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Retailers/Distributors order through Baker & Taylor (backorder please - we are prompt) ISBN-10: 0-9791009-0-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9791009-0-1

THE NEXT PETER AND THE WOLF...CD features A NARRATED STORY, The Tomten and the Fox, plus four other newly composed pieces for children: Five Animals for Wind Quintet, Mississippi Delta Country for Flute and Bassoon, Journey for Two Violins, and String Quartet for a Pet Rabbit FEATURING A STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN!

MEET THE COMPOSER as Norene talks with Composer Mark Petering before each selection. The recording features Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra musicians including Frank Almond, Concertmaster, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and winner of the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Competition. Mr. Almond is playing his STRADIVARIUS violin on Journey and String Quartet for a Pet Rabbit.

THE TOMTEN AND THE FOX (book) available from your supplier (NOT required).

BIO

Understanding the importance of educating youth about contemporary music, Mark Petering created The Tomten and the Fox and more - New Classical Music for Children by Mark Petering featuring the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra New Music Ensemble. This recording is a new release by Zebrina Records and has been praised for its unique approach in introducing contemporary music to young people. Its featured orchestral composition is popular with parents, teachers, and children at education and family concerts.

Mark D. Petering has received numerous awards from organizations such as ASCAP, the National Federation of Music Clubs and the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. He is the 2003 winner of the Swan Composer Prize for wind ensemble for his composition The Swimming Pool influenced by the Matisse mural as well as the 2003 winner of the Music Festival of the Hamptons Composition Contest for his work Train & Tower for chamber orchestra and tape. In July 2003, Mr. Petering and conductor Lukas Foss made music history as they coordinated the performance of this piece with a donated Long Island Rail Road train at the festival grounds in Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York. The event was covered by The New York Times, NPR, and the BBC.

Mr. Petering is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI, one hour north of Chicago. He recieved his Ph.D. in composition from the University of Minnesota where he studied with Judith Lang Zaimont.