Composer & Graphic Designer

pieces of music

a Brief Affair Continues Him

for solo cello | 3 min | 2015

commissioned by Brenda Leonard
premiered on NGU faculty recital (April 2015) and "Treefalls presents: Cello Times Two benefiting globalbike" (November 2015)

Solo / DuoPeter KayJanuary 15, 2015Cello

a remembered, seconds

for cello and bass clarinet | 5 min | 2014

premiered by the Blechtler Ensemble at the Charlotte New Music Festival (June 2014)

Solo / DuoPeter KayJune 27, 2014Piano, Cello

I/O

for fixed media | 6.5 min | 2014

created for a collaboration with filmmaker Jonathan Ade
premiered at "Treefalls: TWO" (June 2014)

Multimedia, FilmPeter KayJune 7, 2014Electronic Music, Fixed Media

god, you

for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet | 6 min | 2014
text by P. L. Thomas; premiered by Loadbang at the Charlotte New Music Festival (June 2014) and at Stage Left Studio in New York (December 2014)

Small EnsemblePeter KayJune 6, 2014Baritone, Bass Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet

Circumpliance

Circumpliance

installation for fixed media | ∞ min | 2014

commissioned by Wofford College
opened June 2014

Multimedia, Sound InstallationPeter KayMay 7, 2014Electronic Music, Fixed Media

a Boy and his Tiger (Sunday Edition)

for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (opt. 2nd violin and viola) | 4.5 min | 2013

premiered by the Spartanburg Philharmonic at their "Homegrown" concert (Nov 2019)

Small EnsemblePeter KayOctober 1, 2013Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello, Viola

Mountain

for viola, double bass, and piano | 6 min | 2013

premiered in "Living Music Now" and "Virgin Ears Workshop" at the Oregon Bach Festival, Composers Symposium (June 2016)

Small EnsemblePeter KayMay 23, 2013Piano, Viola, Bass

Pieces for an Exhibition, no. 3

Pieces for an Exhibition, no. 3

for fixed media | 20 min | 2013

commissioned by artist Ralph Páquin
premiered at the Artist Guild of Spartanburg gallery (May 2013)

MultimediaPeter KayMay 1, 2013Electronic Music, Fixed Media

the Sea

for two cellos and fixed media | 8 min | 2013

commissioned and premiered by Cello Times Two; featured throughout their 2014 spring tour

Multimedia, Solo / DuoPeter KayJanuary 12, 2013Cello, Fixed Media

No More Excuses

for fixed media | 2min | 2013

musical score, film editing, and animation for Call to Action video produced by Appalachian Voices (January 2013)

Multimedia, FilmPeter KayJanuary 3, 2013Electronic Music, Fixed Media

snowflakes & ashes

for cello and piano | 4 min | 2012

premiered at the University of South Carolina (May 2012)

Solo / DuoPeter KayMay 13, 2012Piano, Cello

The Prodigal Son

symphony orchestra | 22 min | 2012

Large EnsemblePeter KayMarch 30, 2012Symphony, Orchestra, Voice

Pieces of Old Photographs

for solo piano | 18 min | 2012

premiered at the University of South Carolina (May 2012)

Solo / DuoPeter KayMarch 1, 2012Piano

String Quartet in D

for two violins, viola, and cello | 4 min | 2011

premiered at the University of South Carolina (May 2012)

Small EnsemblePeter KayMay 11, 2011Violin, Viola, Cello

Suite for Saxophone Quartet, "Scotland"

for SATB saxophones | 15 min | 2005

commissioned and premiered by the Assembly Quartet (March 2005)

Small EnsemblePeter KayJune 1, 2005Piano, Cello

Scenes from Babbitt Square

for solo piano | 8 min | 2004

premiered in "New Voices X" at the University of South Carolina (April 2006)

Solo / DuoPeter KayApril 22, 2004Piano

Beowulf: A Musical Tale

symphony orchestra | 15 min | 2004

premiered by the Spartanburg Philharmonic at their annual Youth Concert (Mar. 2004)

Large EnsemblePeter KayMarch 17, 2004Symphony, Orchestra, Voice

Trio for Woodwinds

for flute, clarinet, and bassoon | 7 min | 2003

Premiered at the New Voices IV concert at the University of South Carolina

Small EnsemblePeter KayApril 12, 2003Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon

early works

list of works that were commissioned/performed during the early stages of Peter B. Kay’s career

Solo / Duo, Small Ensemble, Large Ensemble, FilmPeter KayDecember 31, 2002