15 Facts About Joseph Petric

Joseph Francis Petric was born on October 8,1952 and is a Canadian concert accordionist, musicologist, composer, author, and pedagogue.

Joseph Petric was then accepted to Queen's University where he studied accordion with Joseph Macerollo; this was followed by studies in musicology with Rika Maniates at the University of Toronto.

Joseph Petric continued performance studies with various instructors including Hugo Noth at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Trossingen, Renaissance specialist Leslie Huggett, harpsichordist Colin Tilney, and forte-pianist Boyd McDonald.

Joseph Petric is known for the impressive number of works he has introduced to the accordion repertoire.

Joseph Petric has a concerto-led career that is sustained by commissioning new works from emerging and established composers.

The 30 concerto performances Joseph Petric gave across North America and Europe between 1995 and 1997 speaks to the importance of these commissioned works in the musician's career.

On 8 October 2010, Joseph Petric performed three concertos in one night in a concert featuring works by Gougeon, Current, and Piazzolla performed by the Victoria Symphony and Maestra Tania Miller.

Joseph Petric expresses this post-colonial vision in the concert hall with performances that include free improvisation, comprovisation, electroacousticism, multi-media, theatrical performance, techno-chamber, Baroque- and Classical-era rhetoric, and the post-modern concerto.

Joseph Petric has been represented by several international management agencies concurrently throughout his career, which has allowed him to develop a strong international touring presence.

Joseph Petric's appearances include return engagements with Musique Royale, Debut Atlantic, Debut Atlantic Encore, Prairie Debut, John Lewis Partnership, Jeunesses Musicales, Columbia Artists Community Concerts, and Sweden's Reikskonzerter.

In Canada, Joseph Petric has performed at Roy Thomson Hall with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Music Gallery, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Winnipeg New Music Festival, and Newfoundland Sound Symposium, among many other venues and festivals.

Joseph Petric remains a sought-after guest for international masterclasses and lectures across North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Joseph Petric is sought internationally for private mentoring and is Visiting Professor at the Universite de Montreal, where he leads the graduate accordion performance program.

Joseph Petric's accordion is a practical application of his interests in historical design and recent acoustic research, which were combined to create an instrument suited to performing in concert halls.

Joseph Petric's work has garnered support from Koussevitsky Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, QALC, CBC Radio, Reikskonzerter, Laidlaw Foundation, and John Lewis Partnership.