Peter Yarin

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT - accompanist

Peter Yarin is a NYC-based pianist, whose unique approach to teaching, writing and performing bridges classical, contemporary and jazz styles. Peter recently arranged and recorded solo piano selections for scenes in Netflix' Queen's Gambit. With 1920s vintage jazz orchestra, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Peter is featured on many soundtracks including the films Joker; Bessie; Mildred Pierce; and Carol; the Grammy-winning Music from Boardwalk Empire, Vol. 1; The Knick; and can be seen performing on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Peter has performed stride and jazz piano at such venues as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, "Late Night with Conan O’Brien," "A Prairie Home Companion" and the Newport Jazz Festival, and accompanied such artists as Garrison Keillor, Michael Feinstein and Leon Redbone. An accomplished composer, Peter Yarin is currently developing several projects for musical theater; previous work has been seen at Tokyo’s New National Theatre. He has been published in the BMI Musical Theatre Songbook and Directory of Musical Theatre Writers.