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About Peter McCoppin
- Peter McCoppin (born May 2, 1948 in Toronto) is a Canadian conductor and organist.
- He studied conducting with Erich Leinsdorf, Lovro von Maticic, and Hans Swarowsky, and taught conducting at the Cleveland Institute of Music (1975-1978). He was Assistant Conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1978-1980), and conducted the Canadian Opera Company on tour in 1979.
- He was Music Advisor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as it recovered from bankruptcy (1988), Music Director of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra (1989-1999), and Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (1993-2000). He was also Principal Guest Conductor of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. McCoppin has had virtually no conducting engagements with OCSM orchestras in almost a decade.
- John Becker's repeated description of McCoppin as "Mr.
- Music" in his book "Discord: The Story of the Vancouver Symphony", makes it clear he views McCoppin's populist approach as superficial, self-serving and shallow.As a Music Director and despite Becker's view, McCoppin has consistently improved attendance and restored community support and financial stability, never having taken an orchestra through a "red-ink" season.
- As a guest conductor, McCoppin has led orchestras in Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, and Mexico City, as well as all of the major orchestras in Canada.
- In recent years, he produced and conducted a recording of operetta arias with the American soprano, Sherri Seiden and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra.
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