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Artist description
Marty Petersen is an award-winning composer of choral music, including SATB anthems, solos, duets, and special music for young people's choirs, sutiable for general Christian audiences. Some offerings have specific LDS (Mormon) themes. He maintains a web site, www.martypetersen.com, where you can download free sheet music for non-commercial use. |
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Music Style
Spiritual/family/patriotic themes |
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Musical Influences
Handel, Mozart, Palestrina, Randall Thompson, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
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Artist History
Marty Petersen began his musical career at the High School of Music and Art (an adjunct of the Juliard School of Music) in New York City, and composed his first song, "Oh, Lord, I Will Love Thee", at age 14. As a teen-ager he was a member of the Putnam County Choral Society, and later became President of The Messiah Choral. He wrote the theme song, "What is One Man's Song" for the Stewart W. Smith Singers which was performed in Lincoln Center in New York. A concert of his Christmas music was performed by the State Choir and Orchestra in Macedonia, and his works are being translated into Spanish for South American audiences. He has written numerous road shows for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and has been a recipient of numerous awards given by The Church in its annual music contests. |
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Instruments
Roland SC-88 Synthesizer driven by Finale music software. |
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Albums
A Father's Legacy - The Music of Marty Petersen |
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Press Reviews
"Your music is wonderful and spiritually uplifting". (H.J. - Alaska)"Your 'Twas a Star' is beautiful. I am going to email it to some people, and I'll try to listen to some more of your pieces, too." (T.T., Indiana) |
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Additional Info
Member of ASCAP |
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Location
Midwest City, OK - USA |
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