Christopher Peacock - Performance Schedule Personal Profile Christopher Peacock, resident pianist at Rosario Resort on Orcas Island, WA, has had consistent standing-room only crowds for his piano concerts since he began the performances over 33 years ago. The spirit of those performances has been captured in a series of remarkable albums available from Pure & Simple Music.   Peacock's show at Rosario features his unique musical slices of island life, performed with loving grace on Rosario's original 1900 Steinway piano. Peacock's music is inspired by Rosario's setting, tucked away among secluded bays, densely forested ridges and surrounded by panoramic islands, on Orcas Island in Washington State's San Juan Islands. Not surprisingly, Peacock's concerts and music have drawn rave reviews...

"Hear him!" Los Angeles Times "Peacock's an outstanding musician" Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Peacock hits all the right notes" Robin Leach, Runaway with the Rich and Famous "Peacock's a brilliant entertainer... Impressive fingerwork!" Pacific NW Magazine

Christopher with Quincy Jones

Christopher performed with singer Patti Austin at the American Academy of Achievement in Grand Teton National Park

Peacock's musical career began as a percussionist in Madison, Wisconsin where he performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. He was a finalist in the Milwaukee Symphony Young Artist Competition and later went on to study composition and performance in Los Angeles with William Kraft, percussionist and composer in residence with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Since 1989, Peacock has been capturing the essence of the Rosario experience on the albums Island Time, Oceans, Suite Dreams, Destination, Island Life, Traveler, Painting Paradise: In the Garden, Love Letters, Origins, Seaglass, and on the Pianoforte series by Pure & Simple Music. Narada Recording Artist Nancy Rumbel and the Grammy Award winning Seattle Symphony string section (including principal cellist Ray Davis) are featured in collaborations with Peacock on most of his albums.

Christopher playing Rosario's organ with silent film

Recorded both in solo settings and in collaboration with guitarist Gene Nery and pianist Richard Palalay, Peacock's albums show the full breath of his talents with arrangements from solo piano to full orchestra, and in styles from classical to contemporary jazz. Pianoël Volumes 1 & 2, compilations of holiday music, feature Peacock along with Pure & Simple artists Nery, Palalay, Daub and Hemisphere. His popular Pianoforte series showcases solo piano performances of popular requests, including music from Broadway and Film.