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Selected Chamber Works Performances and Commissions


Eclipse Quartet (2018)
Debuted at New Music Detroit's Strange And Beautiful Music festival, 2018. Reprised at Max M. Fisher Center/Orchestra Hall, Detroit, 2019.

Der Golem
An original soundtrack for this silent film classic, originally commissioned by the Detroit Film Theater at Detroit Institute of Arts for Halloween, 2014. Reprised at Toledo Museum of Art for Halloween, 2017.

Canal Music
Commissioned by Kresge Arts Fellow Leon Johnson, for Art X Detroit, 2015. Adapted from the unperformed large work, Smoke and Mirrors.

Anachronism
Premiered September 9, 2012 at Detroit Institute of Arts as part of a two-hour concert of Peterson's chamber music composed 2010-2012. Added to the archive of contemporary harpsichord music at Foundation Annelie de Man, Netherlands.

Wrong Blank Canvas,
Premiered September 9, 2012 at Detroit Institute of Arts. Reprised at Detroit Institute of Arts, 2012 and Max M. Fisher Center/Orchestra Hall, 2019

Duo for Winds
Premiered September 9, 2012 at Detroit Institute of Arts.

Four For Carl (2009)
Premiered September 9, 2012 at Detroit Institute of Arts. Through-composed music with improvised interludes for concert musicians. Reprised at  Max M. Fisher Center/Orchestra Hall, 2019.

Grace Harper (2011)
Sound installation commissioned by the Detroit Institute of Arts and Art Serve of Michigan. Computerized revolving door, mbira parts, steel, mounting tape, iron rods, pressure sensors and assorted electronics. Unveiled June 2011 at Next Energy, Detroit.

Playing with Fire (2011)
For violin, viola, piano, soprano, children’s choir, glass harmonica and pyrophone. Premiered on July 22, 2011, in the historic firehouse in the Southwest neighborhood of Detroit. Commissioned by 2:1.

String Quartet for a Pair of 45s (2010).
Premiered at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit on April 7, 2011 during the inaugural Art X Detroit festival. Reprised at Edgefest, the annual festival of New Music at Kerrytown Concerthouse, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2011, Detroit Institute of Arts 2012 and Max M. Fisher Center/Orchestra Hall, 2019.

Freedom of Assembly (2010)

Premiered at the Scarab Club on April 9, 2011 during the inaugural Art X Detroit festival. Reprised at Detroit Institute of Arts, 2012 and Max M. Fisher Center/Orchestra Hall, 2019