Peter OGorman

Peter O’Gorman is a composer and a percussionist interested in creating and performing music that defies categorization. He strives to create multidimensional work that is visceral, emotive, cerebral, and kinetic. Critics have described his work as “…wildly inventive…” and have referred to O’Gorman as a “…sonic shape shifter….” He is the recipient of two Minnesota Sage Awards for Dance in the category of Music. His compositions have earned him grants, fellowships, and commissions from the American Composers Forum, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Goodale Family Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation (including two McKnight Fellowships), NewMusicUSA, and the Walker Art Center. O’Gorman’s experience as an interdisciplinary collaborator has led him to create and/or perform numerous works for choreographers and movement-based ensembles, including Mary Ellen Childs’ CRASH, Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum, Wynn Fricke, Vanessa Voskuil, Black Label Movement, Minnesota Dance Theater, Zorongo Flamenco and Zenon Dance Company.