Ben McPeek
| Ben McPeek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 August 1934 Trail, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | 14 January 1981 (aged 46) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | |
| Occupation | composer,arranger,conductor,pianist |
Benjamin Dewey McPeek (28 August 1934 – 14 January 1981) was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.
McPeek was born in Trail, British Columbia. In 1964 he established his own company, Ben McPeek Ltd., which promoted himself as a "jingle" writer for radio and television. He quickly became the top jingle composer in Canada, and composed over 2,000 jingles during the 1960s and 1970s for such companies as Canadian National, Chargex, Coca-Cola, the Labatt Brewing Company, Speedy Muffler King, and the Toronto Dominion Bank among many others. He also composed music of a more serious nature, including works for brass and woodwind quintet, the Paul Bunyan Suite (1977, recorded by the Canadian Brass), six piano sonatas, a piano concerto, several works for solo piano, and the orchestral works Northern 484, Fantasia, and Concert Suite among others.
McPeek earned an associate degree from The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1954 and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto in 1956. He was a pupil of several notable teachers, including John Beckwith, Gordon Delamont, Talivaldis Kenins, Oskar Morawetz, Godfrey Ridout, and John Weinzweig. He began performing as a pianist with dance bands in Toronto during the mid-1950s. In the late 1950s he performed with the Five Playboys with some frequency on CBC Radio.
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