Peter Stoll

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Main Instrument

    • Clarinet (Bb)

Secondary Instrument(s)

    • ADJUDICATOR, Clarinet (A), Clarinet (Alto), Clarinet (Bass), Clarinet (C), Clarinet (Contra-alto), Clarinet (Eb), CLARINET-CONTRABASS CLARINET, Saxophone – Soprano, SAXOPHONE-ALTO, SAXOPHONE-TENOR

About Peter Stoll

Known for his virtuoso energy on stage, creative musical arrangements and an entertaining way of speaking with the audience, Peter Stoll performs regularly in Toronto and southern Ontario with many orchestral and chamber groups, and has toured as soloist and with ensembles to the USA, across Europe and to Russia. In 2019 he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award as part of Best Ensemble-Opera.

Recent seasons’ solo and chamber highlights have included a Music Toronto ensemble recital, the Toronto premiere of a new work by Alexina Louie with the Gryphon Trio, and performances for visits by world-renowned composers Kryzstof Penderecki, Chen Yi and Anders Hillborg. Peter was flown to Tokyo, Japan to take part in the international Yamaha “Junior Original Concert” at Bunkamura Hall, and the following season saw a three-city tour of mainland China and Hong Kong as part of an exchange of composers and performers organized by the University of Toronto. He participated in a recording of re-imagined chamber music with members of the Canadian Brass, released on the Opening Day label.

Peter has been a featured member of the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival in Manitoba, and toured major Ontario summer festivals with the Swiss Piano Trio, presenting a multi-media version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade”. He was also invited to perform and lead master-classes at two universities in Colorado, USA. Peter was the soloist for the Canadian premiere of noted American wind ensemble composer Brian Balmages’ concerto “Escapades” with the composer conducting, and recently in Toronto for composer John Gladwell’s beautiful concerto “Open Passage” with large-sized orchestra.

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Peter teaches clarinet, chamber music, performance and education studies, as well as the very popular “Business of Music” course for undergraduates. He is also a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s National College of Examiners, and was the chief compiler of the current Clarinet Syllabus. Peter is much sought after as an adjudicator at competitive music festivals across the country, and his website is www.peterstoll.ca .

Peter’s email is peterstoll2000@yahoo.ca