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Peter Wilson Weismiller - Class Of 1966 VIEW PROFILE

Peter Wilson Weismiller

Jan 22, 1949 - Jan 14, 2013


   circa 1969

Peter Weismiller grew up in Claremont, California and first fell in love with Indian music and the Been in 1969, when he first heard it played in Bombay by Sri P.D. Shah, a pupil of Mohammed Khan Faridi Desai.  He spent nine months studying Been with Mr.  Shah in California in 1971, and then in 1972 began studying Carnatic music with T. Viswanathan and T. Ranganathan first at California Institute of the Arts and later at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he took a B.A. in Music in 1977.

He moved to Seattle in 1979 for the Masters program in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washingtonwhere he was also able to study Been with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, at that time a Visiting Artist at UW.  Afterwards, Peter taught Humanities for many years at the Northwest School in Seattle, during which time he also served for several years on the board of Ragamala and helped organize programs of Asian music for the annual Folklife Festival.  Feeling the call of the Been once again in 2000, he spent three weeks studying with Ustad Asad Ali Khan in New Delhi.

Peter passed away from a heart attack on January 14, 2013.  He had been living on Bainbridge Island, WA.

Survived By: brother Charles Edward Weismiller, sisters Mariana Weismiller Chaffee, Georgia Weismiller Sargeant, Merie Weismiller Wallace, nine nieces and nephews

Peter lived his life with zest and generosity. He traveled widely and had friends all over the world. He was an excellent musician, a wonderful cook, and the best of friends. He is very much missed by all those who knew him.


 

Hillside Memorial Park - Redland, CA

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