Toronto School for Strings

Peter Cosbey

Peter Cosbey, a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music's Glenn Gould School as a student of Bryan Epperson, began his cello study in Regina with Cameron Lowe. His orchestral experience with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra, and the Regina Symphony Orchestra was recently expanded with a one year term as Assistant Principle Cello with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Peter has been an active chamber musician, and is a regular on the Alicier Arts series in Toronto. His summer music festival experience includes the Scotia Festival of Music, Domaine Forget, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Peter's chamber music with The Cosbey Trio and Quinsin Nachoff have been heard on CBC radio, and his work with the Artists of The Royal Conservatory has been heard on CBC and WCLV-FM radio.

Peter's awards include the Dr. Howard Leyton-Brown bow award, the Director's Gold Medal from the Conservatory of Performing Arts in Regina and a third prize in the Chamber Music category of the National Music Festival with The Cosbey Trio. As the winner of the Regina Musical Club's Recital Competition for 2006, Peter will be performing a recital in Regina with pianist Mariko Kamachi on January 6, 2007.

In his spare time, Peter is interested in the mathematics of prime numbers, alternative energy, and Japanese culture.