Peter

Laing

Peter Laing was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1999.  He completed his undergraduate degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he studied under the direction of Clark Ross.  He received his masters degree in music composition at the University of British Columbia in 2002, where his principal teacher was Steven Chatman.  He has works published with both Twin Towers Music Publications and TRN Music Publishers.  Peter Laing is a three time consecutive first place award winner of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition from 1999 – 2001.  He has written compositions for choirs, concert bands, small ensembles, and symphony orchestras.  He is most noted for his concert marches which are both challenging and heroic in nature.