Peter Niedmann was a prize winner at the 1992 American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation. He is Associate Professor of Theory at the Hartt School, University of Hartford and Organist & Choirmaster at Church of Christ, Congregational, Newington, Connecticut. He has also been a staff musician for Dance Connecticut and Hartford Ballet since 1980.

Mr. Niedmann's choral compositions are widely performed throughout the United States and have garnered critical acclaim. His anthem, "Praise the Lord, His Glories Show," was performed at the Papal Mass in St. Louis for Pope John Paul II. "In the Ending of the Year," for chorus and orchestra, was singled out by American Record Guide as the best new piece on the Harvard University Choir's CD, Carols from the Yard. The American Organist magazine has praised Mr. Niedmann's music as "thoughtful, well-wrought, and appealing."

Recent commissions include "Winter's Snow," sung by the choir of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford, and "Fanfare," performed by organist Edward Clark. His hymns and service music are included in two recent hymnals: Wonder, Love, and Praise (Episcopal) and The New Century Hymnal (United Church of Christ). His music is also published by Augsburg-Fortress, GIA, and Selah.

Peter Niedmann was twice awarded conducting fellowships with Sir David Willcocks by The Chorus of Westerly, Rhode Island. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he studied organ with Christa Rakich and composition with William Penn, he also studied at the Hartt School of Music. He received his early choral and organ training with George Kent in the Choir of Christ Church and The Chorus of Westerly, Rhode Island. From 1993 to 1995, he was Dean of the Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and holds that organization's Associate Certificate.