Artist: Peter Zummo

Peter Zummo is an American trombonist and composer.  

Since 1967, Zummo's compositions exploring rock, jazz, new and  electronic music,  disco, punk, and world-music idioms have been presented in venues including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City Center, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Dance Theater Workshop, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, among many others in New York City. 

In the fall of 2014, Mikhail Baryshnikov's Baryshnikov Arts Center, in New York City, awarded a residency for the creation of new work to Zummo. Additional support over the years has come from the  National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and other funders. 

Further information about Peter Zummo is found here and here.

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