Assistant Conductor Peter Wiebe
Cellist Peter Wiebe joined the Windsor Symphony Orchestra as a member of their core in 1987. Since that time he has demonstrated his musical versatility, serving at various times as principal, assistant and section cellist, education coordinator, concert host, operations manager, arranger and composer.
Active as a cello teacher, Wiebe teaches the strings class at Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts. He has also been an instructor and conductor at Concertare Musicale and Huckleberry Music Camps. Peter Wiebe gained music performance degrees from Brandon University (Bachelor’s) and the University of Western Ontario (Master’s), studying cello with Malcolm Tait and Alex Adaman. He has arranged over 200 pieces for orchestra and chamber ensembles
in the Windsor Symphony. His
arrangements and compositions have also been played by the Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Okanagan Symphony, and Minnesota All-State Orchestra. His conducting instructors have included John Morris Russell, Earl Davey, George Wiebe and Dan Warren.
In 2005, Wiebe was named the Windsor Symphony’s assistant conductor and youth orchestra conductor. In that year he was also named the conductor of the Windsor Community Orchestra. He has conducted concerts in the Windsor Symphony’s Bach and Beyond, Intimate Classics, Community Concerts and Music Around Town series. Wiebe also designs, programs and co-hosts the WSO’s successful Peanut Butter ‘n’ Jam concerts for young children. Wiebe resides in Windsor with his wife, Ruth, and six children.