The Furious Angels
“What a wonderful piece! The students were so very excited to perform Furious Angels.”
Andrew Spencer, Director of Percussion Studies, Central Michigan University
“A great piece! Thanks for such a strong contribution to the percussion ensemble repertoire.”
John Beck, Professor of Percussion, Eastman School of Music
The Final Precipice
“A very hip, driving and wicked piece!”
William Moersch, University of Illinois School of Music
“A dramatic and exhilarating piece!”
John Raush, Percussive Arts Society – Percussive Notes
“Jeffrey Peyton’s The Final Precipice is a magnificent powerhouse!”
Thom Hasenpflug, Idaho State University
“Thank you so much for your excellent contribution to percussion literature! The Final Precipice is truly one of the most exciting works I have heard in a long time.”
Gene F.
“Great piece! I received some very positive feedback from both the audience and my colleagues. Thank you!”
Gregory W.
“I just saw The Final Precipice and it blew me away! I very much want to program it for my recital. Please send a copy as soon as possible!”
Zack A.
The Music Timpanist
“These pieces are great! A great collection of solos from a great timpanist himself. Bravo!”
Roland Kohloff, Principal Timpanist, New York Philharmonic
“The Musical Timpanist is excellent. The solos capture the composer’s style and the quotes from the original music will prepare the students for the real thing. There is no question that preparing these solos will help to develop a musical timpanist.”
John Beck, Professor of Percussion, Eastman School of Music
“The Musical Timpanist is a great blend of technique and musicality so lacking in much of the timpani repertoire. They provide an excellent blend of musical and technical demands for the developing timpanist. Thank you for such an excellent contribution to the repertoire!”
Gary Olmstead, Director of Percussion Studies, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Bullseye!
“Peyton’s Bullseye! brought the concert to a raucous close after a journey through a landscape of everything from oxygen cylinders and flower pots to salad bowls and coffee cans. He turned garbage into gold.”
The Oregonian
Rivermusic
“Jeffrey Peyton’s Rivermusic showcases the mallet-keyboard percussion instruments and is earmarked by a striking rhythmic vitality.”
John Raush, Percussive Arts Society – Percussive Notes
Veils for Four Percussionists and Orchestra
“To commemorate its sixtieth season, the Eugene Youth Symphony commissioned Jeffrey Peyton to compose a special work, and did they ever get their money’s worth. The exuberant piece, debuted last night, was sensational. I can’t wait to hear it again and again. Peyton…likes bold colors and tense moods. In Veils he winds the orchestra tighter than a watch, then pops the spring in delightfully startling ways. Always at the forefront are the percussion (soloists)…in Peyton’s raucous piece a four man corps raised the roof at Beall Concert Hall in a heart-stopping display of percussive pyrotechnics.”
Fred Crafts, KUGN Radio/CBS Radio affiliate
Echoes of Albion
“Highlighting the program was Echoes of Albion…it’s dramatic statements, urgent underpinnings and heroic themes, rising out of moods of introspection and mystery, swirled through the band, stirring up bold colors and deep emotions. Echoes of Albion marks Peyton as a composer to be reckoned with.”
The Eugene Register Guard