- Masters of Music, Yale University
- Bachelor of Music, Virginia Commonwealth University
Peter Ware received a M.M. from Yale University and a B.M. from Virginia Commonwealth University. His teaching experience includes positions at Queen's University, Brock University, Northern Kentucky University and the University of Cincinnati. As a free-lance composer and music publisher, he offers students a vast practical knowledge and excitement for the intricate workings of music. An author of student theory workbooks, his classroom abounds with the magic of music and the clarity of understanding. Mr. Ware’s clear, organized progression is oriented to younger students involved in RCM Examinations and has produced excellent and consistent test results, generating many First Class Honours in these advanced classes with students who are 12 and under.
Ware’s new textbook series, Harmony, Counterpoint, and Analysis of the Spheres, is designed to cover all the theory requirements of the Royal Conservatory of Music. This allows students to more easily fulfill all of their theory requirements at an early age. His teaching method incorporates a concise, step-by-step approach to learning music theory with emphasis on accuracy and the development of an effective thought process.
Ware’s early musical training was in the church choir and under the piano tutelage of Florence Robertson in Beethoven's lineage. One of the best pianists in Virginia, Robertson studied under John Powell, who in turn, studied with Liszt’s pupil F.C. Hahr and Leschetizky. Both Liszt and Leschetizky were students of Czerny, who was a student of Beethoven. Ware studied composition at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Cincinnati and Yale University. His principal teachers include Krzysztof Penderecki, Scott Huston, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and Toru Takemitsu. He also studied theory with Allen Forte
Ware attracts numerous commissions with grants from the Canada Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council. He has attracted commissions and performances from ensembles such as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Saskatoon Symphony, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Regina Symphony, Orchestra London Canada, Virginia Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Queen's Chamber Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra, and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. The prize-winning composer has received awards from the Minnesota Composers Forum, St. Louis New Music Circle, University of Cincinnati, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale University. In 1993 and 1994, Ware was Composer-of-the-Season for the Saskatoon Symphony. He is a member of the Canadian Music Centre and Canadian League of Composers. He is currently completing a guitar concerto for his wife Lynn Harting-Ware, commissioned by the Guitar Society of Toronto with a grant from the Canada Council.
More information on Peter Ware may be found at: http://www.peterware.com/
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