Peter The Child

Born in the U.K. in 1953, Peter Child is professor of music at M.I.T. in Boston. He has lived in the U.S. since enrolling at Reed College under a junior-year exchange program. Child received his Ph.D. in composition from Brandeis University in 1981; his principal composition tutors have included William Albright, Arthur Berger, Martin Boykan, Jacob Druckman, and Seymour Shifrin. Child's works have been selected for awards and commendations from Tanglewood, WGBH Radio, East and West Artists, the New England Conservatory, the League/ISCM, and the M.I.T. Council for the Arts. H...