Peter Garland

For the U.S. Representative from Maine (1923-2005), see Peter A. Garland.

Peter Garland (born January 25, 1952 in Portland, Maine) is a composer best known for publishing Soundings Press, one of the few sources of new music scores and articles while in print. A student of James Tenney and Harold Budd, much of Garland's work could be considered post-minimal although many of his postminimal works such as "The Days Run Away" (1971) were written in the early 1970s at the same time as the first minimalist works. He is also an expert on American Indian music. He is the author of Gone Walkabout: Essays 1991-.\

Peter Garland started his Soundings Press series in 1971 after attending a publishing workshop with Dick Higgins at CalArts.

He lives in Maine.

Discography

• 1992 Border Music [OO Disc]
• 1992 Walk In Beauty [New Albion]
• 1993 Nana + Victorio [Avant]
• 2000 The Days Run Away [Tzadik]
• 2002 Another Sunrise [Mode]
• 2005 Love Songs [Tzadik]
• 2008 Three Strange Angels [Tzadik]
• 2009 String Quartets [Cold Blue]

Compilations

• "The Three Strange Angels" (1973), included on Cold Blue [1984, Cold Blue]
• "Matachin Dances" (1982), included on The Complete Ten-Inch Collection From Cold Blue [2003, Cold Blue]
• "Apple Blossom" included on Persistence of Past Chemistries [2000, The Orchard] and Launch [1996, Sony]
• "Dancing on Water" included on Dancing on Water [2001, Cold Blue]

External links

• New Albion Artist: Peter Garland
• Frog Peak Artist: Peter Garland
• Other Minds: Peter Garland
• Mode Artist Profile: Peter Garland
• Peter Garland Papers and Soundings Records at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin