Peter Lieuwen

Peter Lieuwen was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in 1953, and grew up in New Mexico. He studied at the University of New Mexico and the University of California, Santa Barbara with composers Scott Wilkinson, William Wood, Edward Applebaum, Emma Lou Diemer, and Peter Racine Fricker. From 1984 to 1987 he taught composition at UC Santa Barbara. Since 1988 he has been on the faculty of Texas A&M University. From 2000-2005 Lieuwen served as the inaugural head of the Department of Performance Studies at TAMU, where he is currently Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence. Most of Lieuwen’s music is published by Keiser Classical and Southern Music with recordings available on Albany, CRS, Crystal, Pro Arte/Fanfare, Métier, MSR Classics, Naxos, New World, and VMM.  Peter Lieuwen lives with his wife Bonnee and their family of animals in South Central Texas.