Peter Kiesewalter is a Canadian arranger and multi-instrumentalist who plays sax, clarinet, keyboard, and accordion.

Career

In the 1990s, Kiesewalter was a member of the

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-based bands

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"Fat Man Waving goodbye". ''

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'', June 3, 1996. and

The Angstones The Angstones were a Canadian band based in Ottawa, Ontario. Their music combined European and American folk music with humorous lyrics and jazz rhythms.Rob Frayne Rob Frayne (born 1957) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist, arranger and bandleader based in Ottawa, Ontario. He was part of the bands Chelsea Bridge and the Angstones, but his career was interrupted by a serious car crash in 2004. Following that, he co ...

(saxophone) and

John Geggie John Geggie is an Ottawa-based Canadian bassist (double bass) who performs jazz with several Ottawa-based groups and performers.East Village Opera Company The East Village Opera Company (EVOC) is a rock group co-founded by vocalist Tyley Ross and arranger/multi-instrumentalist Peter Kiesewalter, both Canadians. Vocalist AnnMarie Milazzo was then recruited to provide female vocals. EVOC includes e ...

(EVOC) from 2004 to 2010, a rock group co-founded by vocalist

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and Kiesewalter. AnnMarie Milazzo provided vocals. EVOC included eight other members: two guitarists, a bassist, a percussionist and a string quartet. EVOC's repertoire included primarily

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tic and classical pieces that Kiesewalter arranged in rock and other popular music styles. Kiesewalter next formed Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (BRO) to cover songs from ''The Sound of Music'' with the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. Kiesewalter is music director for

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. From 2014 to 2019, Kiesewalter was also the music director and conductor for concerts by Jackie Evancho.Evancho, Jackie. Liner notes, ''Jackie Evancho Awakening Live in Concert'',

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DVD, 88875 02869 9, recorded August 21, 2014, released December 3, 2014; and concert program, ''Jackie Evancho: Awakening – Live in Concert'',

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, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 31, 2015

References

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