Uploads of recordings of original compositions and performances by Peter Dayton
Peter Dayton is a composer, pianist, and amateur illustrator. Combining Romantic forms and Modernist sonorities, Dayton creates instrumental, vocal, and choral music of emotional urgency and intimacy. Dayton regularly curates public concerts within his immediate artistic community of Baltimore, Maryland. Additionally, he performs quarterly piano livestreams that combine, jazz standards, Classical, video game, and film music into programs that engage a global audience. American Record Guide has noted Dayton as “a composer whose heart and care are palpable". Opera News has praised his “fresh and interesting sounds.” Discography of Dayton’s music includes collections of his vocal and chamber music produced by Navona Records and appearances on various compilation albums. Dayton holds degrees in music from The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music.