wolfgang Fortner. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Award. Margaret Crofts Scholarship studying two summers at the Tanglewood Music Center with Aaron Copland and Irving Fine. Citation and award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Recordings on CRI, Centaur. Former visiting lecturer at Princeton and Boston universities.
Malcolm Peyton, died on January 26 at age 93. A beloved pedagogue, Peyton joined the NEC faculty in 1965, teaching composition and music theory. He served as chair of NEC’s Composition Department for more than 30 years, starting in 1980.
Well-known and celebrated compositions: Apostroph for chorus, soloists, and orchestra; Fantasies Concertantes for orchestra; String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2; five song cycles including Four Songs from Shakespeare, Songs from Walt Whitman, and Sonnets from John Donne.
Curriculum Vitae
B.A., M.F.A., magna cum laude, Princeton University. Composition with Roger Sessions and Edward Cone. Piano with Edward Steuermann. Fulbright Award studying in Germany with Wolfgang Fortner. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Award. Margaret Crofts Scholarship studying two summers at the Tanglewood Music Center with Aaron Copland and Irving Fine. Citation and award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Recordings on CRI, Centaur. Former visiting lecturer at Princeton and Boston universities.
