Panaiotis, also known as Peter Ward, is an American

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, currently living in Albuquerque. He received his Master of Music degree from

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...

and a Ph.D. in music from the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

. He has collaborated with composer and accordionist

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...

, together co-founding the

Deep Listening Band The Deep Listening Band (DLB) was founded in 1988 by Pauline Oliveros (accordion, "expanded instrument system", composition), Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu, composition) and Panaiotis (vocals, electronics, composer). David Gamper (keyboards, ...

, and Indian santurist Nandkishor Muley.

Discography

*''The Ballad of Frankie Silver'' (1994) *''Rising Sun'' (2001), with Nandkishor Muley ;Performer: *'' Deep Listening'' (1989) *'' The Ready Made Boomerang'' (1991) *'' Troglodyte's Delight'' (1990)

Musical software

In 2014, Panaiotis brought his software and compositional talents to create
Bandojo
an app that lets novices create melodies in accompaniment with musical textures, and jam together with friends. The iOS version was done in collaboration with Andrew Stone.

References

External links

Homepage
featuring "Suiren" from self-titled album Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male singers American male composers {{US-singer-stub