Raised in a very musical family, Peter Bloesch (pronounced “blesh”) was grounded in the study of piano, cello, and composition from an early age. His cello teachers included Dr. Joyce Geeting (protégé of the great Janos Starker),
Dr. Tanya Carey (former President of the Suzuki Association of the Americas), and Dr. Terry King (protégé of the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky).
After many years of focusing on concert music composition, Peter moved to Los Angeles to pursue film composing. At the University of Southern California, he studied graduate-level composition, orchestration, and conducting, when he participated in USC's prestigious "Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television" Advanced Studies Program. Only around ten people per year are admitted from all over the world into this highly competitive program, which is taught by the leading film and television composers in the industry.
While in Los Angeles, Peter had the opportunity to study and work side-by-side with some of the top names in the film music business, including Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Bruce Broughton, Buddy Baker, Joe Harnell, Alexander Courage, and Henry Mancini. Peter was honored to be awarded the "BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship," which allowed him the opportunity to work directly with television legend Mike Post on such TV hits as "L.A. Law," "Silk Stalkings," and "Law & Order."
During his years in Hollywood, Peter kept busy with a wide range of film music projects, including scoring independent films, coordinating and conducting recording sessions, and providing orchestration for a variety of film scores, including the movie "Dark Horizon," which was commissioned by Sony to promote their HDTV technology.
During his time in Hollywood, Peter also discovered his love of arranging holiday music, and began creating an ongoing series of large-scale Holiday Pops arrangements suitable for performance by major orchestras and choruses. These Holiday Pops arrangements are lush, colorful, and dramatic, showing the unmistakable influence of Peter's work in film music. One of Peter's most influential mentors in pops music was Joe Harnell, a frequent arranger for performers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Beverly Sills.
Since his return to Iowa, Peter has remained active in composing and arranging. He recently scored the documentary film "A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story." And in the arena of Holiday Pops arranging, he's been commissioned to write a number of large-scale Holiday Pops arrangements, which are available to choruses and orchestras across the country.
He also receives commissions to compose concert music for various groups, such as Red Cedar Chamber Music, a critically acclaimed chamber ensemble known for championing new music. Additionally, he has written a variety of music for the church setting, including a number of congregational hymn arrangements that feature orchestral accompaniments.
As a versatile composer, Peter has created music for a diverse array of projects, running the gamut from classical works for the concert hall to cinematic-sounding holiday pops music... and from synthesized television scores to full-scale symphonic film music. Please take a moment to hear some samples of his music.
