Peter J Bowling
b.1987 Boulder CO USA
@peterjbowling : 847-752-5518 : peterjbowling.com
Select Body of Work
Compositions
nightingale (Sept 2020) – PDF
ganymede’s lament (March 2020) – PDF
Lizette – co-composed with free feral, Sultana Isham & Les Cenelles – for string quintet, guitar, vocals, electronics – (January 2020) – PDF excerpt
PINK – for solo viol da gamba, spatialized speakers, & electronics – (December 2019)
Live Composition Performance Installation at Hotel Peter & Paul – Nov & Dec 2019 – over the course of a quick 5 weeks, I wrote an original 45-minute suite for viol da gamba, electronics and two spatially distant speaker systems in a public composition installation. Find movement 6-of-7 excerpted as an etude here PDF
The Unsilent Picture – with Aurora Nealand – live film score for cello, accordion and guitar (October 2018) – PDF
Marie Mouri – traditional arr. Dave Greely, recomposed by Peter J Bowling for Les Cenelles – String Quartet, Saxophone, Electronics – (May 2018) – PDF
Theatre & Live Performance
“Demolition Downtown“ & “Chalky White Substance” by Tennessee Williams – Beaubourg Theatre Company – Sound Design & Composition – (March 2020)
https://www.beaub.org/demolition
“John” by Annie Baker – Beaubourg Theatre Company (November 2019)
nominated for a 2019 Big Easy Award for Best Sound Design
The Subletters Omen – Xavier Juarez & Sam Springston w/Hugo Gyrl – Sound Design – (October 2018)
https://www.nola.com/gambit/events/article_7aca9cab-2c6a-5977-bf87-e7a33a23a2ec.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7YzVVXGFes
“Choke Hole” Live Drag Queen Wrestling – High Profile & Hugo Gyrl – Live Sound & Sound Design (June 2018)
https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/article_b9232a41-1144-5165-b1e5-fcf17474bbde.html
Distance of Sound – Goat in the Road Productions – Composition and Sound Design – (May 2018)
https://peterjbowling.bandcamp.com/track/the-distance-of-sound-montage
Fleur Suite – Fly Circus Space Productions – New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation’s 2018 Jazz Fest (May 2018)
https://peterjbowling.bandcamp.com/album/fleur-suite-fly-circus-jazz-fest-2018
Foreign to Myself – Goat in the Road Productions (March 2017 & January 2018) Composition (supported by Denise Frazier), Ableton Programming, Violin, & Sound Design (supporting Kyle Sheehan).
American Theatre Magazine Review
The Way at Midnight – Mondo Bizarro @ the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans – Composition and Sound Design – (Sept 2017)
https://peterjbowling.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-at-midnight
This Sweaty City episodes 1-3 – Goat in the Road Productions live radio play – Composition & Scoring (2013-2014)
https://peterjbowling.bandcamp.com/track/sweaty-city-episode-2-interlude
Music Ensembles
Les Cenelles
A contemporary string+ ensemble dedicated to fusion of historic creole and original compositions with string ensemble, piano, wind, vocals and electronics. As through modern compositions and revivalist approaches, they explore the Creole diaspora through melody and memory to honor cultural ancestors and preserve the plurality of their experiences through a prismatic and contemporary lens. (March 2018 – present)
https://www.facebook.com/lescenelles/
The Ramshackle Revival
The Ramshackle Revival is a 5-piece ensemble based in New Orleans, LA coming to wreck shop in your aural kitchen The Ramshackle Revival has been described by randoms as “Post-apocalyptic folk.” A bartender called us “Appalachian Gregorian chant.” We also like the moody genre we invented called “Dark Twang,” or #HoodrachetHootenany. The Revival blends together various roots traditions into a monstrous aural cocktail to tell stories of contemporary southern life in all her weirdness, mundanity, and beauty (Nov 2018- Present)
https://www.facebook.com/theramshacklerevival/
Lunatics
Comprised of weirdos Aurora Nealand, Steve Gilliland and Peter J Bowling, these three Lunatics compose easy listening pop songs for the end of days. The self-released LP Easy Listening for Lunatics is forthcoming in January 2021 (June 2020-Present)
Wavering
IFTY BIFTY is a genre nonconforming band consisting of Toren Hardee, Rosemary Minasian & Peter J Bowling. A debut EP “i’m not afraid” was released June 2021. Electroacoustic avant-folk. (November 2019-Present) https://wave-ring.bandcamp.com/
TERZA
A deeper-voiced polyphonic choir specializing in the music of Georgia, Corsica, and beyond. (Spring 2016-Present)
The Wanting
The Wanting are lead by team song writers Chris Jacob and Cate Swan, supported by Chad Robin (vocals/keys), Peter J Bowling (vocals/double bass), & Tyler Harwood (drums). The debut album Dark Road was released October 2018 by Planetary Magnetics. (2017-2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQMRNnMx50
Blue & Brown Books
blue & brown books were a songwriting project lead by Kyle Ferguson and supported by brothers Timothy & Peter J Bowling. Their self-titled album was released by Future Apple Tree records in 2010. (2008-2010)
http://www.futureappletree.com/blueandbrownbooks.php
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mT1fVqu4ovIUB-UUkRLRrVMIB7FG-iaDA
Radio / Podcast
Life Raft (2020-ongoing) – Produced by Travis Lux & Lauren Malara, WWNO, WRKF and PRX – Composition and Sound Design
Sticky Wicket (2018) – produced by Laine Kaplan-Levenson WWNO WRKF- Composition and Sound Design
https://www.wwno.org/programs/sticky-wicket
Last Call (2015)- – Season 1 episodes 1-2 – Production and Scoring (with free feral) – Multidisciplinary oral history podcast/performance about the erasure of Dyke Bars in New Orleans
http://www.lastcallnola.org/podcast
Film
The Unsilent Picture – Historic Hudson Valley Presents- co-composed with Aurora Nealand, live scored for Cello (Akua Dixon), Accordion (Matthew Schreiber) & Guitar (Tony DePaolo) – (October 2018, 2019, 2020) – PDF
https://www.facebook.com/theunsilentpicture/
Greed – Live Film Score by Asphalt Serenade – Instrumentalist & co-Composition – (March 2018)
Exhibitions & Installations
1850 House – Goat in the Road Productions and the Louisiana State Museum – 6 Channel Sound Installation; Sound Design & Engineering – (March 2018-present)
https://louisianastatemuseum.org/museum/1850-house
Beyond the Haunted Puddle – Sound Design & Engineering – 8 channel Haunted House Performance Installation – (October 2016)
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/arts/article_7eb7957f-be59-5224-a8de-11906998ac4c.html
DJ Mixes & Productions
https://soundcloud.com/peterjbowling
https://www.mixcloud.com/peterjbowling/
Proficiencies
Instruments, in order of proficiency-: Double Bass, Guitar, Electronics, Viol da Gamba, Piano, Violin, Accordion
Ableton Live Suite v9-10; Expert Level
Recording Engineering & Live Sound Mixing
Composition/transcription arrangement – Sibelius, Finale, Musescore
Adobe Suite
Training & Teaching:
Teaching:
Open Access Music; Computer Audio Fundamentals – Beaubourg Theatre School – (March 2020)
6 week course for introducing computer music to students using freeware/open source applications
Scoring Essentials – New Orleans Public Library – (July 2018)
30 minute workshop introducing high school students to scoring basics
Tulane University Neuroscience Program (2014-2017)
6 credits of Graduate and Undergraduate coursework, including “Trends in Neuroscience” (graduate science literature club), “Careers in Health Sciences” (undergraduate career development course) and others.
Private Instruction; Double Bass, Guitar, Composition, Theory, Ableton Live (2008-Present)
Artistic Training
Music Teachers: Roger Cline ( Double Bass – Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Clara Lindner (Violin – Chicago Philharmonic), Jason Heath (double bass), Gary Palmer (double bass), Randall Hall (improvisation), Rick Snow (electronics), Matt Bell (guitar)
Science Training
MA University of Chicago 2011; Science & Technology Studies & Neuroscience
BA Augustana College 2009; Neuroscience
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