Biography
William Peltier was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1961 and currently resides in Hamilton, Ontario. He is both a music composer and visual artist. His music has been performed in cities such as Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, Ottawa, Guelph, Quebec, Montreal, Victoria, New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prishtina, Havana, and Buenos Aires. Since 2020, Peltier’s primary focus has been in the visual arts. In the past year, he participated in the Hamilton Plein Air Festival, garnering an honourable mention and his work was selected for the Colour and Form Society Exhibition in Toronto. In the summer of 2026, Peltier will embark on his first solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. His practice focuses on depictions of nature with an intense forensic eye. These enigmatic drawings contain a vibrancy of colours, textures, and subtleties that invite the viewer to engage in a uniquely intimate world.
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Born in Windsor, ON, Canada, 1961
Lives and Works in Hamilton, ON, Canada
Education
1985-1987 MM Music Composition, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
1882-1985 BA Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Exhibitions
2026, Forthcoming Solo Exhibition (July 1 to August 1), Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft, ON, Canada
2024, Participant in the “Get Noticed” Juried Exhibition, The Read Head Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2024, Participant in Juried Exhibition, Colour and Form Society, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2024, Participant in Plein Air Festival, Competition, and Exhibition (awarded Honourable Mention for Artistic Merit), Hamilton, ON, Canada
2024, Work Selected for Art in the Work Place, Innovation Centre - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Music Composition Performances
2017, What Next Festival - Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Hamilton, ON, Canada
2016, Class Axe Classical Guitar Recital - Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2011, Continuum Contemporary Music Concert, Toronto, ON, Canada
2010, NUMUS Concert, Waterloo, ON, Canada
2009, Aventa Ensemble Concert, Victoria, BC, Canada
2009, Continuum Contemporary Music Concert, Toronto, ON, Canada
2008, Aventa Ensemble Concert, Victoria, BC, Canada
2008, Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien Concerts: Remusica Festival, Prishtina, Kosovo / Havana, Cuba / Berlin, German / NUMUS, Waterloo, ON, Canada / University of Guelph, ON, Canada
2006, New York Miniaturist Ensemble Juilliard School recital, New York, NY, USA
1991, NUMUS Concert - The Blue Rider Ensemble, Waterloo, ON, Canada
1990, Gaudeamus Festival and Composition Competition (selected as a Finalist), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990, NUMUS Concert - The New Art Quartet, Waterloo, ON, Canada
1989, CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers Concert, Quebec City, QC, Canada
1989, NUMUS Concert, Waterloo, ON, Canada
1988, Arraymusic Concert, Toronto, ON, Canada
1987, CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers Concert (awarded 2nd Place Prize), Ottawa, ON, Canada
1987, Les Evenements du Neuf Concert, Montreal, QC, Canada
1987, McGill University Electroacoustic Recital, Montreal, QC, Canada
1987, McGill University New Music Ensemble Concert, Montreal, QC, Canada
1985, Wilfrid Laurier University New Music Concert, Waterloo, ON, Canada
1984, Wilfrid Laurier University Classical Guitar Concert, Waterloo, ON, Canada
1984, Wilfrid Laurier University Recital, Waterloo, ON, Canada