Peter Bayer

Peter Bayer, FAGO, holds a BA in Organ Performance and Classics from The Catholic University of America. He is currently pursuing graduate work in Classics at the University of Toronto. He completed five years of formal organ study: in high school he studied with Mr. David Lang, and at CUA with Prof. Ronald Stolk. In 2016, he spent the Fall semester of his junior year in Rome under the instruction of Maestro Armando Carideo. He has also studied piano for 13 years; at CUA he studied under Dr. Ralitza Patcheva; until then he was under the instruction of Dr. David Kosutic. At his high school, Trinity School at Meadow View, he studied theory and composition under Mr. Timothy Dusenbury. Before coming to Toronto, he was an assistant organist at St. John the Beloved in McLean. In Toronto, he participated in the music program at Trinity College.

A participant in numerous piano and chamber music competitions, he attained an Honorable Mention in the 2013 NVMTA Concerto competition. He has performed in several venues around the Washington, DC area—including notably recitals in the concert programs at St. Luke’s in McLean in 2016 and St. Matthew’s Cathedral in 2021. In Rome, he performed in the concert series at Santa Barbara dei Librai on the restored Renaissance instrument there; and in Toronto in 2019 at St. James’ Cathedral. Further, he has participated in masterclasses at the Oberlin Summer Organ Academy 2014, the McGill Summer organ academy 2015, and The Organ Scholar Experience 2017, a week-long program at Oxford run by the Royal College of Organists.