Peter H. Bloom
Peter H. Bloom (CAS’72) of Somerville, Mass., a flutist, was artist-in-residence at the Snow Pond Composers Workshop in Sidney, Maine, in June. There, he gave premieres of 11 new works written for the occasion, including music by faculty members Elliot Schwartz, Richard Nelson, and Edward Jacobs, as well as compositions by workshop participants. Peter also presented a lecture in June and multiple demonstrations of historical flutes for the American Musical Instrument Society’s national meeting at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Peter also recently participated in numerous chamber music concerts in Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, New York, and Pennsylvania, as well as a variety of performances with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, whose founder and music director is Mark Harvey (STH’71, GRS’83). Contact Peter at phbloom@comcast.net.
From the Winter-Spring 2016 issue.