Jeffrey Peyton | Percussion and Timpani performance and education
Composer and Percussionist Jeffrey Peyton has written works on commission for symphony orchestra, symphonic band, solo percussion, electronic media, and mixed chamber ensembles.
His concert works have been performed extensively throughout the United States (including two premieres at the Percussion Arts Society International Convention) with hundreds of international performances throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and South America. Hailed as a performer of “brilliant artistry and dazzling virtuosity,” and as “a composer to be reckoned with,” Jeffrey Peyton consistently demonstrates his passion for the arts in his diverse roles as a composer, percussionist, conductor, educato
Mr. Peyton’s unique compositional voice springs from his thirty years of experience as a percussionist and conductor. He received his undergraduate degree from George Fox University, and holds a Masters Degree in performance from the Juilliard School in New York, where he was a full scholarship student of Roland Kohloff and Elden “Buster” Bailey of the New York Philharmonic. During his five years of Doctoral Studies at the University of Oregon School of Music, Mr. Peyton was a composer with Future Music Or
Jeffrey Peyton | Percussion and Timpani performance and education