My guest on Composers and Coffee is jazz guitarist, composer and arranger Dr. Peter Bouffard.

A native of Vermont, Dr. Peter Bouffard holds a DMA in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music, an MM in Jazz Education from UNL as well as an AS in Jazz and Contemporary Music and a BMEd from the University of Maine.

Peter is an active guitarist in the region where he performs for a variety of engagements. He has been an adjudicator, clinician, and/or director for a variety of musical events and organizations including the Maine All-State Jazz Combo, the Nebraska All-State Jazz Band, the Iowa IHCC Jazz Festival, and University of South Dakota Jazz Festival.

To contact Peter Bouffard, please email him at peter@peterbouffard.com or call him at 402-421-6755.

Be sure to visit Peter’s web site at:

http://peterbouffard.com/peter

Programming note: This is the season finale of The Composers Notebook. New episodes will be posted starting on September 3, 2006. See you then!