Peter S. Shin
Peter S. Shin | |
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| Born | Peter Seajong Shin October 15, 1991 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Composer |
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| Website | www |
Peter Seajong Shin (신세종), known professionally as Peter S. Shin, is an American composer. His 8-part vocal work, Bits torn from words, written for Roomful of Teeth was one of four premiere recordings on the GRAMMY Award-winning[1] album, Rough Magic.[2] His music includes Korean and American themes.[3]
In 2025, he was honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship[4] and a Hodder Fellowship[5] at Princeton University. Other honors include both the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Scholarship (2018)[6] and Charles Ives Fellowship (2023),[7] Harvard University Fromm Foundation commission (2019),[8] and a MacDowell Fellowship (2025).[9]
Reception
[edit]In a review for The New York Times, chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini wrote about the premiere of Shin’s orchestral work Slant, performed by the New York Youth Symphony in 2018. Tommasini described the piece as “gripping music that boldly shifts from pointillist bursts to whooshing sound effects to eerie passages of wafting string lines,” adding that Shin “manages to pull off something very difficult: evoking a past master’s distinctive voice while sounding entirely fresh and personal.” He concluded, “Mr. Shin is a composer to watch.”[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Roomful Of Teeth | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ "Rough Magic". Roomful of Teeth. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ "Six Princeton faculty members and arts fellows, 9 alumni receive Guggenheim Fellowships". www.princeton.edu.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ "Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton announces five Hodder Fellows for 2025-26". 12 December 2024.
- ↑ "All Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ "News". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ "Peter S. Shin | Fromm Music Foundation".
- ↑ "Peter Shin - MacDowell Fellow in Music Composition". MacDowell. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (June 1, 2018). "A 50-Year Run: The Week in Classical Music". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2025.